All right, everybody.

I hope everybody's having an awesome morning, noon or night, wherever you guys are in the world.

You're certainly in the right place because it's me, it's Pizza Mind, and we are joined today by an amazing guest

from BitPay. Bill Zelke is joining us who's been heading revenue and all sorts of different

operations over at BitPay. Bill, welcome to the show. How are you doing? Thanks, Bryce. I appreciate it.

I appreciate you getting you guys having BitPay on.

Yeah. No, me and Pete's mind, we're just catching up before the show and we're like, man, we've heard about BitPay since literally day one of getting into crypto.

You know, for me back in early 2016, you know, you guys have been around for a long time, what we call the OGs, the original gangsters of Bitcoin and, you

know, you guys have been running a payment processing network and among many other business

units with very little drama. So, you know, it's pretty rare for a crypto company to, you know,

just kind of stay heads down, focus on their core competency and not get

wrapped up in all the craziness. So we're going to dive into a lot about, you know, you and how

you guys have been running the business. But yeah, I definitely wanted to make sure we gave you

that accolade there because, you know, as people know, crypto companies, sometimes they come and

they go very quickly. But you guys have been around for a long time. So I think it's important for users to have that context. I appreciate that, especially in

this day and age. It seems like the last four months, there's been a lot of, a lot more crypto

companies that have gone by the wayside, especially with the changes. Yeah, there's been what I'll refer to as a lot of hanky-panky with, you know, blockfi and Celsius and Voyager.

I mean, some of these companies just, you know, having their day in the sun, flying too close to the sun and going out in a burst of flames.

So we actually want to know, you know, not yet, but we're going to get into it, how you guys have maintained such a level business

and what you guys focus on. But let's first get acquainted with you. Tell us a little bit about

your experience. I mean, 25 years in the fintech industry. Tell us about your background.

Yeah, you bet, you bet. I actually started my career in financial services, mostly on the

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