New Era Finance

Michaël van de Poppe
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New Era Finance is your go-to source for navigating the future of finance and crypto. Each episode dives into the latest issues and trends shaping the financial landscape, with a special focus on cryptocurrency, blockchain technologies, decentralized finance (DeFi), fintech innovations, and the evolving financial ecosystems. Tune in for insightful discussions with top financial experts, thought leaders, and Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) as they explore key shifts in global finance, provide in-depth market analysis, and share their insights for the road ahead.

  1. Jul 28

    Ben Goertzel: You Have 2 Years Before AI Changes Everything

    Ben Goertzel says you have two years before AI changes everything, your job included. The AGI pioneer explains what's coming and how to position for it. While everyone argues about whether AGI is real, Ben Goertzel is building it, and he thinks we're just a few years away from the moment machines start improving themselves faster than we ever could. He joins Michaël van de Poppe to explain what that actually means for your work, your money, and the financial system you're relying on. Ben breaks down why the entire US economy is now betting on AI taking over everything, and what happens if that bet fails. He explains the interim period nobody's ready for, when AI is smart enough to take everyone's job but not yet able to give everyone free stuff, why universal basic income becomes unavoidable, and why he believes blockchain is the one technology that keeps this future decentralized instead of controlled by a handful of tech giants. It's a conversation about the biggest transition in human history, from one of the people building it. This episode was recorded in 2026. (verify exact date) CONNECT WITH BEN GOERTZEL: X/Twitter: https://x.com/bengoertzel (verify handle) SingularityNET: https://singularitynet.io Superintelligence: https://superintelligence.io (verify) CONTACT MICHAËL: X/Twitter: https://x.com/CryptoMichNL YouTube: https://youtube.com/@michaelvdpoppe SPONSORS: OKX: The 8% deposit bonus is back. Deposit and earn an 8% bonus, with rewards paid out over 52 weeks and a reward cap of €5,000. Runs from August 6th to August 31st. Join before you deposit to qualify: https://my.okx.com/nl/deposit-bonus?channelId=73357915 LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@newerafinancepodcast?sub_confirmation=1 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/new-era-finance/id1781211657 MN FUND — Digital asset investment fund: https://www.mnfund.nl/ #NewEraFinance #CryptoMichNL #Crypto #BenGoertzel #AI #AGI #SingularityNET #Blockchain #FutureOfWork

    Ben Goertzel: You Have 2 Years Before AI Changes Everything

  2. Jul 28

    Stani Kulechov: The Biggest Crypto Opportunity of Your Lifetime Is Happening Right Now

    Is DeFi about to replace your bank? Stani Kulechov, the founder of Aave, explains why on-chain finance is quietly becoming the real financial system, and why it's the biggest shift in crypto and banking most people are still missing. While everyone was distracted by the bear market, DeFi did something remarkable: it survived. Hundreds of millions in liquidations were processed transparently in minutes, and the protocols came out the other side generating real revenue. Stani breaks down how DeFi went from experiment to infrastructure: how Aave did almost 150 million in net revenue, why banks are now hiring DeFi teams and moving on-chain, why in five years we might not even call it DeFi anymore (it'll just be finance), and how tokenized assets and everyday savings apps could bring millions of new users on-chain. He also gets into why Ethereum is lagging behind, what governments get wrong about privacy, and the world of abundance he sees coming over the next few decades, funded the way JP Morgan once funded the railroads. It's a big-picture conversation about the moment DeFi stops being a niche and starts becoming the financial system itself. This episode was recorded in 2026. (verify exact date) CONNECT WITH STANI KULECHOV: X/Twitter: https://x.com/StaniKulechov (verify handle) Aave: https://aave.com CONTACT MICHAËL: X/Twitter: https://x.com/CryptoMichNL YouTube: https://youtube.com/@michaelvdpoppe SPONSORS: OKX: Earn up to €150 in bitcoin. Deposit and trade €200 worth of crypto within 14 days of registering, hold it for 30 days, and your €20 bitcoin reward unlocks automatically: https://www.okx.com/en-eu/campaigns/cryptomichnl LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4m1NATQndU8yUUe1aRkOTn Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/new-era-finance/id1781211657 MN FUND — Digital asset investment fund: 60% vs Bitcoin since inception July '25 https://www.mnfund.nl/ #NewEraFinance #CryptoMichNL #Crypto #StaniKulechov #Aave #DeFi #Ethereum #OnChainFinance

    Stani Kulechov: The Biggest Crypto Opportunity of Your Lifetime Is Happening Right Now

  3. Jul 27

    Jamie Coutts: The 3 Crypto Tokens I'm Holding This Bull Cycle

    What's the real reason Bitcoin is weak? It's not Michael Saylor. Jamie Coutts joins Michaël van de Poppe to cut through the noise and explain the one force that actually drives Bitcoin: global liquidity. While everyone blames MicroStrategy for the downturn, Jamie argues the truth is bigger and more structural and that understanding it is the key to seeing what comes next. He breaks down why we're really in a bear market (a broad lack of demand, not just Saylor), what his Bitcoin cycle risk model was signalling at last year's top, why an undercurrent of long term holders selling reached its pinnacle in Q3, and why a secular debasement trend means more liquidity has to enter the market at some stage this year or next. He also explains why the road there often requires conditions to get worse before they get better. It's a data driven, myth busting conversation about what's really moving Bitcoin and where the next wave of liquidity comes from. This episode was recorded on July 1st CONNECT WITH JAMIE COUTTS: X/Twitter: https://x.com/Jamie1Coutts CONTACT MICHAËL: X/Twitter: https://x.com/CryptoMichNL YouTube: https://youtube.com/@michaelvdpoppe SPONSORS: OKX: Time to Switch. Get 400 EUR in BTC for new users, 8% on deposits, 30-day VIP pass with X-Perps. Fully regulated. MiCA, MiFID, Payment Institution licensed: https://my.okx.com/switch-to-okx?channelId=73357915 LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NewEraFinancePodcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/new-era-finance/id1781211657 MN FUND — Digital asset investment fund: 60% vs Bitcoin since inception July '25 https://www.mnfund.nl/ #NewEraFinance #CryptoMichNL #Crypto #JamieCoutts #Bitcoin #GlobalLiquidity #Macro #Liquidity #BitcoinCycle

    Jamie Coutts: The 3 Crypto Tokens I'm Holding This Bull Cycle

  4. Jul 14

    Lawrence Lepard: Buy Bitcoin Now Before It Hits $200,000 in 2027

    Why is one of the most respected voices in sound money buying Bitcoin right now, while everyone else is scared? Lawrence Lepard joins Michaël van de Poppe to make the contrarian case: the fear around Bitcoin and MicroStrategy is overdone, and this is exactly the kind of moment that rewards buyers. He explains why investing is the one place people irrationally hate lower prices - you celebrate a sale at the supermarket, but when an asset gets cheaper you assume something's wrong. He walks through the sound money thesis behind it all: why fiat debasement is structural and unavoidable, why Bitcoin's power law median value sits around 134,000 (meaning today's price is effectively a discount), why the FUD around MicroStrategy has been overdone and reminds him of past major bottoms, and why he fully expects Bitcoin to reach new all-time highs within the next year or two. It's a calm, contrarian, deeply reasoned conversation about the discipline of buying when everyone else is fearful. This episode was recorded on July 1st CONNECT WITH LAWRENCE LEPARD: X/Twitter: https://x.com/LawrenceLepard Equity Management Associates: https://www.linkedin.com/company/equity-mangement-associates-llc CONTACT MICHAËL: X/Twitter: https://x.com/CryptoMichNL YouTube: https://youtube.com/@michaelvdpoppe SPONSORS: OKX: Time to Switch. Get 400 EUR in BTC for new users, 8% on deposits, 30-day VIP pass with X-Perps. Fully regulated. MiCA, MiFID, Payment Institution licensed: https://my.okx.com/switch-to-okx?channelId=73357915 LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NewEraFinancePodcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/new-era-finance/id1781211657 MN FUND — Digital asset investment fund: 60% vs Bitcoin since inception July '25 https://www.mnfund.nl/ #NewEraFinance #CryptoMichNL #Crypto #LawrenceLepard #Bitcoin #SoundMoney #MicroStrategy #Macro #PowerLaw

    Lawrence Lepard: Buy Bitcoin Now Before It Hits $200,000 in 2027

  5. Jul 13

    Simon Dixon: The New World Order Wants To Steal Your Bitcoin

    Do you actually own your Bitcoin, or does someone else? Simon Dixon joins Michaël van de Poppe with a warning about Bitcoin custody. The institutions that spent a decade dismissing Bitcoin now control its short term price, and they have a plan for the coins you are holding. They don't want you to self custody your Bitcoin. They want you to lend it, borrow against it, and leave it sitting with a custodian. Simon lays out the framework behind it: sovereign versus subordinate. Sovereign means you hold Bitcoin you can access without permission from a bank, a broker, or a custodian. Subordinate means you are in debt to the financial system for everything you own. He explains how Bitcoin gets captured through custodians, ETFs and lending products, why self custody is the one thing they cannot touch, why he believes you cannot vote your way out of this, and what the first practical steps look like if you want to move from subordinate to sovereign. His answer is simple and uncomfortable: you boycott the Federal Reserve by owning Bitcoin, and you boycott the banks by holding it in self custody rather than leaving it with someone else. Every week, he says, ask yourself one question - am I more sovereign, or more subordinate than I was last week? This episode was recorded on June 24th, 2026. CONNECT WITH SIMON DIXON: X/Twitter: https://x.com/SimonDixonTwitt (verify handle) CONTACT MICHAËL: X/Twitter: https://x.com/CryptoMichNL YouTube: https://youtube.com/@michaelvdpoppe SPONSORS: OKX: Time to Switch. Get 400 EUR in BTC for new users, 8% on deposits, 30-day VIP pass with X-Perps. Fully regulated. MiCA, MiFID, Payment Institution licensed: https://my.okx.com/switch-to-okx?channelId=73357915 LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4m1NATQndU8yUUe1aRkOTn YouTube: www.youtube.com/@NewEraFinancePodcast MN FUND — Digital asset investment fund: 60% vs Bitcoin since inception July '25 https://www.mnfund.nl/ #NewEraFinance #CryptoMichNL #Crypto #SimonDixon #Bitcoin #SelfCustody #NotYourKeys #Sovereignty

    Simon Dixon: The New World Order Wants To Steal Your Bitcoin

  6. Jul 6

    Tom Lee: Why Ethereum Will Make You Rich (You're Not Too Late)

    Is Ethereum the most undervalued asset in crypto right now? Tom Lee joins Michaël van de Poppe to explain why he thinks ETH is dramatically mispriced and why the biggest move may still be ahead. As one of Wall Street's most-followed forecasters, Tom lays out the case for why tokenization, AI agents, and the migration of real-world assets on-chain all point back to one place: Ethereum. He breaks down the scale of what's coming: gold is worth $22 trillion, the stock market over $100 trillion, real estate around $300 trillion and to make those assets composable and digitized, he argues you have to run them on Ethereum and other blockchains. He explains why we're in what he calls "crypto spring," where the fundamentals are stronger than ever while the price lags behind, why he believes AI agents carrying wallets and making autonomous payments is close to a 100% certainty within three years, and why he can easily see Ethereum growing into a 1, 2, or even 5 trillion dollar network. It's an optimistic, big-picture conversation about where the real value in crypto is heading and why Tom thinks most investors are still underestimating Ethereum. This episode was recorded on June 3rd, 2026. CONNECT WITH TOM LEE: X/Twitter: https://x.com/fundstrat CONTACT MICHAËL: X/Twitter: https://x.com/CryptoMichNL YouTube: https://youtube.com/@michaelvdpoppe SPONSORS: OKX: Time to Switch. Get 400 EUR in BTC for new users, 8% on deposits, 30-day VIP pass with X-Perps. Fully regulated. MiCA, MiFID, Payment Institution licensed: https://my.okx.com/switch-to-okx?channelId=73357915 LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4m1NATQndU8yUUe1aRkOTn Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/new-era-finance/id1781211657 MN FUND — Digital asset investment fund: 60% vs Bitcoin since inception July '25 https://www.mnfund.nl/ #TomLee #Ethereum #ETH #Crypto #Tokenization #CryptoSpring #Fundstrat

    Tom Lee: Why Ethereum Will Make You Rich (You're Not Too Late)

  7. Jun 29

    Michael Saylor: They Want You To Sell Bitcoin

    Did Michael Saylor sell his Bitcoin or didn't he? Crypto Twitter spent the week in a frenzy: Strategy sold 32 Bitcoin, and the man who built his entire reputation on "never sell" suddenly looked like he broke his own rule. So we sat down with Michael Saylor at BTC Prague to get the real story, straight from the source. Saylor breaks down the difference between what he does personally and what Strategy does as a treasury company with a fiduciary duty. He explains why selling 32 Bitcoin (two basis points) while buying 175,000 this year is not the contradiction it looks like, why defending the credit and the equity is what allowed Strategy to stack in the first place, and why the machine finances itself for decades even if Bitcoin goes nowhere. "We bought 175,000 Bitcoin this year. We sold 32." From there the conversation zooms out to the bigger picture: why 2026 is the year Bitcoin emerged as consensus global digital capital, how digital credit was invented from nothing in twelve months, the path to plug Bitcoin into every bank through digital money, and why Saylor believes the "Warren Buffett moment" for Bitcoin is still coming. He also gets candid on why being hated is better than being irrelevant, and why he's never been more confident in the machine he's built. This episode was recorded on June 12th, 2026 at BTC Prague. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 — Intro 00:25 — Bitcoin Is Now Digital Capital 03:30 — Digital Credit, Invented In 12 Months 07:40 — Why Bitcoin Is Lagging The Market 12:15 — The Apple & Amazon Comparison 18:30 — Did Saylor Sell His Bitcoin? 21:00 — We Bought 175,000. We Sold 32. 25:00 — Defending The Credit & The Equity 29:30 — What If Bitcoin Stalls For 40 Years? 33:00 — The Warren Buffett Moment Is Coming 37:00 — Being Hated vs Being Irrelevant CONNECT WITH MICHAEL SAYLOR: X/Twitter: https://x.com/saylor Strategy: https://www.strategy.com CONTACT MICHAËL: X/Twitter: https://x.com/CryptoMichNL YouTube: https://youtube.com/@michaelvdpoppe SPONSORS: OKX: The biggest campaign yet. Time to Switch. Get 400 EUR in BTC for new users, 8% on deposits, 30-day VIP pass with X-Perps. Fully regulated. MiCA, MiFID, Payment Institution licensed: https://my.okx.com/switch-to-okx?channelId=73357915 LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4m1NATQndU8yUUe1aRkOTn Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/new-era-finance/id1781211657 MN FUND — Digital asset investment fund: 60% vs Bitcoin since inception July '25 https://www.mnfund.nl/ #MichaelSaylor #Bitcoin #Strategy #FED #Macro #financialsystem #BTC #DigitalCapital #BitcoinTreasury #Crypto #STRC #NeverSellBitcoin

    Michael Saylor: They Want You To Sell Bitcoin

  8. Jun 22

    Arthur Hayes: Why I'm Betting On This Crypto

    Is crypto stuck, or is this the setup for the most asymmetric trade of the cycle? Arthur Hayes joins Michaël van de Poppe for a no-filter conversation on why crypto has stalled, where the liquidity actually went, and the one bet he's making while everyone else sits on the sidelines. A month ago, Hayes said the Bitcoin bottom was in. Then he changed his tune and sold his altcoin positions. His argument: the capital crypto needs to rally is being quietly drained into the AI race, and that rotation may not reverse soon. For someone who built his career on liquidity-driven calls, that's a striking shift, and it raises the real question: is this a pause, or a structural problem for crypto? In this conversation they get into why Hayes believes AI has taken the marginal dollar and left no cash to flow into crypto, why the four-year cycle may be dead, why he thinks the next crisis gets met with even more money printing and what that does to hard assets, and how he approaches risk: hunting for trades that move from a 1% to a 10% chance of success rather than the crowded 50% to 75% bets everyone else is making. He talks through the coins he was long well before they hit the public spotlight, what he looks for in a large-cap that's been hated and forgotten and just needs a little narrative juice, and the single bet he's placing now on what he calls the most hated trade in crypto. It's Arthur at his most direct: macro, liquidity, AI, and where the real money goes next. CONNECT WITH ARTHUR HAYES: X/Twitter: https://x.com/CryptoHayes Substack: https://cryptohayes.substack.com CONTACT MICHAËL: X/Twitter: https://x.com/CryptoMichNL YouTube: https://youtube.com/@michaelvdpoppe SPONSORS: OKX: https://my.okx.com/en-eu/welcome-rewards?channelID=73357915 LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4m1NATQndU8yUUe1aRkOTn Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/new-era-finance/id1781211657 MN FUND — Digital asset investment fund: 60% vs Bitcoin since inception July '25 https://www.mnfund.nl/

    Arthur Hayes: Why I'm Betting On This Crypto
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New Era Finance is your go-to source for navigating the future of finance and crypto. Each episode dives into the latest issues and trends shaping the financial landscape, with a special focus on cryptocurrency, blockchain technologies, decentralized finance (DeFi), fintech innovations, and the evolving financial ecosystems. Tune in for insightful discussions with top financial experts, thought leaders, and Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) as they explore key shifts in global finance, provide in-depth market analysis, and share their insights for the road ahead.

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  • Creator
    Michaël van de Poppe
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    66
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    New Era Finance

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