In this episode, Brandon sits down with Halston Valencia, a marketer at Bitcoin Well, to discuss the growing crisis of financial nihilism among Gen Z and how Bitcoin offers a viable escape route from the fiat matrix. Halston shares her journey of grinding through three jobs while studying at USC, the realization that traditional economics courses weren't teaching the truth about money, and how reading Lyn Alden's Broken Money completely changed the trajectory of her life and career.

Bitcoin offers unforeseen ways to create new revenue streams. Instead of new product and service innovation, consider capital innovation.

Blockstream deployed post-quantum signature verification on the Liquid Network and broadcast transactions using the new scheme on mainnet.

Sen. Cynthia Lummis renewed her call for a $300 de minimis exemption on bitcoin-related gains taxes, arguing it would make small everyday payments more practical while Congress also negotiates the Clarity Act.

Kazakhstan’s central bank plans to allocate up to $350 million from its reserves to Bitcoin and digital asset–related investments.

Strategy purchased 17,994 Bitcoin for about $1.28 billion, bringing its total holdings to 738,731.

Capital B purchased two Bitcoin for about €0.1 million, bringing its total holdings to 2,836 as part of its ongoing Bitcoin treasury strategy.

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan argues bitcoin could reach $1 million if the store-of-value market keeps expanding and bitcoin gains share, using gold’s post-2004 growth as a benchmark.

Hut 8-backed American Bitcoin said it has grown its treasury to about 6,500 BTC after adding more than 500 BTC in 21 days as it expands its mining fleet and disclosed fresh insider share buys.