Adam Back Explains Why Bitcoin Is the New Benchmark for Innovation 🚀

Renowned cryptographer and early bitcoin pioneer Adam Back, whose work inspired the cryptocurrency’s anonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto, lays out his plan to bring bitcoin to Wall Street through his new digital asset treasury company and explains why the corporate bitcoin trend is just getting started.

0:00 Introduction of Dr. Adam Back
0:36 The Three Phases of Bitcoin Adoption
2:53 Viewing Bitcoin's Rapid Adoption Curve
4:10 Bitcoin as Apolitical Money
5:59 Government Adoption of Bitcoin as a Reserve Asset
9:04 The Sustainability of the Bitcoin Treasury Trend
13:57 Balancing Roles at Blockstream and Bitcoin Standard Treasury
15:35 Bitcoin Standard Treasury's Differentiators and Fundraise
17:14 The Importance of Scale for Bitcoin Standard Treasury
18:52 Why Every Company May Become a Bitcoin Treasury Company
21:28 Industry Changes Needed for Mass Bitcoin Adoption
24:12 The Shifting Role of the Technologist
25:57 Thoughts on Stablecoins
28:03 How Stablecoins Fit with Bitcoin's Future
29:06 Bitcoin's Growing Robustness and Financial Integration
31:08 Short-Term Bitcoin Predictions

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