In this episode with Strike CEO Jack Mallers, we discuss
- Corporate lobbying threatening a U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
- Should the U.S. embrace a reserve of digital assets?
- Jack's viral comments about $XRP and Ripple
- The future of regulation in crypto
- Deepseek AI and current market volatility
Bio: Jack Mallers is the founder and CEO of Strike, a global Bitcoin financial services app allowing users to buy, sell or send Bitcoin over the Lightning Network.
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🗒️ IN THIS EPISODE:
00:00 Ripple, XRP tokens
5:51 President Trump Bitcoin understanding
8:50 What makes Bitcoin different?
16:10 Casa, Speed Wallet
17:05 Coinkite, The Bitcoin Way
17:51 Movement behind Ripple "XRP Army"
22:11 Bitcoin and crypto regulations
28:19 Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
31:19 Bitcoin price prediction
35:42 AI, open source issues
38:00 Bitcoin Reserve, Bitcoin adoption
40:00 What is Strike?
42:19 SAB 121
44:34 Only Bitcoin fixes the money
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