Bitcoin’s Trillion-Dollar Settlement Rail
The December 04, 2025 episode of Simply Bitcoin features David Marcus outlining how Bitcoin can become a neutral settlement layer for a new internet of money.
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Bitcoin Settlement Rails, Stablecoins, and the SWIFT Displacement Thesis
The October 21, 2025 episode of Coin Stories features David Marcus outlining Bitcoin’s role as a neutral settlement layer for global payments.
Bitcoin Governance Reality, Payment Pragmatics, and Vault Security
The October 10, 2025 episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast features NVK arguing that Bitcoin’s governance is rule-bound “anarchy” where economic settlement, not headcounts, shapes outcomes.
Bitcoin Startup Pitches, Lightning Yield, and Institutional M&A Signals
October 06, 2025, THE Bitcoin Podcast features venture investor Mike Jarmuz outlining the Cipher Tank competition at Plan B Forum in Lugano.
Lightning Liquidity, Policy Frictions, and Scale
The September 26, 2025 episode of the What is Money Show features Jesse Shrader explaining how Lightning scales Bitcoin payments through off-chain channel updates anchored by on-chain enforcement.
Bitcoin Infrastructure Thesis: Lightning, Taproot Assets, eCash
The September 23, 2025 episode of You’re the Voice features Allen Farrington outlining a venture thesis that uses Bitcoin as enabling infrastructure for real-world payments.
AI Agents, Lightning, and Native Bitcoin Settlement
The September 23, 2025 episode of the Mr. M Podcast features Roy Sheinfeld explaining why Lightning qualifies as a Bitcoin Layer 2 and how it anchors activity to the base layer.