BTC Sessions

In a week of the Bitcoin price building towards 60K and Bitcoiners building towards more individual sovereignty, today’s panel guests riff on what has them feeling bullish 🐂. 👉 Adam O’Brien: Founder & CEO of The Bitcoin Well, focused on making Bitcoin more accessible. https://twitter.com/adamobrien_ 👉 Justine (AKA MsHodl): Passionate advocate of freedom and Bitcoin https://twitter.com/MsHodl 👉 Mike Olthoff: Founder & CEO of Coincards.com https://twitter.com/olthoff 👉 Kit Stanwood: Lifestyle blogger and host of the Cosmic Cloud Meditations Podcast https://twitter.com/Kit_Stanwood 💪 SUPPORT THE SHOW: LEDN Bitcoin backed loans –  get $25 free https://bit.ly/397rlLN Get Wasabi wallet for Bitcoin privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Cobo Vault: secure your Bitcoin! https://bit.ly/2GgMFlH BillFodl: get your wallet backups in solid steel. https://privacypros.io/btcsessions Bitrefill: use Bitcoin to purchase gift cards https://www.bitrefill.com/buy/?code=O04UMic9 LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions Audio-only version of the show: https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Telegram channel: https://t.me/btc_sessions

📰 Goldman Sachs is months away from offering Bitcoin products to its wealthiest clients. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/31/bitcoin-goldman-is-close-to-offering-bitcoin-to-its-richest-clients.html 📰 Going full laser-eyes, the Teletubbies tease an upcoming Bitcoin announcement. https://twitter.com/TeletubbiesHQ/status/1377259542640218113 📰 After recently stating their intent to “dabble” into Bitcoin, BlackRock has begun trading CME Bitcoin futures. https://www.coindesk.com/blackrock-has-begun-trading-bitcoin-futures 📰 VISA plans to allow payment settlements with USDC. But we know where that’s really leading 😉 https://www.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN2BL0X9?__twitter_impression=true&s=09 📰 PayPal will allow users to convert BTC to fiat during checkout. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/30/paypal-launches-crypto-checkout-service.html 📰 BNY Mellon is the latest big bank comparing Bitcoin to Gold. Has anyone compared gold to the speed of their insights? https://blockworks.co/bny-mellon-report-takes-on-bitcoin-valuation/ 📰 With the help of a Tesla, BTCPay Server patches one critical and several low-impact security vulnerabilities. https://twitter.com/BtcpayServer/status/1376962118151471105?s=09 📰 Popular Wall Street and Silicon Valley news outlet Morning Brew replaces their gold price listing with Bitcoin. https://twitter.com/MorningBrew/status/1376869978452983816 📰 Canadian regulators issue registration mandates for platforms trading in “cryptoassets that are securities” 🤔. https://www.osler.com/en/blogs/risk/march-2021/three-week-countdown-for-canadian-digital-asset-trading-platforms-to-start-getting-registered-under 📰 The Canada Revenue Agency demands more reporting from Coinsquare in a bid to extort more taxes from its customers. https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/major-canadian-cryptocurrency-marketplace-must-fork-over-details-of-thousands-of-clients-to-cra-court-rules 📰 Blockstream launches the Blockstream Mining Note, a Bitcoin-mining based security token issued on the Liquid Network. https://stokr.io/blockstream-mining 💪 SUPPORT THE SHOW: LEDN Bitcoin backed loans –  get $25 free https://bit.ly/397rlLN Get Wasabi wallet for Bitcoin privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Cobo Vault: secure your Bitcoin! https://bit.ly/2GgMFlH BillFodl: get your wallet backups in solid steel. https://privacypros.io/btcsessions Bitrefill: use Bitcoin to purchase gift cards https://www.bitrefill.com/buy/?code=O04UMic9 LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions Audio-only version of the show: https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Telegram channel: https://t.me/btc_sessions

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In a week of new Bitcoin ETF applications, Bitcoin continuing to vanish from exchanges, and (even more) signs of fiat inflation appearing on the horizon, today’s panel guests riff on what has them feeling bullish.🐂. 👉 Keep it Simple Bitcoin: Creator of Bitcoin tutorials for interacting with Bitcoin privately, securely, and sovereignly. https://twitter.com/KISBitcoin 👉 J.M. Bush: Co-author of “Thank God for Bitcoin: The Creation, Corruption and Redemption of Money”. https://twitter.com/jmbushwrites 👉 William Clemente III: Finance major currently interning at Bitcoin Magazine and writing about Bitcoin and On-Chain Analytics. https://twitter.com/WClementeIII 👉 Guy Swann: Host of the Bitcoin Audible and Shitcoin Insider podcasts https://twitter.com/TheCryptoconomy 💪 SUPPORT THE SHOW: LEDN Bitcoin backed loans –  get $25 free https://bit.ly/397rlLN Get Wasabi wallet for Bitcoin privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Cobo Vault: secure your Bitcoin! https://bit.ly/2GgMFlH BillFodl: get your wallet backups in solid steel. https://privacypros.io/btcsessions Bitrefill: use Bitcoin to purchase gift cards https://www.bitrefill.com/buy/?code=O04UMic9 LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions Audio-only version of the show: https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Telegram channel: https://t.me/btc_sessions

📰 Joining an ever-growing pool of applicants, Fidelity files with the SEC to launch a Bitcoin ETF. https://decrypt.co/62750/fidelity-bitcoin-etf?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto 📰 Goldman Sachs files with the SEC to launch an ETF tangential to Bitcoin. https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/goldman-sachs-to-offer-a-note-tied-to-an-etf-capable-of-investing-in-bitcoin 📰 Morgan Stanley will acquire Korea's largest crypto exchange Bithumb. https://www.fxstreet.com/cryptocurrencies/news/morgan-stanley-to-acquire-koreas-largest-crypto-exchange-bithumb-202103191117?s=09 📰 Bitcoin might be touching off all-time highs… but the amount of Bitcoin on exchanges recently reached all-time lows ⚖️ https://twitter.com/Bloqport/status/1374398481419231244 📰 You can buy a Tesla for a Bitcoin — but now you can buy a Tesla with Bitcoin 🤯. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1374619379929772034 📰 Anthony Scaramucci thinks Elon Musk owns over $5 Billion in Bitcoin — via Tesla, SpaceX, and personally… https://dailyhodl.com/2021/03/20/elon-musk-holds-5-billion-in-bitcoin-according-to-skybridge-capitals-anthony-scaramucci/ 📰 … which The Mooch probably knows a thing or two about — as a key backer of the First Trust SkyBridge Bitcoin ETF Trust. https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/anthony-scaramucci-is-backing-the-latest-bid-for-a-bitcoin-etf-1.1580544 📰 New research Deutsche Bank ranks Bitcoin as the 3rd largest world currency. Soon… yes… but for now there are still caveats. https://decrypt.co/39425/bitcoin-is-3rd-largest-world-currency 📰 Fed Chairman Jerome Powell calls Bitcoin a better “substitute for gold” than the US dollar. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/feds-powell-says-bitcoin-is-more-of-a-substitute-for-gold-than-the-dollar-11616424786 📰 As it grows more bullish on Bitcoin, Wall Street seems to be less excited for the Fed’s proposed digital dollar. https://financialpost.com/news/economy/the-fire-has-been-lit-u-s-federal-reserves-push-for-digital-dollar-worries-wall-street 📰 The Breez Lightning client has added a native podcast player. Like what you hear… support it a light speed. https://medium.com/breez-technology/podcasts-on-breez-streaming-sats-for-streaming-ideas-d9361ae8a627

In a week of US stimulus checks flowing into Bitcoin, VISA’s merchant network opening its floodgates to Bitcoin, and SO much more signaling a perfect storm for Bitcoin’s takeover, today’s panel guests riff on what has them feeling bullish 🐂. 👉 MATT ODELL: BITCOIN AND PRIVACY ADVOCATE. HOST OF THE Tales from the Crypt & Citadel Dispatch PODCASTS. https://twitter.com/matt_odell 👉 Desiree Dickerson: Gaming Operations at MintGox. https://twitter.com/dickerson_des 👉 Dennis Porter: Expert in all-things Bitcoin who currently hosts "Deep Dive with Bitcoin Experts" in Cafe Bitcoin on Clubhouse. https://twitter.com/themachinebuilt 👉 Tony Cai: Co-Founder & CEO of Atomic.Finance and self-described Shitcoiner-turned-Bitcoiner 😉 https://twitter.com/TonyCai_ 💪 SUPPORT THE SHOW: LEDN Bitcoin backed loans –  get $25 free https://bit.ly/397rlLN Get Wasabi wallet for Bitcoin privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Cobo Vault: secure your Bitcoin! https://bit.ly/2GgMFlH BillFodl: get your wallet backups in solid steel. https://privacypros.io/btcsessions Bitrefill: use Bitcoin to purchase gift cards https://www.bitrefill.com/buy/?code=O04UMic9 LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions Audio-only version of the show: https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Telegram channel: https://t.me/btc_sessions

📰 Morgan Stanley will begin offering Bitcoin “ownership” to wealthy clients. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/17/bitcoin-morgan-stanley-is-the-first-big-us-bank-to-offer-wealthy-clients-access-to-bitcoin-funds.html 📰 Bitcoin users who’ve been front-running the Morgan Stanley Elite for over a decade remain unaffected 😂 https://twitter.com/BTCsessions/status/1372253582339108868 📰 Gradually Then Suddenly: VISA will soon enable Bitcoin payments on its network of 70 million merchants. https://www.btctimes.com/news/visa-plans-to-enable-bitcoin-purchases 📰 New data suggests that retail investors are literally giving Wall Street a run for its money when it comes to buying Bitcoin. https://web.archive.org/web/20210315194712/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-15/retail-bitcoin-traders-rival-wall-street-buyers-as-mania-builds 📰 UBI Smash-Buy: New study suggest that nearly 10% of US Stimulus payments could be funneled into Bitcoin. https://www.btctimes.com/news/10-percent-of-stimulus-may-go-into-bitcoin 📰 Keeping its low-interest rate train on the tracks, the Fed aims to keep its policy fixed until 2023. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/fomc-statement-confirms-nothing-will-change-rates-policy-through-2023 📰 India will attempt to ban Bitcoin. Again. (Could gravity be next? 😂) https://www.btctimes.com/news/india-bitcoin-ban-again 📰 Cash App now allows instantly sending bitcoin to other “$cashtags” — for free. https://twitter.com/CashApp/status/1372216492352241667 📰 A week after calling the Fed a cartel, Playboy Playmate Jessica Vaugn buys Bitcoin 🔥 https://twitter.com/JessicaVaugn/status/1371997314881970178 https://twitter.com/JessicaVaugn/status/1369735471857885194 💪 SUPPORT THE SHOW: LEDN Bitcoin backed loans –  get $25 free https://bit.ly/397rlLN Get Wasabi wallet for Bitcoin privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Cobo Vault: secure your Bitcoin! https://bit.ly/2GgMFlH BillFodl: get your wallet backups in solid steel. https://privacypros.io/btcsessions Bitrefill: use Bitcoin to purchase gift cards https://www.bitrefill.com/buy/?code=O04UMic9 LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions Audio-only version of the show: https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Telegram channel: https://t.me/btc_sessions

In a week of Bitcoin surging back towards all-time highs and increasing its market dominance, today’s panel — a CoinCorner takeover! — riffs on what has them feeling bullish 🐂 👉 Danny Scott: CEO of CoinCorner and MtSocks and Co-host of the Britcoiners podcast. https://twitter.com/CoinCornerDanny 👉 Molly Spiers: Head of Marketing/PR/Comms at CoinCorner, Co-founder of MtSocks, and Co-host of the Britcoiners podcast. https://twitter.com/CoinCornerMolly 👉 Zakk Lakin: Tech Lead at CoinCorner, Co-founder of MtSocks, and Co-host of the Britcoiners podcast. https://twitter.com/coincornerzakk 👉 David Boylan: Accountant at CoinCorner who frequently deals with sets of 8 decimals 🤔 https://twitter.com/CoinCornerDave 🔗 CoinCorner: https://twitter.com/CoinCorner 💪 SUPPORT THE SHOW: LEDN Bitcoin backed loans –  get $25 free https://bit.ly/397rlLN Get Wasabi wallet for Bitcoin privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Cobo Vault: secure your Bitcoin! https://bit.ly/2GgMFlH BillFodl: get your wallet backups in solid steel. https://privacypros.io/btcsessions Bitrefill: use Bitcoin to purchase gift cards https://www.bitrefill.com/buy/?code=O04UMic9 LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions Audio-only version of the show: https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Telegram channel: https://t.me/btc_sessions

VIDEO DESCRIPTION 📰 Goldman Sachs reports that customers' demand for Bitcoin is rising -- and they're struggling to fill it 😂 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-goldman-sachs-conference-waldron/goldman-sachs-customers-demand-for-bitcoin-rising-coo-idUSKBN2B22E2 📰 All-in… all-out… Oslo energy giant Aker ASA announces a dedicated company for investing treasury reserves in Bitcoin. https://www.coindesk.com/norway-listed-aker-to-put-100-bitcoin-in-treasury-reserves-of-new-investment-unit 📰 A third Canadian Bitcoin ETF launch on the Toronto Stock Exchange. 🚀 https://www.coindesk.com/third-bitcoin-etf-expected-to-launch-in-canada-this-week 📰 Ensuring its clients don’t stay too poor, JPMorgan launches a ‘Cryptocurrency Exposure Basket’ of Bitcoin proxy stocks. https://www.coindesk.com/jpmorgan-to-launch-cryptocurrency-exposure-basket-of-bitcoin-proxy-stocks 📰 Getting Desperate? Nigeria begins rewarding citizens for funneling remittances through “official channels” instead of using Bitcoin. https://www.coindesk.com/nigeria-is-now-rewarding-citizens-for-using-licensed-money-senders-not-crypto 📰 Another Way to Buy: Digital Currency Group (DCG) allots $250 million to purchase GBTC on the open-market. 🟢 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210310005273/en/Digital-Currency-Group-Announces-Plan-to-Purchase-Shares-of-Grayscale-Bitcoin-Trust-OTCQX-GBTC 📰 Oceans 21: IRS announces Operation Hidden Treasure to track omissions of cryptocurrency activity on theft tax returns. https://www.forbes.com/sites/irswatch/2021/03/06/operation-hidden-treasure-is-here-if-you-have-unreported-crypto-its-time-to-get-legal-advice/ 📰 U.S. House of Representatives approves another round of stimulus checks sent by the IRS. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-09/u-s-stimulus-set-to-boost-global-economy-as-europe-lags-behind?srnd=premium 📰 nO INflaTiOn… according to the US Consumer Price Index 🤔 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-10/measure-of-u-s-core-consumer-prices-rises-less-than-forecast 💪 SUPPORT THE SHOW: LEDN Bitcoin backed loans –  get $25 free https://bit.ly/397rlLN Get Wasabi wallet for Bitcoin privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Cobo Vault: secure your Bitcoin! https://bit.ly/2GgMFlH BillFodl: get your wallet backups in solid steel. https://privacypros.io/btcsessions Bitrefill: use Bitcoin to purchase gift cards https://www.bitrefill.com/buy/?code=O04UMic9 LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions Audio-only version of the show: https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Telegram channel: https://t.me/btc_sessions

In a week of more jurisdictions warming to Bitcoin as fiat currency crises continue reaffirming its value proposition, today’s panel guests riff on what has them feeling bullish 🐂. 👉 Brandon Quittem: Communications Lead at Swan Bitcoin and host of the Bitcoiners in Minneapolis Meetup. https://twitter.com/Bquittem 👉 BITVOLT7: Bitcoin miner, gamer, and co-Host of Simply Bitcoin on YouTube. https://twitter.com/BITVOLT7 👉 Coinicarus: Host of the Fun with Bitcoin podcast and co-host of Simply Bitcoin on YouTube. https://twitter.com/Coinicarus 👉 : FartFace 2000: Creator of Bit Piggys, Bitcoin-powered piggy banks for children. https://twitter.com/fartface2000 💪 SUPPORT THE SHOW: LEDN Bitcoin backed loans –  get $25 free https://bit.ly/397rlLN Get Wasabi wallet for Bitcoin privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Cobo Vault: secure your Bitcoin! https://bit.ly/2GgMFlH BillFodl: get your wallet backups in solid steel. https://privacypros.io/btcsessions Bitrefill: use Bitcoin to purchase gift cards https://www.bitrefill.com/buy/?code=O04UMic9 LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions Audio-only version of the show: https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Telegram channel: https://t.me/btc_sessions