

Blockware Podcast
Mitchell Askew
Breaking down all things Bitcoin with Head Analyst of Blockware Intelligence, Mitchell Askew.
Keep up to date with his invaluable insight via the Blockware Intelligence Podcast and Blockware Intelligence Newsletter.
Twitter: @MitchellHODL
Blockware Intelligence Newsletter: blockwareintelligence.com
Keep up to date with his invaluable insight via the Blockware Intelligence Podcast and Blockware Intelligence Newsletter.
Twitter: @MitchellHODL
Blockware Intelligence Newsletter: blockwareintelligence.com
Episodes
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Dec 22, 2022 • 57min
Joe Consorti on The Federal Reserve, Bitcoin, Binance, and Japan.
Joe Burnett and Joe Consorti discuss why The Federal Reserve will not continue to increase the Fed Funds Rate
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Timestamps:
00:00 2s/Fed Funds Inversion - Why the Fed will Pause Rate Hikes
14:34 Regulation in Bitcoin/Crypto
24:19 Binance
34:52 Economies Converge on 1 Money
38:49 Bank of Japan
44:41 Paper Gold
50:55 The Next Bitcoin Bull Market

Dec 15, 2022 • 59min
What happens when 1 BTC = $1,000,000?
Joe Burnett and Jimbo discuss Bitcoin, Psychology, Consentualism, Debt, and more in this episode of the Blockware Intelligence Podcast!
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Timestamps: 00:00 Bitcoin Super-cycle and Price Psychology
13:01 Bitcoin Ownership is Knowledge
21:39 Self-custody: Easy but Unfamiliar
29:28 Consentualism vs Anarcho-Capitalism
38:29 De-leveraging the World with Bitcoin
43:44 Bitcoin and Inheritance Planning
53:58 Bitcoin is Charity

Dec 8, 2022 • 1h 7min
Michael Saylor on Crypto Casinos, Regulation, and Bitcoin's Volatility
Michael Saylor and Joe Burnett discuss why FTX was committing securities fraud, what regulators need to do about it, and how this affects Bitcoin.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Why Michael is comfortable with Bitcoin's volatility
09:12 Why haven't more publicly traded companies bought bitcoin?
14:11 Will institutions hold their own private keys?
27:25 Bitcoin yield products
41:53 FTX, VC Money, and Securities Fraud
57:30 Catalyst for the next bull run

Dec 6, 2022 • 39min
Bitcoin Fixes Financial Inequality with Natalie Burnell
Natalie and Joe discuss how Bitcoin teaches finance and fixes the gap between the elites, middle class, and lower class.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro / Natalie's Bitcoin Story
02:23 Bitcoin and Financial Illiteracy
09:23 Communicating Bitcoin
20:35 Bitcoin Adoption
23:59 SBF is a Criminal
27:53 Stablecoins
30:37 Why Bitcoin and not Altcoins
36:16 Bitcoin in 20 Years

Dec 5, 2022 • 54min
Is Paper Bitcoin Suppressing the Price?
Joe Burnett and Jesse Meyers discuss the importance of putting your Bitcoin in self-custody.
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Dec 2, 2022 • 43min
Bitcoin Based Economy, Stablecoins, and Sidechains w/ David Seroy
David Seroy discusses Bitcoin-based economy, stablecoins, and sidechains. Topics include Bitcoin and credit, sidechains, BTC collateralized stablecoins, risks involved, borrowing against Bitcoin, censorship-resistant dollars, evolution and challenges of stablecoins, hyper Bitcoinization, and the influence of Bitcoin on economics and academic perception.

Nov 23, 2022 • 35min
Why the collapse of FTX is good for Bitcoin
Joe Burnett and Mitchell Askew discuss the implications of the FTX fallout and the future of Bitcoin
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Nov 9, 2022 • 59min
FTX, Central Bank Incompetence, and Bitcoin with Joe Consorti
Joe Burnett and Joe Consorti discuss what caused FTX to go bust and why Bitcoin is a bet on continued central bank incompetence.
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Timestamps: 00:00 Intro / Joe's Background
07:25 FTX Implosion
20:42 Keynesian Economics
25:21 (Lightning + Bitcoin) vs (Fiat + Gold)
30:35 Global Growth Slowdown
38:37 When Bear Market Bottom?
46:30 Biggest Trigger for a Bitcoin Bull Run
55:12 Hyper-Bitcoinization

Nov 7, 2022 • 49min
The Future of Bitcoin and Energy Markets with Lyn Alden
Joe sits down with Lyn Alden, renowned economist in the Bitcoin community and founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, to discuss Bitcoin, the energy crisis, and future expectations.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Lyn's Bitcoin Background
05:42 Energy
15:46 Approaching Energy as an Investor
24:11 Catalysts for Bitcoin Bull Runs
28:13 Are we in a Recession?
41:09 The Biggest Reason for Increasing Global Wealth is...
45:45 Bitcoin in 15-20 Years

Nov 7, 2022 • 49min
Creating 10 Million Bitcoiners with Cory Klippsten
Joe Burnett sits down with Cory Klippsten, CEO of Swan Bitcoin, to discuss Swan's mission of creating 10,000,000 Bitcoiners, Bitcoin vs Crypto, and Bitcoin Maximalism
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:57 Tradional Media's view of Bitcoin vs "Crypto"
08:54 The Development of Bitcoin Education
10:21 Why Buy Bitcoin Instead of ETH
13:09 Could Bitcoin be Improved?
14:46 Swans Business Model
19:09 Crypto: Malice or Ignorance?
22:19 Winning The Race to Avoid the War
27:57 Definition of a Bitcoiner
29:06 Swan Going Public
32:39 Bitcoin in the Current Macro Environment
34:50 Do you need to understand Bitcoin to hold it?
35:55 Are Bitcoiners too toxic?
43:25 Pacific Bitcoin Conference