“Bitcoin is one of the only functioning free markets we have left.”

@jack mallers dropped this pearl of wisdom during our chat at @BTC Prague.

“There’s not enough filthy fiat to support all this debt and spending.”

I am finally back online after running the official livestream news desk at @BTC Prague.

We did 24 interviews over 3 days at the event, with our interview with @jack mallers a big highlight.

I’ll be dropping loads of snippets from here on out! Please repost if you enjoy what I’m putting out!

"Bitcoin OGs, NOT MINERS, are the real BTC price setters."

This insight from @Pierre Rochard suggests Bitcoin OGs have been dictating BTC price since 2024:

"Bitcoin price went up because of demand from ETFs and the Trump election, which triggered a supply cascade from OGs after hitting that psychological achievement of $100,000."

Rochard said that there's a clear supply and demand imbalance which was typically dictated by miners in the first 3 Bitcoin halvings.

"If we just go back to economics 101, we've always talked about the mining getting halved, right? So then the supply is getting halved. The reality is that if you look at the marketplace, the exchanges, the volumes, they far surpass the quantity of Bitcoin getting mined," Rochard said.

Check out the full conversation from Ep.1 of The Lumen Podcast on YouTube 👇

https://youtu.be/TMJxS-zoIdA?si=uprTKUJh_EBb3Jof

After years of planning, I am launching a Bitcoin-focused interview show.

The Lumen Podcast ☀️

It's a great pleasure to start this journey with Ep. 1 feat. @Pierre Rochard

Please subscribe to the YouTube channel,❤️& 🔁

https://youtube.com/@thelumenpodcast?si=1FYrjnYtpFqX31u1

Brian Armstrong deserves an award for evangelising Bitcoin at WEF in Davos.

France’s central bank governor said he trusts central banks more than “private issuers of Bitcoin”

Armstrong hit back immediately: “Bitcoin is a decentralized protocol, there’s actually no issuer of it.”

Why are so many Bitcoiners skeptical about Bitcoin Treasury Companies 🤔

🤯 Hard to understand financial engineering
💹 Share shilling tied to BTC

Bitcoin OG @Pierre Rochard unpacks the core reasons and also explains Nakamoto PIPE unlock situation

Full 📺 in the comments 👇

Probably an unpopular opinion - but we need to get Bitcoiners actively involved in the World Economic Forum 👇👇👇

My experience in Davos this year made it evidently clear that Bitcoin remains misunderstood and undervalued as hard money.

Naturally, it’s also the antithesis of how a globalist institution like the WEF wants the world to operate.

Getting the right people speaking inside the forum is crucial to changing the perception of Bitcoin and informing politicians and heads of industry to change their thinking.

I’d love to see @Michael Saylor @Adam Back @Samson Mow @Saifedean Ammous and others talking on an exclusively Bitcoin focused panel next year