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(00:00) - Intro and Bitcoin's surge
(04:41) - Travis Kalanick’s ventures
(09:07) - Founder-led innovation
(13:36) - AI in construction
(16:01) - Business refounding necessity
(19:02) - AI's impact on jobs
(22:01) - Market signaling and AI
(28:38) - Unalterable data repositories
(33:33) - Bitcoin in digital finance
(41:14) - Crypto and traditional finance convergence
(50:34) - Building financial companies with Bitcoin and AI
(54:32) - Political implications on stablecoins
(62:24) - AI tool vulnerabilities
(66:14) - Data privacy and AI
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Links discussed:
https://x.com/timmyhmshen/status/2033373162256118219?s=46
https://www.theblock.co/post/393173/wells-fargo-files-wfusd-trademark-covering-crypto-trading-payments-and-tokenization-services?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
https://www.mastercard.com/us/en/news-and-trends/stories/2026/mastercard-crypto-partner-program.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
https://www.theblock.co/post/393721/abra-to-go-public-via-spac-merger-at-750-million-valuation?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
https://www.theblock.co/post/392812/stablecoin-fintech-kast-raises-80-million-in-series-a-to-fund-global-expansion?utm_source=telegram1&utm_medium=social
https://www.theblock.co/post/392812/stablecoin-fintech-kast-raises-80-million-in-series-a-to-fund-global-expansion?utm_source=telegram1&utm_medium=social
https://x.com/pete_rizzo_/status/2033185448026394872?s=46
https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/nasdaq-partners-with-kraken-in-tokenization-push-135e8112
https://x.com/MTanguma/status/2033187728976699843?s=20
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/13/travis-kalanick-launches-a-new-company-called-atoms-focused-on-robotics/
https://x.com/cryptopunk7213/status/2031914914768449817?s=46
https://techstartups.com/2026/03/13/meta-plans-massive-layoffs-of-up-to-20-of-the-workforce-to-offset-soaring-ai-costs/
https://x.com/markgadala/status/2033230495283351624?s=46
https://x.com/trungtphan/status/2032224185335103686?s=46
https://x.com/TrungTPhan/status/2032224185335103686?s=20
https://x.com/etherealize_io/status/2031444979969647085?s=46
Keep up with Michael: https://x.com/MTanguma
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mtanguma/
Keep up with Liam: https://x.com/Lnelson_21
https://www.linkedin.com/in/liam-nelson1/
Keep up with Brian: https://x.com/BackslashBTC
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-cubellis-00b1a660/
