SLP7 - Earning Interest on Bitcoin's Lightnin...

Holding Bitcoin is not a financial plan. That is the starting point of Morgen Rochard's new book, Bitcoin Personal Finance, and of her return to the show. Bitcoin can fix the money, but it does not fix under-saving, spending habits or the money scripts people carry with them. Her ...  Show more

James Lavish explains why he expects a gradual print to turn into a big one, what weak Treasury auctions signal, and what he got wrong about Bitcoin this cycle.Timestamps00:00 — Intro00:48 — Markets: Warsh, Oil and a Narrow Rally04:22 — How Much Debt Will AI Need?08:41 — Outgrowi ...  Show more

Discover the philosophical and technical rationale behind "Bitcoinizing the dollar," how Lightning Network's architecture enables seamless asset conversion without trusted intermediaries, and the emergence of Bitcoin yield through liquidity provision. The speakers explain how thi ...  Show more

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.    On today’s episode, NLW is joined by Nik Bhatia, author of “Layered Money” and The Bitcoin Layer newsletter. They discuss: Bitcoin’s relationship with equities and the TradFi markets Why the Fed is trapped by rates mark ...  Show more

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: What is Bitcoin's second layer? Where does lightning labs fit into the second layer What is Lightning pool? How is liquidity managed on the second layer Why does a person have an incentive to run a node Why open channel with other nodes What are the ...  Show more