If You Don’t Understand BlackRock’s Play, You Don’t Understand the Game

Dave Collum debates Cedric on the future of Bitcoin, stablecoins, and the growing influence of institutional players like BlackRock. We unpack the paradox of Bitcoin’s ethos of decentralization being co-opted by state actors and centralized forces, and dig into how stablecoins might serve as surveillance rails for a coming era of digital authoritarianism.

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00:00 - Bitcoin and the State Paradox
02:00 - The Push Toward CBDCs
04:00 - Immutable Properties of Bitcoin
05:30 - Taxation and the Legal Status of Bitcoin
07:00 - Volatility and Real-World Spending
08:00 - Generational Shift and Bitcoin’s Future

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