Bitcoin is helping energy systems in more ways than one.

Bitcoin miners can make energy producers more efficient from a consumption standpoint, but settling payments over lightning is helping too.

The Synota team joins the show to explain how.

The phrase "building in the bear market" is a bit cliche, but it's true. This bear market will be remembered as the bear market in which the bitcoin mining industry reached a critical maturation point and began embedding itself within the energy sector in earnest.

While crypto exchanges are getting served complaints by the SEC, bitcoin-only companies are thriving and making serious inroads with critical sectors of the economy to further embed the network in our everyday lives.