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Final Settlement is a weekly podcast covering the underlying mechanics of the bitcoin protocol, its ongoing development and funding, and real-world applications of the technology.

00:00 - Elon Musk's America Party and Bitcoin

06:49 - The Future of AI and Capital Flow

11:35 - Disruption in Technology: Uber vs. Airbnb

16:18 - Stable Coins and International Remittance

22:29 - JP Morgan's Outlook on Bitcoin and Gold

29:51 - The Future of Hard Assets: Bitcoin and Gold

34:22 - Revolutionizing Company Building with AI

36:11 - AI Adoption in the Workforce: A Slow Transition

38:20 - The Cognitive Impact of AI on Human Thinking

41:32 - Balancing AI and Human Creativity

48:24 - California's Startup Landscape: Trends and Insights

50:26 - The Rise of Crypto-Focused Banking

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Links discussed:
https://www.ben-evans.com/presentations
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/26/this-ai-powered-startup-studio-plans-to-launch-100000-companies-a-year-really/
https://www.craincurrency.com/family-office-management/family-offices-quietly-using-venture-studios-build-companies
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/california-startup-funding-share-rising-unicorns-openai-spacex/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter-20250703
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tech-billionaires-led-palmer-luckey-124008946.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIGaZKOVKtrpqCRAE8epUWbgt2Y3NclOOU5no8ADjupJu2O2DFHH6pnOkv9Qz5BvSo_zqE3s3lfLBvX391N4y01VySicBK594A4CsjzSFUMZq3lpuOVHsbGlTAyHzRAVhEe_6Ova_Fw6AwwRfqPC404rPlpKHZLA_Og5PkpxJXc7
https://x.com/stable/status/1940048398595547289?s=46&t=PV2x02cG_nl7mRDNaKNUMA
https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/1939987595020140708
https://www.privatebank.citibank.com/insights/managing-risk-amid-geopolitical-tension
https://privatebank.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/jpm-pb-aem/global/en/documents/insights/outlook/2025-Mid-Year-Outlook-Comfortably-Uncomfortable.pdf?page=27
https://www.gallup.com/workplace/691643/work-nearly-doubled-two-years.aspx
https://seekingalpha.com/news/4464052-elon-musks-xai-raises-5b-each-in-new-debt-and-equity-morgan-stanley

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