Having long promised to decentralise power, Bitcoin is looking more and more like it will end up as a tool of American power under Trump. But blockchains could also be used to empower local economies. And why should the left stay attached to a money system controlled by the state? Sam Hart is a developer, […]
Yesterday
Downstream: China Is Building While the West Crumbles w/ Dan Wang
Dan Wang is a technology analyst and author whose life experience, spent partly in North America, partly in China, sets him up as an authoritative observer of the differences and similarities between the American and Chinese empires. In conversation with Aaron Bastani, Wang share ... Show More
2h 1m
Aug 18
Downstream: A Reckoning Is Coming For The Establishment Over Gaza w/ Owen Jones
Owen Jones is a journalist and the author of ‘Chavs’, ‘The Establishment’, and ‘This Land’. He has spent the last 21 months relentlessly reporting and commenting on Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. He joins Ash Sarkar to talk about how media bias actually works, the history of the ... Show More
1h 18m
Aug 11
Downstream: The Ancient Indian History Our Schools Don’t Teach w/ William Dalrymple
Ash Sarkar sat down at EartH Hackney with acclaimed historian and author William Dalrymple. Picking up where they left off last time they spoke on Downstream, Sarkar and Dalrymple had a wide-ranging conversation at the crossroads of empire, resistance, and the long shadows of col ... Show More
1h 5m
Feb 2025
Bitcoin : vers un âge d’or des cryptomonnaies ?
« Les Etats-Unis seront la capitale crypto de la planète et la superpuissance du bitcoin dans le monde », a promis Donald Trump lors de la convention Bitcoin 2024, le 27 juillet, à Nashville (Tennessee). Depuis, le candidat républicain a été élu et le cours du bitcoin s’est envol ... Show More
14m 38s
Feb 2021
Driving Transaction Costs Down to Zero (w/ Jeremy Allaire & Raoul Pal)
Crypto Wednesday: Circle co-founder, chairman, and CEO Jeremy Allaire joins Raoul Pal, Real Vision CEO, to discuss stable coins, regulation, and the problems that Circle is working to solve. Allaire explains that Circle was created to improve the way traditional money, or fiat, w ... Show More
1h 6m
Dec 2024
Money Is Peace: How Bitcoin Restores Hope for Human Liberty
In this episode, Nik Bhatia welcomes Bitcoin anthropologist Natalie Smolenski to explore the profound connection between Bitcoin, human liberty, and peaceful society through an anthropological lens. Natalie unveils how the historical relationship between money and state has shape ... Show More
33m 55s
Jul 2022
992: BILLIONAIRE MIKE NOVOGRATZ INSISTS BITCOIN STILL ON TRACK TO HIT $500K - HERE’S WHEN!!
Bitcoin is still on track to hit $500,000 over the next five years, according to billionaire crypto investor Mike Novogratz. He also admitted he was “wrong” about the extent of the leverage in the industry.
Novogratz, the founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd, told Bloom ... Show More
23m 45s
Feb 2021
SLP248 Godfrey Bloom - What Will Government Do To Bitcoin
Godfrey Bloom, Austrian economist, former politician, and libertarian author joins me to talk about what governments will do to Bitcoin. We discuss: Commonalities and differences with gold What he’s learned since first buying Bitcoin How governments may attempt to control Bitcoin ... Show More
1h 6m
Nov 2024
Building a U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve: A New Era in Bitcoin Policy
In this episode, Nik welcomes David Zell, co-founder of the Bitcoin Policy Institute, to analyze the shifting tides in Bitcoin policy and the regulatory challenges posed by Operation Choke Point 2.0. As the post-election landscape evolves, David shares what these changes mean for ... Show More
39m 33s