Stanford math Ph.D., former Wall Street Prop Trader, and tech startup guru Fred Krueger joins Josh & Dan to discuss the magnitude and flows behind the new Bitcoin ETFs.
WE COVER:
Reflexivity in Bitcoin
Bitcoin as a Socioeconomic Phenomena 
The End of the 4-Year Cycle?
Ethereum ETF?
Bitcoin Supply and Demand
Why There Is No Fair Price For Bitcoin
Fred’s Bearish Case For Bitcoin
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BCB149_FRED KRUEGER: ETF vs. Absolute Scarcity

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Josh sits down with Dax and E from SeedHammer to discuss cold storage backups.  There is never a better time to understand how to protect your sats far into the future than now.  We explain the basics of Multi-Sig, the wallet configuration file, and the slow surveillance creep in all aspects of life.  We also discuss the future of Multi-Sig solutions.
 
WE COVER:
Multi-Sig backups 
Wallet Configuration File backups
The slow creep of the surveillance state
3D printing sex toys
Trust Minimization
SeedHammer 
Future Multi-Sig Solutions
 
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COINKITE — code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
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BCB153: DAX & E of SeedHammer -- Privacy, Paranoia & Hammered Steel

This conversation with Morgen Rochard delves into financial planning for Bitcoin investors, emphasizing long-term strategies over short-term trading to match Bitcoin investments with long-term liabilities. It covers diverse aspects like windfall management, diversification, and risk tolerance, stressing the importance of using tools such as tax loss harvesting to optimize tax implications. Additionally, Morgen and Josh highlight the need for personal reflection and informed decision-making, cautioning against the influence of financial influencers and underscoring the role of thorough understanding in managing investments and potential impacts like those from ETFs on the market.
 
WE COVER:
Time Horizon is critical in financial planning
Diversification Ideas
Allowing Uncle Sam ONLY the tip
Paying off a Mortgage–Good Idea?
Don’t blindly follow influencer advice
This Bull Run is DIFFERENT
 
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COINKITE — code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
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Shelling Out- By Nick Szabo
Origin Wealth Advisers
Bitcoin For Advisers Podcast
Bitcoin Personal Finance Book (coming soon)
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BCB152: MORGEN ROCHARD— Planning For Generational Wealth

Josh & Dan are joined by Jesse Myers. Jesse is now the COO of Bitcoin Asset Management Platform Onramp. In this hour these three cover best practices for protecting large sums of real Bitcoin, and they also unpack potentially bullish headwinds surrounding current Bitcoin market dynamics.
THIS EPISODE EXPLORES...
Why Dan & Josh are basically Navy Seals
What self custody has to do with Firefighter RIT Training
Mult-Institutional Custody
Bitcoin redefining how humans custody assets
How the Yuppie Elite view BTC
Why the magnitude of Bitcoin makes it hard to explain
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COINKITE — code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
BITCOIN 2024 — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
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Onramp 
“How Best to Describe Bitcoin” by Jesse Myers
“The Internet of Money” by Andreas Antonopoulos
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BCB151: JESSE MYERS (Croesus) — Bullish Predictions & Wealth Protection

John Haar, Managing Director of Swan Private, joins Dan and Josh for a wide-ranging discussion about the current market dynamics in Bitcoin. John worked for 13 years at Goldman Sachs in the asset management division, so he is well-versed in market dynamics and how Wall Street functions.
WE COVER:
FOMO in the current market
Who is buying the ETF?
Knowing what you don’t know is wisdom
Opportunity in ignorance
Mechanics of OTC desks
Is Microstrategy a buy, hold, or sell?
Mining Stock underperformance
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SHOW SPONSORS:
SWAN — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar-cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. Visit Swan.com. For Swan PREMIUM FREE click HERE and use PASSWORD: bluecollarbitcoin
COINKITE — code BCB for discount on ColdCard. Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including opendime, satscard, tapsigner, the seedplate, coldpower, blockclock mini & blockclock micro. All available at coinkite.com
BITCOIN 2024 — code BCB for 10% off tickets. Happening in Nashville July 25-27 2024, Get tickets early and get the best price possible! Visit b.tc/conference
SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: Podcast 2.0 streaming on our favorite pod app, Fountain: You can earn & stream sats on Lightning Network while listening to pods! Also, share and listen to standout clips with the Fountain community.
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BCB149_FRED KRUEGER: ETF vs. Absolute Scarcity

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