Bitcoin as a Reserve Asset

Will Luther is an associate professor of economics at Florida Atlantic University and a fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. Josh Hendrickson is a professor of economics and the chair of the economics department at the University of Mississippi. Josh is also a fellow at BPI. Will and Josh return to the show to defend the idea of a strategic Bitcoin reserve, discuss the future of Bitcoin, and contend with the problem of Bitcoiners, and much more.

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Recorded on June 25th, 2025

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:39 - Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

00:23:33 - Future of Bitcoin

00:45:07 - Scaling Bitcoin

00:50:46 - Outro