Charlie & Colin break down the conspiracy theory that claims Jack Dorsey is Satoshi Nakamoto. You might be surprised how deep the rabbithole goes and how crazy the connections sound.

Notes:

• Jack Dorsey’s Vietnamese restaurant

• Hidden address references in old Bitcoin transactions

• Are clues hidden in comic books?

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Chapters:

00:00 Is Jack Dorsey Satoshi?

01:14 The bizarre connections begin

02:29 Jack’s “Satoshi” Shirt

05:02 Jack Dorsey was a Cypherpunk

06:44 Arch Network

07:16 Old Addresses

09:52 Clues in old vanity addresses

19:07 Jack, Bitcoin, and nautical references

36:54 Why Jack Dorsey isn’t Satoshi

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Will Reeves, CEO of Fold, is hyperfocused on making it easy to save in Bitcoin. As the new Bitcoin user looks different than previous cycles, so does the modern Bitcoin company. Fold is going public on the thesis that the average American needs low friction options to orient their existing habits around saving in Bitcoin.

Notes:

• Fold vs other public crypto companies

• Different company models each cycle

• Successful (and unsuccessful) products

• Starbucks & airline miles, but with Bitcoin

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

1:26 Nasdaq listing

02:47 Fold 1.0 to Fold 2.0

04:25 Arch Network

04:55 Fold 2.0

05:35 Why Fold holds over 1,000 BTC

09:59 Adapting for a changing Bitcoin landscape

19:08 The reasoning behind Fold’s Nasdaq listing

29:59 Bitcoin's Changing User Base

39:25 Plans for 2025 and beyond

41:44 Reflections on the future of Bitcoin

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Matt Luongo from Thesis helps us “wrap” our heads around what it means to take your bitcoin cross-chain. What are the trust assumptions? What are the differences between different wrapped Bitcoin products? Is there any “funny business” going on?

Notes:

• New users are coming to ETFs

• Microstrategy vs cross-chain Bitcoin

• TVL mirroring

• BitGo’s Wrapped Bitcoin vs other wrapped Bitcoin

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

02:03 What is Wrapped Bitcoin

05:12 Bitcoin Layers and Bridging

07:45 Arch Network

08:15 Layers

10:30 Trust Assumptions in Wrapped Bitcoin

14:14 Proof of Reserves vs. Solvency

19:02 The Scale of Wrapped Bitcoin

25:12 Soft Forks and Bitcoin’s Future

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It’s now openly acknowledged that the crypto industry has been targeted for years by the previous administration’s Operation Chokepoint 2.0 scheme. Charlie & Colin discuss how last week’s hearing saw Senators Warren & Scott addressed the matter before the House Financial Services Committee. We explain how we got here and where we might go as an industry.

Notes:

• History of regulatory scrutiny

• FTX Fallout

• Operation Chokepoint 2.0 Hearing

• Elizabeth Warren changes tune

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Chapters:

03:23 – Operation Choke Point 2.0: Background & FTX Fallout

07:20 – Nick Carter’s Revelations & Chokepoint Analysis

09:23 – Silvergate’s Story & the 15% Deposit Cap

18:09 – House Financial Services Committee Hearing Recap

25:05 – Elizabeth Warren’s Pivot & Broader Political Implications

42:41 – Future Outlook: Could There Be a Choke Point 3.0?

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Welcome back to Bitcoin Season 2! For this week's Writer's Room, Colin and Charlie cover the release of Tornado Cash co-founder Alexey Pertsev from prison. They also dive into recent policy talking points from Trump's Crypto Czar, David Sacks, including why stablecoin regulation could become a pillar of this administration's crypto approach (and what that means for dollar dominance). Plus, what Trump's executive order for a U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund means for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

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After a crypto dump some are comparing to the COVID crash, Bitcoin dominance has skyrocketed. Is this the new normal? Bitwise's Jeff Park says the trade war may kick off a series of events that is actually good for Bitcoin,

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Quary, founder of Magisat, discusses the growing market for rare sats, unique satoshis with historical, aesthetic, or numerical significance. How does ordinal theory assign identities to satoshis? What are the technical challenges of procuring rare sats?

Despite current liquidity & market drawdown, Quary argues that rare sats represent an authentic, grifter-resistant asset class, poised to gain value as Bitcoin adoption grows.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

02:09 How Quary Discovered Rare Sats

04:43 What Are Ordinals and Rare Sats?

09:40 What Makes a Satoshi Rare?

15:21 The Unique Nature of Rare Sats

17:31 The Rare Sat Marketplace: How Sats Get Traded

24:31 Technical Challenges in Building a Rare Sat Marketplace

30:53 Market Valuation and Adoption of Rare Sats

39:03 The Bull Case for Rare Sats

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The culling is happening -- Bitcoin assets like Runes & Ordinals are collapsing. Is this the end? Top Ordinals assets are down 30% - 60% over the past month and the total Runes market cap has fallen below $1 billion, again.

An interesting phenomenon the past week has been the attention on Solana memecoins from the ordinals & Bitcoin maxi community. Unlikely as it may seem, "boomer" Bitcoiners are launching memecoins on Solana.

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Ross Ulbricht is free, full pardon! But how did we get here & what actually was the Silk Road? Colin & Charlie dive in

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For this emergency Writer's Room episode, Charlie and Colin talk Trump's inauguration speech, in which he doesn't mention Bitcoin (quelle suprise!); the $10 billion dollar elephant (or should we say "shitcoin"?) in the room, TRUMP coin; and Trump's myriad Bitcoin policy promises.

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