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Onramp Bitcoin Media Bitcoin, macro, and markets, discussed by the team building Onramp and the investors and founders we interview every week. The Last Trade: our flagship show on markets, macro, and digital assets through a bitcoin lens, plus one-on-one interviews with investors, entrepreneurs, and analysts. Final Settlement: our weekly show on how traditional capital is moving into bitcoin and digital assets, plus one-on-one interviews with the dealmakers and builders behind it. First Principles: one-on-one conversations every other week on why bitcoin works and how to hold it for the lo

  1. 9h ago

    Why AI Agents Will Run on Bitcoin by 2032

    Michael argues AI agents won't want dollars that can be seized, and that every model lands on Bitcoin as their native currency by about 2032. Plus Nvidia's key man risk after a $3 trillion AI selloff, the CFTC's stock perps fight, Coinbase's full trust charter, and miners leaving for AI. BOOK A CONSULTATION Holding Bitcoin for decades raises two questions: who protects it, and how it reaches your family. Onramp answers both. Three institutions protect it, and no single one can lose it, move it, or use it. Inheritance built in. Insured through Lloyd's of London. Speak with our team to see if it fits. 👉 https://go.onrampbitcoin.com/consult-fs-pod GET ON THE LIST • Onramp: our research, event invites, and the week's Bitcoin news in one free email. https://go.onrampbitcoin.com/research-fs-pod • Early Riders Insights: the best content in the ecosystem, weekly. https://www.earlyriders.com/research ABOUT THIS EPISODE Michael argues that once AI agents are smart enough to build their own plumbing, they will not want to barter in dollars that can be seized, and that any model you run lands on Bitcoin as the native internet currency for agents by roughly 2032. The backdrop is a post-midterm AI selloff that erased roughly $3 trillion in a day, with Nvidia now about 8% of the S&P 500 and Jensen Huang at the center of a national security story, which Liam calls a key man risk for the whole economy. Brian frames Bitcoin as savings versus speculation, and Liam notes that Core Scientific and IREN are leaving Bitcoin mining for AI, removing one of the cycle's biggest forced sellers. Also: the CFTC's single-stock perpetual futures and the Capital Markets Alliance lawsuit, Coinbase's full national trust charter, NYSE choosing Avalanche, Visa's $25 billion stablecoin run rate, Moscow Exchange listing Bitcoin on December 1, and where the moats are now. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Welcome and Austin events 03:19 - Nvidia's key man risk and the $3 trillion AI selloff 09:34 - Can China copy Nvidia? Export controls and Chip War 14:46 - Why Bitcoin is the best AI trade 17:41 - The CFTC approves single-stock perps, and Wall Street sues 26:10 - Sherrod Brown, Elizabeth Warren and crypto after the midterms 30:48 - Coinbase gets a full national trust charter 35:13 - The tokenization race: DTCC, NYSE on Avalanche and OKX 42:54 - Tokenized Bitcoin and Saylor's Bitcoin bank 47:01 - Stablecoins: Visa's $25B run rate, Samsung Wallet and Nigeria 51:12 - Why AI agents will pick Bitcoin over dollars by 2032 52:37 - Core Scientific and IREN exit mining for AI, and the forced sellers 57:58 - Moscow Exchange lists Bitcoin, FinCEN targets MEXC 01:01:12 - Single point of failure of the week: ueno bank, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa and Japan's ATMs 01:03:47 - Claude's finance agent and where the moats are now ABOUT THE SHOW Final Settlement is a weekly show on capital markets, dealmaking, early-stage venture, Bitcoin applications, and protocol development, presented by Early Riders and Onramp Media with Michael Tanguma, Liam Nelson, and Brian Cubellis. • Connect with Early Riders: https://www.earlyriders.com/contact • Michael: https://x.com/MTanguma · Liam: https://x.com/Lnelson_21 · Brian: https://x.com/BackslashBTC MORE FROM ONRAMP MEDIA • The Last Trade and First Principles: https://www.youtube.com/@OnrampMedia • Signal vs Noise, live once a week: https://www.youtube.com/@SignalvsNoiseLIVE • Audio, every show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1690709152 or search Onramp Bitcoin Media on Spotify • News and data: https://onramp.media Onramp does not provide financial, tax, or legal advice. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any asset. This episode is for entertainment purposes only.

    Why AI Agents Will Run on Bitcoin by 2032
  2. 3d ago

    Bitcoin Just Hit Peak Fear (This Is Bullish)

    Through Dec 31: $100/month (or $1,000/year) for your first year of Multi-Institution Custody, normally $2,400. Open a vault, set up a recurring buy, and use code TLT at onrampbitcoin.com. Discounted pricing covers vaults holding up to 25 BTC. The AI trade cracked, stocks shed trillions and Bitcoin slid back near $75,000, but Michael thinks this could be one of its last legs down before it takes off. Jackson, Michael and Brian, with Matt Ball at Presidio Bitcoin, cover the AI selloff, the Binance hack and Citi's crypto ETF guide. BOOK A CONSULTATION Holding Bitcoin for decades raises two questions: who protects it, and how it reaches your family. Onramp answers both. Three institutions protect it, and no single one can lose it, move it, or use it. Inheritance built in. Insured through Lloyd's of London. Speak with our team to see if it fits. 👉 https://go.onrampbitcoin.com/consult-tlt-pod GET ON THE LIST Our research, event invites, and the week's Bitcoin news in one free email. 📩 https://go.onrampbitcoin.com/research-tlt-pod ABOUT THIS EPISODE Recorded live from Presidio Bitcoin in San Francisco with Matt Ball, this special edition opens on the market wipeout after the midterms. Brian explains why the AI capex trade was already fragile before data centers lost at the ballot box, and why Bitcoin has recovered faster than stocks after selloffs like 2020. Michael reads the capitulation as one of the last legs down. The single point of failure of the week is Binance's $6.3 billion hot wallet hack, and the hosts explain why custody, not price, is what an investment committee cannot get wrong. Paraguay's seizure of Ueno Bank, used by about 60% of its adults, shows why money in the bank is not really yours. Then the bullish turn: Citi Wealth's new guide to crypto ETFs, advisors finally allowed to talk about Bitcoin, and Citrini Research's call that AI capex has peaked. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Live from Presidio Bitcoin in San Francisco 05:50 - The midterms and the AI selloff 10:00 - Why the AI trade was already fragile 15:34 - Bitcoin near $75,000 and the last leg down 20:33 - Single point of failure of the week: Binance's $6.3 billion hack 22:55 - Why custody decides institutional allocation 26:52 - Hot wallets, cold storage and the architecture problem 30:24 - Hope is not a custody strategy 35:10 - Paraguay seizes Ueno Bank 38:01 - Why Bitcoin is the last trade 42:42 - Property rights, and why gold beat the S&P 500 48:20 - Citi Wealth puts Bitcoin ETFs in front of advisors 51:29 - Wall Street's coming custody problem 57:34 - Citrini Research: has AI capex peaked? 01:01:38 - Leverage, concentration and the scarcity trade 01:04:17 - Test your recovery before you need it ABOUT THE SHOW The Last Trade: a weekly, bitcoin-native podcast covering the intersection of bitcoin, tech, and finance on a macro scale. Hosted by Jackson Mikalic, Michael Tanguma, and Brian Cubellis. Join us for the biggest stories shaping bitcoin and digital asset adoption, and what they mean for investors protecting their wealth for the long term. MORE FROM ONRAMP MEDIA • Signal vs Noise, live once a week: https://www.youtube.com/@SignalvsNoiseLIVE • Final Settlement and First Principles: https://www.youtube.com/@OnrampMedia • Audio, every show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1690709152 or search Onramp Bitcoin Media on Spotify • News and data: https://onramp.media Onramp does not provide financial, tax, or legal advice. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any asset. This episode is for entertainment purposes only.

    Bitcoin Just Hit Peak Fear (This Is Bullish)
  3. Nov 3

    The Biggest Heist Ever Showed Banks How to Hold Bitcoin

    Banks and fintechs are about to treat Bitcoin like money, and Michael argues that means keys offline and no single point of failure. Plus Binance's $6.3 billion hack, which Bitcoin barely noticed, Google's MPC custody for banks, and ICE and Hyperliquid. BOOK A CONSULTATION Holding Bitcoin for decades raises two questions: who protects it, and how it reaches your family. Onramp answers both. Three institutions protect it, and no single one can lose it, move it, or use it. Inheritance built in. Insured through Lloyd's of London. Speak with our team to see if it fits. 👉 https://go.onrampbitcoin.com/consult-fs-pod GET ON THE LIST • Onramp: our research, event invites, and the week's Bitcoin news in one free email. https://go.onrampbitcoin.com/research-fs-pod • Early Riders Insights: the best content in the ecosystem, weekly. https://www.earlyriders.com/research ABOUT THIS EPISODE Michael argues the real catalyst is banks and fintechs realizing Bitcoin is money: once their clients demand it be treated that way, keys for significant balances go offline and multi-institution custody becomes the logical choice. Google Cloud's new MPC custody service for banks is the first sign, and the hosts weigh it against Bitcoin native multisig. The backdrop is Binance's $6.3 billion hot wallet hack on October 29, the largest theft on record, after which Bitcoin only slipped from about $81K to $77K, a sign of seller exhaustion. The hosts dig into what "made whole" really means, why the biggest honeypots keep drawing North Korea's attention, and why institutions will not take real positions until custody has no single point of failure. Also: ICE and Stanley Druckenmiller backing Trade[XYZ] to bring Hyperliquid perps to the US, SoFi's first crypto numbers, breaches from Chainalysis to BTCPay Server, and Y Combinator's crypto request for startups. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Welcome: grid fears and a week of hacks 04:25 - Binance loses $6.3B in the largest theft on record 07:32 - Why Bitcoin barely moved 08:26 - What "made whole" means, and the human attack surface 14:15 - The CFTC's onshore pitch and North Korea's IBIT shortlist 19:50 - Why custody caps institutional adoption 24:09 - Why banks partner with Coinbase, and the honeypot problem 27:18 - Chainalysis, Polymarket, Datavault AI and the privacy squeeze 32:10 - Google Cloud's MPC custody for banks, and why keys belong offline 41:49 - ICE and Druckenmiller bring Hyperliquid perps onshore 46:08 - SoFi's first crypto numbers 48:29 - Single point of failure of the week: Bitcoin Core, BTCPay Server and more 51:09 - Bitcoin at $177K, AI bugs and a $1M Bitcoin world 55:09 - Y Combinator's crypto request for startups 58:15 - An AI agent in the Pentagon, Grok limits and Altman on DRAM ABOUT THE SHOW Final Settlement is a weekly show on capital markets, dealmaking, early-stage venture, Bitcoin applications, and protocol development, presented by Early Riders and Onramp Media with Michael Tanguma, Liam Nelson, and Brian Cubellis. • Connect with Early Riders: https://www.earlyriders.com/contact • Michael: https://x.com/MTanguma · Liam: https://x.com/Lnelson_21 · Brian: https://x.com/BackslashBTC MORE FROM ONRAMP MEDIA • The Last Trade and First Principles: https://www.youtube.com/@OnrampMedia • Signal vs Noise, live once a week: https://www.youtube.com/@SignalvsNoiseLIVE • Audio, every show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1690709152 or search Onramp Bitcoin Media on Spotify • News and data: https://onramp.media Onramp does not provide financial, tax, or legal advice. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any asset. This episode is for entertainment purposes only.

    The Biggest Heist Ever Showed Banks How to Hold Bitcoin
  4. Oct 31

    Why His Bitcoin Lender Survived the 2022 Crash

    Wealthy families have always borrowed against their assets instead of selling them, and Bitcoin holders spent years without a safe way to do the same. Cam Stromme sits down with Himanshu Sahay, co-founder of Arch, on how a Bitcoin-backed loan should work and what to demand from any lender. Guest: Himanshu Sahay, co-founder of Arch, a Bitcoin-backed lender. X: https://x.com/hhsahay Arch: https://archlending.com/ Arch on X: https://x.com/ArchLending BOOK A CONSULTATION Holding Bitcoin for decades raises two questions: who protects it, and how it reaches your family. Onramp answers both. Three institutions protect it, and no single one can lose it, move it, or use it. Inheritance built in. Insured through Lloyd's of London. Speak with our team to see if it fits. 👉 https://go.onrampbitcoin.com/consult-fp-pod GET ON THE LIST Our research, event invites, and the week's Bitcoin news in one free email. 📩 https://go.onrampbitcoin.com/research-fp-pod ABOUT THIS EPISODE Himanshu Sahay built consumer apps at Tinder, Bird and Snap before co-founding Arch with Dhruv Patel, and he launched it as the last generation of crypto lenders collapsed. He tells Cam why Bitcoin holders deserve the same buy, borrow, die playbook private banks offer their clients, and what Arch decided to do differently from day one: no rehypothecation, client collateral held at a qualified custodian in segregated addresses borrowers can check themselves, and state lending licenses. They get into who borrows against Bitcoin and why, how margin calls are handled when the price drops on a Friday night, where the dollars behind a loan come from, and what an interest rate that looks too good is telling you. Himanshu also walks through collars that remove margin call risk, a loan built to accumulate more Bitcoin, and why most banks are still years away from lending against it. Onramp has partnered with Arch for nearly two years. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Himanshu Sahay and Arch 01:12 - From Tinder, Bird and Snap to Bitcoin 04:09 - Buy, borrow, die for Bitcoin holders 06:27 - Starting a Bitcoin lender in the 2022 collapse 08:08 - Why Arch never rehypothecates collateral 12:20 - Segregated custody you can verify 16:13 - State lending licenses and the BitLicense 20:17 - Who borrows against Bitcoin, and why 22:56 - Getting a Bitcoin-backed loan in minutes 24:54 - Margin calls, price wicks and safeguards 31:11 - Loan to value, APR and deferred interest 33:09 - Where the lending dollars come from 38:02 - Upsizing and rolling over a loan 39:39 - Collars, no margin calls and the Bitcoin accumulator 44:23 - When banks start lending against Bitcoin 48:59 - Borrowing against spot Bitcoin vs ETFs 52:12 - The financialization of Bitcoin 54:53 - Be curious, and be conservative ABOUT THE SHOW First Principles is Onramp Media's show on building and protecting Bitcoin wealth for the long term, hosted by Cam Stromme, Head of Private Wealth at Onramp. Join Cam's conversations with the people building Bitcoin's financial services on how they manage their own Bitcoin, how they weigh risk and tradeoffs, and what they see coming next. MORE FROM ONRAMP MEDIA • The Last Trade and Final Settlement: https://www.youtube.com/@OnrampMedia • Signal vs Noise, live once a week: https://www.youtube.com/@SignalvsNoiseLIVE • Audio, every show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1690709152 or search Onramp Bitcoin Media on Spotify • News and data: https://onramp.media Onramp does not provide financial, tax, or legal advice. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any asset. This episode is for entertainment purposes only.

    Why His Bitcoin Lender Survived the 2022 Crash
  5. Oct 30

    Bitwise Just Put Bitcoin at $1.6 Million

    Through Dec 31: $100/month (or $1,000/year) for your first year of Multi-Institution Custody, normally $2,400. Open a vault, set up a recurring buy, and use code TLT at onrampbitcoin.com. Discounted pricing covers vaults holding up to 25 BTC. Bitwise just raised its Bitcoin target to $1.6 million by 2036, and Galaxy says the bear market ended in June, even as Jason Calacanis calls Bitcoin done. Jackson, Michael and Brian explain why Wall Street is turning bullish at $80,000, then cover Google's custody push and the Fed's hold. BOOK A CONSULTATION Holding Bitcoin for decades raises two questions: who protects it, and how it reaches your family. Onramp answers both. Three institutions protect it, and no single one can lose it, move it, or use it. Inheritance built in. Insured through Lloyd's of London. Speak with our team to see if it fits. 👉 https://go.onrampbitcoin.com/consult-tlt-pod GET ON THE LIST Our research, event invites, and the week's Bitcoin news in one free email. 📩 https://go.onrampbitcoin.com/research-tlt-pod ABOUT THIS EPISODE Bitwise's new long-term capital market assumptions put Bitcoin at $1.6 million by 2036, about 34% a year and more than three times JPMorgan's 10%. Galaxy Research argues the bear market ended in June and that Bitcoin has entered the accumulation phase that preceded every prior advance. Against that, Jason Calacanis says Bitcoin will never set a new high, and the hosts explain why loud bear calls tend to show up near bottoms. Franklin Templeton filed for ETFs that reinvest stock dividends into Bitcoin, and VanEck launched a Wealth Builder fund with a Bitcoin sleeve. The single point of failure of the week is Datavault AI, which says it cannot withdraw its Bitcoin from the Biconomy exchange. The hosts also cover Keystone's store breach, Google's MPC custody plans, ICE's 24/7 perpetual futures on Hyperliquid, the Fed's hold, Alphabet's capex and Anthropic's IPO filing. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Welcome and the Onramp roadshow 03:24 - The third way: Brian's custody report 06:23 - JPMorgan's 10% Bitcoin call, revisited 09:51 - Bitwise goes to 34% a year 10:40 - Jason Calacanis says Bitcoin is done 17:54 - Bitwise's $1.6 million target for 2036 19:21 - Franklin Templeton and VanEck put Bitcoin in the portfolio 22:59 - Galaxy: the bear market ended in June 25:57 - Coiled at $80,000 28:24 - Single point of failure of the week: Datavault AI 31:39 - Keystone's breach and the physical attack problem 37:42 - Google's MPC custody vs Bitcoin multisig 45:34 - ICE, Hyperliquid and 24/7 perpetual futures 48:35 - The Fed holds, and nobody has a plan 54:33 - Alphabet's capex and Anthropic's IPO 57:57 - Why the contrarian trade is gold and Bitcoin ABOUT THE SHOW The Last Trade: a weekly, bitcoin-native podcast covering the intersection of bitcoin, tech, and finance on a macro scale. Hosted by Jackson Mikalic, Michael Tanguma, and Brian Cubellis. Join us for the biggest stories shaping bitcoin and digital asset adoption, and what they mean for investors protecting their wealth for the long term. MORE FROM ONRAMP MEDIA • Signal vs Noise, live once a week: https://www.youtube.com/@SignalvsNoiseLIVE • Final Settlement and First Principles: https://www.youtube.com/@OnrampMedia • Audio, every show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1690709152 or search Onramp Bitcoin Media on Spotify • News and data: https://onramp.media Onramp does not provide financial, tax, or legal advice. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any asset. This episode is for entertainment purposes only.

    Bitwise Just Put Bitcoin at $1.6 Million
  6. Oct 28

    Should You Sell Bitcoin for the Anthropic IPO?

    Anthropic's IPO filing shows $16.3B of first-half revenue and an $80B paper loss, and Jason Calacanis says sell your Bitcoin and buy AI while Galaxy says the bottom is already in. Also on the clock: Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employees, the Dutch government plans 25,000 job cuts, and Coinbase brings Bitcoin into bank apps. Where's the signal, and where's the noise? OPEN A FREE ONRAMP FINANCE ACCOUNT One free account to buy Bitcoin, use the Onramp Terminal, and access the rest of Onramp: Bitcoin IRA, Bitcoin-backed loans, and Multi-Institution Custody. Recurring buys carry no Onramp trading fee. Active clients are eligible for Onramp-funded rewards up to 5%. Cash back on the Onramp Card converts to Bitcoin in one click. Takes a few minutes to open. 👉 https://go.onrampbitcoin.com/finance-svn-pod GET ON THE LIST Our research, event invites, and the week's Bitcoin news in one free email. 📩 https://go.onrampbitcoin.com/research-svn-pod CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - Topic 1 - Anthropic's IPO Filing: $16.3B in Revenue and an $80B Paper Loss 11:10 - Topic 2 - Jason Calacanis Says Sell Bitcoin, Galaxy Says the Bottom Is In 20:35 - Topic 3 - Microsoft's 60,000 Buyouts and the Dutch Government's AI Job Cuts 30:35 - Topic 4 - Coinbase, Bank Apps, and New VanEck and Franklin Templeton Bitcoin ETFs 40:03 - Wrap-Up & Parting Thoughts ABOUT THE SHOW Signal vs Noise is a weekly livestream and show unpacking the biggest stories across capital, markets, technology, and people, six minutes on the clock for each, with Jackson Mikalic, Michael Tanguma, Liam Nelson, and Brian Cubellis. MORE FROM ONRAMP MEDIA • The Last Trade, Final Settlement, and First Principles: https://www.youtube.com/@OnrampMedia • Audio, every show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1690709152 or search Onramp Bitcoin Media on Spotify • News and data: https://onramp.media Onramp does not provide financial, tax, or legal advice. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any asset. This episode is for entertainment purposes only.

    Should You Sell Bitcoin for the Anthropic IPO?
  7. Oct 27

    Bitcoin’s Biggest Opportunity Just Opened Up

    Most people holding Bitcoin haven't worked out where it should live, and Michael argues that gap is now the biggest opportunity in Bitcoin. Plus Black October, the Pentagon's 90-day grid plan, Visa and Fireblocks, and Anthropic's S-1. BOOK A CONSULTATION Holding Bitcoin for decades raises two questions: who protects it, and how it reaches your family. Onramp answers both. Three institutions protect it, and no single one can lose it, move it, or use it. Inheritance built in. Insured through Lloyd's of London. Speak with our team to see if it fits. 👉 https://go.onrampbitcoin.com/consult-fs-pod GET ON THE LIST • Onramp: our research, event invites, and the week's Bitcoin news in one free email. https://go.onrampbitcoin.com/research-fs-pod • Early Riders Insights: the best content in the ecosystem, weekly. https://www.earlyriders.com/research ABOUT THIS EPISODE Most people holding Bitcoin have not worked out where it should live, and Michael argues that gap is the opportunity: custody and financial services built for real balances, as exchanges and other single points of failure keep getting tested. Black October sharpened the point. AI found a long-known PHP flaw and a wave of critical vulnerabilities, and Michael argues the safest assets are the ones severed from the internet. The Pentagon's Fortress America plan wants every major base able to run 90 days without civilian power, and Brian notes what a grid failure would do to the money printer. Also: a thought experiment on lab-made and asteroid gold, a rumored Visa deal for Fireblocks at a steep discount to its 2022 valuation, the OCC's final GENIUS Act stablecoin rule, AI agents inside bank accounts, Standard Chartered buying Zodia Custody, Mastercard Agent Pay, OpenAI at $1.4 trillion, and Anthropic's S-1. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Is the internet down? Critical infrastructure under strain 05:31 - What if new tech rugs gold, and it flows into Bitcoin 08:18 - Visa and Fireblocks: the rumored $2.5B deal 12:20 - MPC vs multisig, and why custodians sell for billions 22:27 - The OCC finalizes its GENIUS Act stablecoin rule 28:10 - AI agents inside bank accounts 29:02 - Standard Chartered signs to buy Zodia Custody 30:47 - DekaBank, Mastercard Agent Pay and Bitcoin as internet money 34:05 - Black October: PHP and a wave of critical vulnerabilities 37:38 - There is no moat, and a flatter world 43:23 - The Pentagon's Fortress America: 90 days off grid 48:39 - OpenAI at $1.4T and Anthropic's S-1 54:26 - Elon on neocloud debt, Meta and Big Tech's AI spend 59:22 - Single point of failure of the week, and the custody opportunity 01:03:53 - a16z drops "crypto" from its new fund name ABOUT THE SHOW Final Settlement is a weekly show on capital markets, dealmaking, early-stage venture, Bitcoin applications, and protocol development, presented by Early Riders and Onramp Media with Michael Tanguma, Liam Nelson, and Brian Cubellis. • Connect with Early Riders: https://www.earlyriders.com/contact • Michael: https://x.com/MTanguma · Liam: https://x.com/Lnelson_21 · Brian: https://x.com/BackslashBTC MORE FROM ONRAMP MEDIA • The Last Trade and First Principles: https://www.youtube.com/@OnrampMedia • Signal vs Noise, live once a week: https://www.youtube.com/@SignalvsNoiseLIVE • Audio, every show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1690709152 or search Onramp Bitcoin Media on Spotify • News and data: https://onramp.media Onramp does not provide financial, tax, or legal advice. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any asset. This episode is for entertainment purposes only.

    Bitcoin’s Biggest Opportunity Just Opened Up
  8. Oct 26

    Mexico Just Woke Up to Bitcoin | Gustavo Flores

    Mexicans watched their banks get nationalized, their deposits frozen and the peso lose half its value overnight, so they keep their wealth in bricks. Liam sits down with Gustavo Flores Echaiz, co-founder and CEO of Aureo, on why the country's wealthy are now turning to Bitcoin. Guest: Gustavo Flores Echaiz, co-founder and CEO of Aureo and writer for Bitcoin Optech: X: https://x.com/gustavojfe Website: https://www.aureobitcoin.com/es BOOK A CONSULTATION Holding Bitcoin for decades raises two questions: who protects it, and how it reaches your family. Onramp answers both. Three institutions protect it, and no single one can lose it, move it, or use it. Inheritance built in. Insured through Lloyd's of London. Speak with our team to see if it fits. 👉 https://go.onrampbitcoin.com/consult-fs-pod GET ON THE LIST • Onramp: our research, event invites, and the week's Bitcoin news in one free email. https://go.onrampbitcoin.com/research-fs-pod • Early Riders Insights: the best content in the ecosystem, weekly. https://www.earlyriders.com/research ABOUT THIS EPISODE Gustavo Flores Echaiz explains why about 90% of Mexican household wealth sits in physical assets: bank nationalization in 1982, a 1,000 to 1 currency reset, and the 1994 peso collapse that froze deposits taught a generation to trust real estate over banks. He argues that a concentration of political power, including a judicial overhaul that put every judge up for election, is now pushing wealthier Mexicans toward an asset no government controls. He covers why Banxico bars banks from offering crypto, how stablecoins may force a change, and what Aureo has built since its March 2026 launch, from Bitcoin to bank transfers in seconds to business accounts with multi-user access. Liam and Gustavo also discuss why AI has Bitcoin developers fixing bugs instead of building features, and La Casa de Satoshi in Mexico City. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro: Gustavo Flores Echaiz returns 03:17 - Bitcoin Optech: security fixes replace new features 07:33 - Lightning bugs and the end of security by obscurity 11:34 - Gustavo's path: Montreal, Bull Bitcoin, Wasabi and Aureo 14:12 - Why 90% of Mexican household wealth sits in physical assets 16:59 - Bank nationalization, the 1994 peso crisis and a fintech boom 21:43 - Mexico's wealthy, concentrated power and Bitcoin as a hedge 25:22 - LatAm regulation: Brazil leads, Banxico blocks the banks 29:43 - Why stablecoins will force Mexico's hand 32:28 - Aureo one year on: buying, selling and OTC 36:21 - Direct to Bank: Bitcoin to any Mexican bank in seconds 39:28 - Mexican wealth, business accounts and multi-user access 46:06 - Education, banks and what Mexican investors ask now 48:51 - La Casa de Satoshi: Mexico City's Bitcoin hub 52:48 - Aureo research and tools ABOUT THE SHOW Final Settlement Interview Series: a one on one interview series hosted by Liam Nelson, Partner at Early Riders. One guest, and a deep conversation on the deals, the capital and the technology moving through bitcoin, so you can hear how the people actually doing the work think about where the future is going. Presented by Early Riders and Onramp Media. • Connect with Early Riders: https://www.earlyriders.com/contact • Liam: https://x.com/Lnelson_21 • Gustavo: https://x.com/gustavojfe • Aureo: https://x.com/AureoBitcoin MORE FROM ONRAMP MEDIA • The Last Trade and First Principles: https://www.youtube.com/@OnrampMedia • Signal vs Noise, live twice a week: https://www.youtube.com/@SignalvsNoiseLIVE • Audio, every show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1690709152 or search Onramp Bitcoin Media on Spotify • News and data: https://onramp.media Onramp does not provide financial, tax, or legal advice. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any asset. This episode is for entertainment purposes only.

    Mexico Just Woke Up to Bitcoin | Gustavo Flores
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