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TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

#717: Building The Financial Rails Bitcoin Deserves with Jesse Shrader

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Marty Bent

Technology

4.8804 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Marty sits down with Jesse Shrader, co-founder and CEO of Amboss, to discuss the evolution of the Lightning Network, how Taproot Assets are bringing stablecoins and multi-asset trading to Bitcoin, the launch of Amboss's RailsX peer-to-peer exchange and Magma MCP tool for AI agents, and why Bitcoin is positioned to become the backbone of global commerce and foreign exchange settlement.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You've had a dynamic where money has become freer than free.

0:10.0

If you talk about a Fed just gone nuts, all the central banks going nuts.

0:16.0

So it's all acting like safe haven.

0:18.0

I believe that in a world where central bankers are tripping over themselves to devalue their currency,

0:24.4

Bitcoin wins.

0:25.3

In the world of fiat currencies, Bitcoin is the victor.

0:29.2

I mean, that's part of the bold case for Bitcoin.

0:31.9

If you're not paying attention, you probably should be.

0:36.3

Jesse Schrader, Bitcoin just passed $69,000, but it's back down below.

0:41.5

How far are you, sir?

0:44.1

Doing great, Marty.

0:45.6

Despite the Bitcoin price, we should be higher, but in due time.

0:51.8

Well, as they say, building happens in the bare markets.

0:54.5

That's what we're here to talk about today.

0:55.8

You guys have been building at Ambos.

0:57.9

Yeah, nonstop building.

0:59.8

I think it's five years in the making.

1:01.7

It really has all built up to this, to this moment where Bitcoin can become the medium of exchange.

1:08.8

Before we talk about RailsX and sort of MCP server plugin,

1:12.6

you guys have built for the agentic economy,

1:15.6

let's talk about the history of Ambos.

1:17.6

Like, why did you start the company?

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