“Bitcoin would be thrown into total disarray...” @nic_carter shares his take on the possibility of AI breaking public key encryption vs quantum risk. This is his honest read. Share your thoughts below.

My new conversation with @nic_carter is out! It’s been years since he last joined the show and there was a lot to catch up on - from AI and quantum computing to wealth taxes, the future of the welfare state, and how technology is reshaping our lives. Let us know what you think! TIMECODES: 00:00 Trailer 00:52 California's billionaire tax 4:48 AI vs. workers 8:05 Trump Accounts and Social Security 11:33 Why capital is hard to tax 17:09 AI companies and the state 20:49 AI finding security flaws 22:27 Quantum vs. AI threat to Bitcoin 28:25 The upgrade Bitcoin needs 29:06 How Nic holds his Bitcoin 31:43 Bitcoin as collateral 33:46 Bitcoin-backed stablecoins 37:37 Can Bitcoin still upgrade? 41:40 What to do with Satoshi's coins 44:21 Where Castle Island is investing 45:37 How Nic uses AI 48:48 Kids and critical thinking 53:26 What Nic is watching now

.@EricBalchunas told me his mom called Bitcoin “funny money from space.” He still only recommends a 3% allocation, which in @saylor terms means you need 97 better ideas, so I asked him why. Enjoy this clip from our show 👇🏼

Solid institutional breakdown of Bitcoin's ETF transformation as @natbrunell interviews @EricBalchunas Key takeaways: - BlackRock Paradigm: The internal friction behind filing the first spot Bitcoin ETF. - Capital Rotation: How BTC began capturing gold's historical store-of-value premium. - Next Frontier: Wall Street moving beyond simple spot access into structured ETF products. Fascinating perspective on how traditional finance actually views crypto infrastructure. Full interview below 👇

Did you know that BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF $IBIT almost didn't happen? @EricBalchunas shares a fascinating behind-the-scenes story in his new book. Don't miss our full interview streaming now on all platforms.

My favorite episode with @EricBalchunas yet. Ahead of his new book with @JSeyff, he walked me through his path from skeptic to Bitcoin believer, what his mom said the first time she heard about Bitcoin, what happened when he actually tried self-custody, and the inside story of how BlackRock’s ETF almost never got filed at all. We also got into why he calls Bitcoin a teenager, what Jack Bogle and Bitcoiners have in common, whether the government ends up buying stocks, and who he thinks is quietly stealing Bitcoin’s best argument. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Trailer 00:53 Why nothing stops the stock market 3:47 What actually turned Bitcoin around 8:45 Why gold stopped working and Bitcoin took over 10:39 The strange new ETFs Wall Street is launching 13:47 How easy it is to launch an ETF? 17:02 Why so many young men are losing money trading 19:28 Will the government start buying stocks? 23:04 Who actually owns the stock market 27:41 How a skeptic ended up writing a Bitcoin book 31:50 Why Bitcoin keeps coming back from the dead 35:16 "Funny money from space" 40:41 The inside story of BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF 43:38 The first asset that came from the people 47:09 What happened when he tried cold storage 48:39 What Bitcoiners can learn from Jack Bogle 54:30 Where this goes over the next 10 years

My first official book intv w/ Natalie who got early copy. Covered a lot of ground. Main thrust: Bitcoin is in a transition period, like most 18yr olds. Huge feat to make it this far, penetrate Wall Street, the govt, get ETF-ized, attract Boomers and become legit asset class. Some things that will help it grow from here IMO: decreasing volatility and correlation, fighting harder to 'own' the messaging as solution to affordability problem (which is only going to get worse) and fending off any quantum/AI threats and/or replacement networks. This is why we almost called the book Bitcoin Grows Up.

JUST IN: Bitcoin journalist Natalie Brunell calls Bitcoin “the greatest equalizer” 👀 "I really believe in the future of Bitcoin as this equalizer in an egalitarian system that allows us to work hard, have our work be rewarded, have value be recognized"

My favorite episode with @EricBalchunas yet. Ahead of his new book with @JSeyff, he walked me through his path from skeptic to Bitcoin believer, what his mom said the first time she heard about Bitcoin, what happened when he actually tried self-custody, and the inside story of how BlackRock’s ETF almost never got filed at all. We also got into why he calls Bitcoin a teenager, what Jack Bogle and Bitcoiners have in common, whether the government ends up buying stocks, and who he thinks is quietly stealing Bitcoin’s best argument. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Trailer 00:53 Why nothing stops the stock market 3:47 What actually turned Bitcoin around 8:45 Why gold stopped working and Bitcoin took over 10:39 The strange new ETFs Wall Street is launching 13:47 How easy it is to launch an ETF? 17:02 Why so many young men are losing money trading 19:28 Will the government start buying stocks? 23:04 Who actually owns the stock market 27:41 How a skeptic ended up writing a Bitcoin book 31:50 Why Bitcoin keeps coming back from the dead 35:16 "Funny money from space" 40:41 The inside story of BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF 43:38 The first asset that came from the people 47:09 What happened when he tried cold storage 48:39 What Bitcoiners can learn from Jack Bogle 54:30 Where this goes over the next 10 years

Natalie Brunell on why Americans are forced to speculate instead of save: 📌 Dollars in the bank lose value to inflation 📌 The stock market is now too big to fail 📌 Homes are the main savings vehicle, but the banks own them "We've destroyed the money at the base layer. And Bitcoin is the fix."

Watch BMTV LIVE from 9:30-11:30 AM ET ⚡️ Guests: 9:35 AM – CJ Konstantinos (@CJKonstantinos) 10:20 AM – Troy Cross (@thetrocro) 10:40 AM – Mike Treidl (@TreidlCFA) 11:00 AM – Nick Hansen (@TwentyTwoNode) 11:20 AM – Natalie Brunell (@natbrunell)

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I asked Simon Dixon why the stock market hasn't crashed with bond yields this high. He credits @LynAldenContact's framing of fiscal dominance, where a recession and falling stocks simply aren't allowed, so the only way through is growth by any means. Full interview streaming now.