The Power to Mint Money

Austen Allred joins Bankless to unpack Kelly Claude, the AI agent he has given an LLC, bank accounts, a token, and even a human employee. They explore how Kelly finds software opportunities, ships apps to the App Store, learns through orchestration and factory-style workflows, an ...  Show more

Markets are ripping back to all-time highs, but crypto still isn’t following suit. Ryan and David break down the V-shaped recovery driven by Iran de-escalation, why Bitcoin is still stuck in range, and the growing bull vs bear divide across macro and onchain data. They also unpac ...  Show more

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: What's the fundamental problem Bitcoin intends to solve What is sound money Governments will never allow it!? How is Bitcoin's supply actually fixed? Central Bank game theory What is Bitcoin's Number Go Up Technology? But the price is so volatile Th ...  Show more

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: The early days of Blockstream The fork wars and why they were important to future growth What is transaction value per second and why's it important Where he sees Bitcoin in the next five years The Lightning Network Liquid Green and Aqua Security & ...  Show more

James Lavish comes with decades of experience as a fixed income investor, and overall Bitcoin educator. On today’s show, Preston talks to James about how the evolving macro environment doesn’t seem to be hampering the price of Bitcoin, despite the numerous liquidity and central b ...  Show more

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: The history of Florentine Mint and how it changed European banking A background on double entry book keeping Counterparty risk and how it impacts markets The importance of Disciplinary Constraint in banking Thoughts on the Velocity of Money Thoughts ...  Show more