BTC171: Bitcoin Tech Update with Alex Leishman (Bitcoin Podcast)

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Stig Brodersen

Education, Investing, Business

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🗓️ 28 February 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Join us with Alex Leishman, River's CEO, for a dive into Bitcoin's ecosystem, discussing Argentina, Bitwise custody, Lightning Network's prospects, Ordinals, equity tokenization, BitVM, ETFs, custody improvements, AI, and institutional custody. We also touch on OTC markets' dynamics. A compact overview of the current and future Bitcoin landscape. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 01:09 - The evolving role of Bitcoin in Argentina's economy and how it's shaping local finance. 10:05 - The current state and future prospects of the Lightning Network in enhancing Bitcoin's scalability. 20:04 - An introduction to BitVM and roll-ups, and their potential to revolutionize transaction efficiency. 24:05 - The significance of Ordinals for decentralized identity and how they're changing the landscape. 27:50 - The process and benefits of tokenizing real equity to bridge traditional finance with blockchain technology. 34:02 - The challenges and opportunities presented by Bitcoin ETFs and potential regulatory impacts. 34:34 - The importance of improving custody solutions for Bitcoin to ensure greater security and accessibility. 42:15 - Insights into Bitwise custody solutions and their impact on security and asset management. Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Buy Bitcoin at River. Alex Leishman's Twitter. River's Blog and Research. Check out all the books mentioned and discussed in our podcast episodes here. NEW TO THE SHOW? Follow our official social media accounts: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Fidelity NetSuite Toyota TurboTax Wise NerdWallet Linkedin Marketing Solutions Babbel Shopify Fundrise Vacasa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to TIP.
0:02.0	Hey everyone, welcome to this Wednesday's release of the Bitcoin Fundamentals Podcast.
0:07.0	This episode is brought to you by River, the place that I personally go to securely invest in Bitcoin with confidence and with zero fees.
0:14.4	On today's show I have the incredibly insightful Alex Leishman.
0:18.6	As we dive into the conversation you'll quickly discover Alex's deep-rooted expertise in Bitcoin infrastructure and his pioneering vision as the CEO and founder of River
0:27.8	Today we explore Alex's thoughts on things like ordinals the tokenization of real equity, and what technologies are potentially enabling people
0:35.3	with small amounts of Bitcoin to still be able to take some form of custody with the least
0:40.0	amount of trust as possible. So without further delay here's my chat with the very thoughtful Alex Leishman.
0:56.7	Celebrating 10 years you are listening to Bitcoin Fundamentals by the Investors Podcast Network. Now for your host, Preston Pish. Hey everyone welcome back to the show I'm here with Alex and super pumped to have you back on the show to get into all things
1:16.1	Bitcoin. Welcome. Happy to be on. I understand you just got back from Argentina. I'm curious how that trip went and obviously from a
1:27.2	Bitcoiners kind of lens what's happening down there I'm curious your takes.
1:35.0	It's an interesting time to be in Argentina. There's a lot of hope that the new president will make big changes that long term are impactful to the country.
1:40.0	Everyone in Argentina has been through a lot.
1:42.0	There's been some early signs of progress, but it's TBD. You know, a few tidbits price-wise. Housing prices are down. Rent is a lot, is decently cheaper.
1:52.6	What's the food prices have risen?
1:55.0	And so it'll take some time to really sort out how the new economic policies really affect everybody.
2:00.0	From a Bitcoin perspective, it's always fun to be there because Argentinians are some of the first people to really understand Bitcoin.
2:06.2	It was hard for people who hadn't experienced monetary collapse to understand Bitcoin in the early days.
2:11.7	There's actually a very strong Bitcoin culture in Buenos Aires
2:16.0	and all the other parts of Argentina.
2:18.0	I really enjoy spending time with the people down there,
2:20.0	some really talented builders.
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