Natalie Brunell is the Host of Coin Stories, bitcoin educator, and journalist. Marty Bent is the Founder of TFTC - a media company focused on bitcoin, and Managing Partner of Ten31. Thomas Pacchia is the Founder of PubKey - a bitcoin themed bar in New York City. This conversation was recorded at Bitcoin Investor Week in New York. In this conversation we talk about their journey into bitcoin, balancing bitcoin adoption vs the ethos of bitcoin, bitcoin vs US dollar, what success looks like for bitcoin, and thoughts of the rest of the crypto market.

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