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Bits + Bips: ETH Makes a Comeback While Crypto’s Animal Spirits Revive - Ep. 876

Unchained

Laura Shin

News, Tech News, Business News

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

What’s fueling crypto’s market surge?  This week on Bits + Bips, Ethereum’s rally has reignited market energy, triggering fresh questions about the return of alt season, and whether Bitcoin’s dominance will continue to fall. With special guests Katalin Tischhauser from Sygnum Bank and Wintermute’s Jake Ostrovskis, we dive deep into how corporate treasuries, tokenized assets, and shifting ETF flows are reshaping crypto’s microstructure.  Plus, we dissect the macro impact of rising tariffs, the Fed’s delicate dance with Trump, and whether tokenization could breathe new life into the US dollar. Check out the sponsors who make this show possible! Bitwise Mantle Hosts: Steve Ehrlich, Executive Editor at Unchained Ram Ahluwalia, CFA, CEO and Founder of Lumida Guests: Katalin Tischhauser, Head of Research at Sygnum Bank Jake Ostrovskis, Head of Sales Trading (OTC) at Wintermute Links Markets:  Unchained: Spot Ether ETFs Extend 16-Day Inflow Streak With $453 Million DATs: Cointelegraph: Tron Inc. seeks $1B to grow TRX holdings as stock rallies CoinDesk: Crypto Treasury Fever Spreads to Ethena as $360M SPAC Deal Targets ENA Accumulation CEA Industries Inc. Press Release: CEA Industries and 10X Capital, with the support of YZi Labs, announce $500 Million Private Placement to Establish Largest Publicly-Listed $BNB Treasury Company in the World The Block: Specialty finance company Mill City announces $450 million offering to establish corporate Sui treasury Barron's: MicroStrategy to Offer Preferred Stock With a Twist That Could Yield 10% Trump and Powell Fortune: Jerome Powell had a surprise visit from Trump. He's poised to leave interest rates unchanged anyway CNBC: Trump spars with Powell over renovation costs during Fed visit, but backs off firing threats Timestamps: 🎬0:00 Intro 🔥 6:03 Why ETH’s comeback is reigniting crypto markets 🧠 11:23 Why Ram says “animal spirits are back” 💸 15:06 When tariffs could finally start pushing prices higher 📉 18:06 Whether BTC dominance is fading—and if alt season is finally here 🏭 22:27 How tariffs are already hurting some businesses ⚖️ 27:49 Whether Strategy’s new preferred share class adds risky complexity 🏚️ 32:32 Why many new treasury-backed projects might not survive 📊 38:29 Whether these digital asset treasuries (DATs) are trading at unsustainable premiums 🔮 51:28 What the real endgame is for all these DATs ⚔️ 59:00 How the Powell-Trump tension could shake up markets 🔗 1:12:44 Why tokenization is gaining momentum across finance 📈 1:18:55 Whether stablecoins could revive global demand for the US dollar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

But you know, when you say consolidation, like it's already the fact that a third and targeting

0:06.7

a half of the liquid supply of Bitcoin is owned by a small US company.

0:12.3

That makes Bitcoin inappropriate for any central bank to hold as a digital gold central bank

0:19.1

reserve asset.

0:20.5

It's already a problem for large corporations like Microsoft, Amazon, Metta,

0:26.1

McDonald's, who all voted this down, to buy it and put it on the balance sheet

0:31.4

because a small company controls so much of the supply.

0:36.9

So it's actually closing off very exciting, much more

0:42.0

promising use cases for Bitcoin. And if there's even more consolidation, then that's even more

0:47.4

the case. Hi, everyone. Welcome to Bits and Bips, where crypto and macro collide one basis point at a time.

0:55.2

I'm your host, Steve Ehrlich.

0:57.2

I ascribe of the Unchained Kingdom.

0:59.6

I'm here with Ram Alawalia, Nistair wealth, leader of Lumila, and we have two special

1:05.5

and we have two special guests.

1:08.1

First, we have Catalan to Shalzer, emissary of truth for Cigna.

1:12.3

Kettlelin, welcome back.

1:14.5

Thank you.

1:15.2

Thank you for having me.

1:17.0

And one more special guest for today.

1:19.6

We have Jake Ostravascus, the high trader of Winter Mute House.

1:24.3

So, Jake, welcome.

1:25.8

Thanks for having me.

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