I think there's a ton of things to be optimistic about when you're looking at Bitcoin. Lightning then enables is sort of limitless in many ways, where if you have like a payment network that's completely open source,. It costs effectively nothing and has no counterparty risk because we both parties can settle back to the base layer chain. You get effectively the full settlement assurances associated with Bitcoin using the Lightning network. And so to just take gold as a total addressable market, I think it's sort of completely incorrect.
In this MI Rewind episode, Clay Finck chats with Chris Kuiper and Jack Neureuter about Fidelity and Bitcoin, decentralization and network effects, and much more!
Chris Kuiper is the Director of Research at Fidelity Digital Assets and Jack Neureuter is the Research Analyst at Fidelity Digital Assets. Together they wrote the Bitcoin First White Paper which outlines why investors need to consider bitcoin separately from other digital assets.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00 - Intro
06:56 - Why Fidelity chose to offer services for Bitcoin only, and none of the other digital assets.
13:47 - Why institutions are interested in buying Bitcoin for their company’s balance sheet.
16:59 - Chris and Jack’s thoughts regarding common criticisms of Bitcoin.
19:45 - Why Bitcoin should be considered separately from all other digital assets from an investment standpoint.
28:08 - Why decentralization and network effects are critical aspects of Bitcoin’s value proposition.
44:24 - Things happening in the Bitcoin space that make Chris and Jack most excited about its future.
And much, much more!
*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.
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