In this episode, Brandon sits down with Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise, to explore the rapidly changing landscape of institutional Bitcoin adoption. Matt shares his frontline experience pitching Bitcoin to wealth advisors, family offices, and institutions, shedding light on why traditional finance has historically been so slow to adopt the asset.

In this episode of The Bitcoin Business Podcast, Brandon Karpeles talks with Alladan, the creator of BTC Trading Cards—a collectible card project that merges Bitcoin art, history, and scarcity into a unique physical product. Alladan shares his journey from art and design into Bitcoin collectibles, why scarcity is a unifying theme between trading cards and sound money, and how physical cards are helping onboard people into Bitcoin in unexpected ways.

A self-assessment framework to guide your Bitcoin consultation timing

Morgan Stanley plans to add Bitcoin trading, custody, and potential lending services.

Strategy acquired 3,015 Bitcoin for $204 million, bringing total holdings to 720,737 Bitcoin.

Morgan Stanley filed with the SEC to launch a spot Bitcoin ETF using Coinbase Custody and BNY Mellon.

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

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $506.5 million on Wednesday, led by BlackRock's IBIT, as analysts pointed to stabilizing institutional sentiment after weeks of outflows.