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Dec 1, 2023 • 1h 35min

The Last Trade E028: State-Led Legislative Innovation with Joel Revill

The Last Trade: a weekly, bitcoin native, interactive podcast covering where Bitcoin and traditional finance meet on a macro scale. Hosted by Marty Bent, Jesse Myers (Croesus), Michael Tanguma, and a special weekly guest host. Join us as we dive into what Bitcoin means for how individuals & institutions save, invest, and propagate their purchasing power through time. It's not just another asset - in the digital age, it's the Last Trade that investors will ever need to make. 0:00 - Intro 1:56 - Joel’s background 6:34 - Wyoming blazes trails for freedom 12:30 - Starting Wyoming’s digital asset legislation 17:05 - Definitions in legislation and state vs federal 22:09 - Stable tokens as a transitional stage for Bitcoin’s adoption 45:06 - Inter-state jurisdictional arbitrage 47:53 - Setting an example for other states 51:51 - Marty Jones escapes 58:53 - Message from Onramp 59:18 - Two Ocean Trust 1:04:54 - Research piece from Two Ocean, Sharpe ratio 1:19:17 - Is zero Bitcoin the riskiest choice? 1:24:42 - Steel bull argument 1:29:22 - Halving and hashrate 1:33:22 - Wrapping Schedule time with the link below if you would ever like to learn more about Onramp and please sign up for weekly Research and Analysis to get access to the best content in the ecosystem weekly: https://onrampbitcoin.com/contact-us/ https://onrampbitcoin.com/category/podcast-the-last-trade/
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Nov 22, 2023 • 1h 29min

The Last Trade E027: Bitcoin’s Role in Financial Advisory with Andy Edstrom

The Last Trade: a weekly, bitcoin native, interactive podcast covering where Bitcoin and traditional finance meet on a macro scale. Hosted by Marty Bent, Jesse Myers (Croesus), Michael Tanguma, and a special weekly guest host. Join us as we dive into what Bitcoin means for how individuals & institutions save, invest, and propagate their purchasing power through time. It's not just another asset - in the digital age, it's the Last Trade that investors will ever need to make. 0:00 - Intro 1:56 - CZ news 10:46 - Roach motel ETF 20:26 - Touching every hot stove before Bitcoin 27:46 - Pitching Bitcoin to friends 31:50 - Message from Onramp 32:14 - Andy’s backstory 44:21 - Educational content 51:18 - Getting past Bitcoin’s perceived radioactivity 59:07 - When does Bitcoin avoidance become negligent? 1:03:48 - ESG narratives 1:08:31 - Geopolitical landscape set for bull run 1:22:49 - Thanksgiving wrap up Schedule time with the link below if you would ever like to learn more about Onramp and please sign up for weekly Research and Analysis to get access to the best content in the ecosystem weekly: https://onrampbitcoin.com/contact-us/ https://onrampbitcoin.com/category/podcast-the-last-trade/
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Nov 17, 2023 • 1h 46min

The Last Trade E026: Mining for Talent in Bitcoin with Andy Thompson

The Last Trade: a weekly, bitcoin native, interactive podcast covering where Bitcoin and traditional finance meet on a macro scale. Hosted by Marty Bent, Jesse Myers (Croesus), Michael Tanguma, and a special weekly guest host. Join us as we dive into what Bitcoin means for how individuals & institutions save, invest, and propagate their purchasing power through time. It's not just another asset - in the digital age, it's the Last Trade that investors will ever need to make. https://www.bitcointalent.co/ 0:00 - Intro1:56 - State of mining15:40 - Mining is brutal24:35 - Sound strategies33:04 - Energy integration and other innovations43:29 - Did Satoshi foresee energy money?56:43 - Bitcoin UX59:02 - Message from Onramp59:27 - High growth industry1:05:44 - Bitcoin is the only worthwhile POW1:17:00 - Infrastructure competition with AI1:22:06 - Human flourishing vs ESG1:30:17 - Rome didn’t think it would fall1:36:11 - BTC Talent Co Schedule time with the link below if you would ever like to learn more about Onramp and please sign up for weekly Research and Analysis to get access to the best content in the ecosystem weekly: https://onrampbitcoin.com/contact-us/ https://onrampbitcoin.com/category/podcast-the-last-trade/
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Nov 10, 2023 • 1h 45min

The Last Trade E025: Deep Dive on Bitcoin’s Full Potential Valuation with Dylan LeClair

The Last Trade: a weekly, bitcoin native, interactive podcast covering where Bitcoin and traditional finance meet on a macro scale. Hosted by Marty Bent, Jesse Myers (Croesus), Michael Tanguma, and a special weekly guest host. Join us as we dive into what Bitcoin means for how individuals & institutions save, invest, and propagate their purchasing power through time. It's not just another asset - in the digital age, it's the Last Trade that investors will ever need to make. https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_N7Q2T6vGSAKhRVvitO77vA#/registrationhttps://onrampbitcoin.com/category/weekly-analysis/ 0:00 - Intro1:54 - Price pump and ETF23:51 - Bitcoin adoption50:57 - Message from Onramp51:22 - Bitcoin’s full potential valuation1:09:48 - Roundtable takes on Jesse’s analysis1:25:26 - Eth ETF1:31:48 - Unfortunate nomenclature1:37:57 - Wrapping up Schedule time with the link below if you would ever like to learn more about Onramp and please sign up for weekly Research and Analysis to get access to the best content in the ecosystem weekly: https://onrampbitcoin.com/contact-us/ https://onrampbitcoin.com/category/podcast-the-last-trade/
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Nov 3, 2023 • 1h 35min

The Last Trade E024: Market Forces & Fed Reactions with Nik Bhatia

The Last Trade: a weekly, bitcoin native, interactive podcast covering where Bitcoin and traditional finance meet on a macro scale. Hosted by Marty Bent, Jesse Myers (Croesus), Michael Tanguma, and a special weekly guest host. Join us as we dive into what Bitcoin means for how individuals & institutions save, invest, and propagate their purchasing power through time. It's not just another asset - in the digital age, it's the Last Trade that investors will ever need to make. 0:00 - Intro 1:58 - ISM, bonds and interest rates 18:14 - Cycle theory of investing 28:15 - Can companies survive? 35:18 - Message from Onramp 35:43 - Escape velocity 41:04 - Reactive Fed and debt binge 50:26 - Con game 58:00 - Bond market isn’t worried 1:06:10 - Bitcoin decoupling and price ceiling 1:32:00 - Plugging Nik’s book Schedule time with the link below if you would ever like to learn more about Onramp and please sign up for weekly Research and Analysis to get access to the best content in the ecosystem weekly: https://onrampbitcoin.com/contact-us/ https://onrampbitcoin.com/category/podcast-the-last-trade/
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Oct 31, 2023 • 1h 14min

The Last Trade E023: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System with BitGo & Coincover

The Last Trade: a weekly, bitcoin native, interactive podcast covering where Bitcoin and traditional finance meet on a macro scale. Hosted by Marty Bent, Jesse Myers (Croesus), Michael Tanguma, and a special weekly guest host. Join us as we dive into what Bitcoin means for how individuals & institutions save, invest, and propagate their purchasing power through time. It's not just another asset - in the digital age, it's the Last Trade that investors will ever need to make. 1:56 - The Vegas rip missed Vegas 8:04 - Whitepaper is 15 14:04 - Introducing Alex and Coincover 19:17 - MPC vs multisig 24:43 - Perspective 29:49 - Interaction between key agents 34:26 - Message from Onramp 34:51 - Coincover’s unique value 43:37 - Tip of the spear for a new market 48:11 - Bitcoin financial products 51:56 - Transparency and due diligence 56:10 - Evaluating counterparties 59:16 - Building for trillionaires 1:06:36 - Feeling bullish 1:08:23 - BitStein’s 15th anniversary video 1:11:16 - Jesse’s on route to Texas 1:12:34 - Wrapping Schedule time with the link below if you would ever like to learn more about Onramp and please sign up for weekly Research and Analysis to get access to the best content in the ecosystem weekly: https://onrampbitcoin.com/contact-us/ https://onrampbitcoin.com/category/podcast-the-last-trade/
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Oct 20, 2023 • 1h 29min

The Last Trade E022: A New Custody Standard with Mitch Kochman from BitGo

The Last Trade: a weekly, bitcoin native, interactive podcast covering where Bitcoin and traditional finance meet on a macro scale. Hosted by Marty Bent, Jesse Myers (Croesus), Michael Tanguma, and a special weekly guest host. Join us as we dive into what Bitcoin means for how individuals & institutions save, invest, and propagate their purchasing power through time. It's not just another asset - in the digital age, it's the Last Trade that investors will ever need to make. 0:00 - Intro 1:56 - Mitch’s backstory 7:08 - It’s for the kids 12:57 - BitGo 21:21 - Bitcoin breaking from Crypto 26:00 - Early in monetization process for digital gold 29:57 - Custodial risk 40:22 - A message from Onramp 40:47 - Fear of losing your own Bitcoin 50:29 - Innovator’s dilemma and new fee structures 53:32 - Providing context, setting a new standard 1:02:21 - Shifting mindset to custody as a paid service 1:09:09 - Heavy bags are uncomfortable 1:13:56 - Building the future and spreading the word 1:25:07 - Wrapping up  Onramp is a bitcoin asset management platform built on multi-institution custody. We serve high net-worth individuals, institutional investors, and financial intermediaries with a best-in-class suite of products, which include Multi-Institution Custody, a spot Bitcoin Fund, Onramp Wealth for RIAs, and Private Wealth services for HNWIs. Leveraging our partnership with BitGo and other industry leaders, Onramp’s multi-institution custody is a first-of-its-kind institutional-grade vault, requiring 2 of 3 institutions at any point in time to sign once a client’s unique permissions have been met.  Our multi-institution vaults utilize cold storage key signing and authentication at the direction of the client to maximize security for client assets. This pioneering approach to custody is the foundation of Onramp’s financial products, which reduce counterparty risk associated with trusting a single institution.  To learn more about how Onramp can help you secure a new or existing bitcoin position, please visit our website at www.onrampbitcoin.com, where you can schedule a consultation and connect directly with our team.
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Oct 13, 2023 • 1h 30min

The Last Trade E021: Is This Time Different? with Larry Lepard

The Last Trade: a weekly, bitcoin native, interactive podcast covering where Bitcoin and traditional finance meet on a macro scale. Hosted by Marty Bent, Jesse Myers (Croesus), Michael Tanguma, and a special weekly guest host. Join us as we dive into what Bitcoin means for how individuals & institutions save, invest, and propagate their purchasing power through time. It's not just another asset - in the digital age, it's the Last Trade that investors will ever need to make. 0:30 - Is this time different? 17:44 - Stagflation 21:22 - Millennials vs Boomers 25:45 - Sound and BS investments 31:52 - Bitcoin is a no brainer in upcoming crisis 38:25 - Looking bad for the side of deflation 42:16 - Counterparty risk 46:54 - Sell the news? 51:16 - Digital scarcity 54:13 - Important names catching on 59:51 - Centralization of Bitcoin 1:06:21 - Multisig standard 1:11:55 - Interesting times  Onramp is a bitcoin asset management platform built on multi-institution custody. We serve high net-worth individuals, institutional investors, and financial intermediaries with a best-in-class suite of products, which include Multi-Institution Custody, a spot Bitcoin Fund, Onramp Wealth for RIAs, and Private Wealth services for HNWIs. Leveraging our partnership with BitGo and other industry leaders, Onramp’s multi-institution custody is a first-of-its-kind institutional-grade vault, requiring 2 of 3 institutions at any point in time to sign once a client’s unique permissions have been met.  Our multi-institution vaults utilize cold storage key signing and authentication at the direction of the client to maximize security for client assets. This pioneering approach to custody is the foundation of Onramp’s financial products, which reduce counterparty risk associated with trusting a single institution.  To learn more about how Onramp can help you secure a new or existing bitcoin position, please visit our website at www.onrampbitcoin.com, where you can schedule a consultation and connect directly with our team.
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Oct 6, 2023 • 1h 37min

The Last Trade E020: Building the Bloomberg Terminal for Bitcoin with Alon Shvartsman

Alon Shvartsman, an expert in building the Bloomberg Terminal for Bitcoin, joins the hosts to discuss the development of a new Bitcoin terminal and the value of fundamental metrics in understanding the state of Bitcoin. They explore changes in Bitcoin mining, Lightning Network, Bitcoin node distribution, and non-mainstream metrics available on the terminal. Building a Bitcoin terminal, the difficulty estimator in Bitcoin mining, and the importance of accurate data in the cryptocurrency industry are also discussed.
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Sep 29, 2023 • 1h 53min

The Last Trade E019: The Institutional Allocator’s Journey to Bitcoin-only with Glenn Cameron

The Last Trade: a weekly, bitcoin native, interactive podcast covering where Bitcoin and traditional finance meet on a macro scale. Hosted by Marty Bent, Jesse Myers (Croesus), Michael Tanguma, and a special weekly guest host. Join us as we dive into what Bitcoin means for how individuals & institutions save, invest, and propagate their purchasing power through time. It's not just another asset - in the digital age, it's the Last Trade that investors will ever need to make. 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - Glenn’s journey into Bitcoin and Cartwright 10:34 - The Bitcoin Standard 14:21 - Educating consultants to articulate Bitcoin 20:25 - Other recent asset discoveries 27:06 - Framing risk in terms of Bitcoin FOMO 38:53 - Understanding the nature of money 49:13 - Pension schemes 53:39 - Cartwright’s approach to Bitcoin 1:02:15 - Choice of counterparties 1:13:15 - Regulating Bitcoin vs rubbish assets 1:25:44 - Why go Bitcoin-only as a business 1:31:17 - Raising standards as knowledge increases 1:35:46 - Tailwinds for Bitcoin 1:41:35 - Bitcoin war bonds 1:46:18 - Countering ESG FUD 1:49:02 - Wrapping up Schedule time with the link below if you would ever like to learn more about Onramp and please sign up for weekly Research and Analysis to get access to the best content in the ecosystem weekly: https://www.onrampbitcoin.com/contact https://www.onrampbitcoin.com/research

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