Pennies just became the new #Bitcoin.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/09/business/trump-treasury-penny-production-halt/index.html
There is no reason money needs to be both a store of value and a currency - envision #Bitcoin as the global store of value and USDC/USDT (backed by US Treasuries) as the global currency. That is where we are headed.
3 Predictions for Trump Day #1
Repeal SAB 121 allowing banks to custody BTC for clients.
Form a Crypto Advisory Council
Privately dismantle Chokepoint 2.0
and that's all...
Elon Musk will join Trump on stage at Bitcoin 2025
WTF happened to the Bitcoin Conference?
In past years, they live-streamed the entire event and only interspersed the News Desk during downtime. This year, they are interspersing the News Desk with occasional snippets of the actual conference content.
They have even repeatedly interrupted content sessions with the talking heads news desk.
Why?
They cut off a useful interesting session to return to the useless talking head advertisement.
Agenda: https://b.tc/conference/2024/agenda
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Bitcoin's lack of correlation with other asset types is its key draw for large investors.
Initial Bitcoin allocations are already 2.5-5%. Peter Van Eck's personal wealth is over 30% in Bitcoin.
ETF Flows: A Passing Fad? 30min
Matt Hougan, Bitwise Asset Management
Jan van Eck, VanEck
Robert Mitchnick, BlackRock
James Seyffart, Bloomberg
Moderator
Nakamoto Stage
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The main channels for ETF investments are institutional and 'unsolicited,' which means wealth advisors can recommend an investment unsolicited. Those channels have not even opened yet, so stay tuned for additional waves of investments.
ETF Flows: A Passing Fad? 30min
Matt Hougan, Bitwise Asset Management
Jan van Eck, VanEck
Robert Mitchnick, BlackRock
James Seyffart, Bloomberg
Moderator
Nakamoto Stage
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Waiting for the Bitcoin 2024 conference to start ......
Random thoughts.
It's sad that they are only broadcasting one stage, and that is only sporadically, interspersed with the Bitcoin Magazine talking heads commercial.
Yesterday's broadcast quality was surprisingly amateur: there was no sound, low sound, variable sound, lots of dead air, and an extremely low level of broadcast creativity.
The Blackrock Session and the Bitcoin on the Balance Sheet Session were both excellent.
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Bitcoin on the Balance Sheet
Eric Semler, Semler Scientific
Simon Gerovich, Metaplanet Inc.
Andrew Kang, MicroStrategy
Dylan LeClair, Bitcoin Magazine
Moderator
We now have a completely different shareholder base, increase in stock liquidity opens numerous opportunities. Semler
Volatility increases trading options and opens ownership to new classes of buyers. Metaplanet
MSTR convertibles were some of the best-performing convertibles last year. On a good day, MSTR is one of the highest volume/volatility stocks. MicroStrategy
So expect to see MUCH more Bitcoin on corporate balance sheets.
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Nation-State Game Theory
A disappointing session for a fascinating, fundamentally critical area.
Except for Dr. Marwan's comment that you should start with a blank piece of paper and not shoehorn new assets into old asset classes. (Looking at you, Gary Gensler)
Matthew Pines, SentinelOne
Brian Morgenstern, Riot Platforms, Inc.
David Zell, Bitcoin Policy Institute
Moderator
Marwan Al Zarouni, Dubai Department of Economy & Tourism
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Blackrock Robert Mitchnick
Next digital initiatives will be in the stablecoin space.
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Blackrock Robert Mitchnick
ETH will settle in around 20% of the size of BTC. Others are a distant third.
This is the best session so far, by a mile.
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Blackrock Robert Mitchnick
BTC ETF holders have been long-term buy-and-hold investors.
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Blackrock Robert Mitchnick
Bitcoin is today strongly correlated with short interest rates. Not much else.
But it will move to being a 'flight to safety' asset.
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Blackrock Robert Mitchnick
Most common current portfolio allocation is in the range of 2-3%
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Blackrock CEO Larry Fink
BTC ETFs are still not available as 'solicited' on most wealth platforms, which is where the bulk of ETF sales occur.
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Blackrock's Bitcoin Journey
Blackrock CEO Larry Fink flipped from a big Bitcoin critic in 2017 to an even bigger Bitcoin booster in 2023. Publicly changing your opinion is, to me, a hallmark of an intelligent person.
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Bitcoin represents the separation of Money and State.
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Women in Bitcoin Brunch
Starting kinda late. I am very hungry.
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