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.
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Lightning Network
Analysis of the Lightning Network, payment infrastructure, adoption, liquidity, and Bitcoin's evolving transactional layer
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.
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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.
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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.
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Scaling, Security, and Governance in Bitcoin’s Next Phase
The September 18, 2025 episode of Isabel Foxen Duke podcast features Tadge Dryja explaining his work on Lightning, discrete log contracts, Utreexo, and post-quantum security.
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Lightning Liquidity, Stablecoins, and Self-Custody
The September 20, 2025 episode of Built on Bitcoin features Jesse Shrader outlining Lightning’s shift from hobbyist tooling to institution-grade infrastructure.
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Treasuries Driving Lightning Liquidity and Payments Scale
The September 09, 2025 episode of the Archie Podcast features Jesse Schrader explaining how Bitcoin treasury holdings can be converted into Lightning Network liquidity to strengthen Bitcoin’s role as a medium of exchange.
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Lightning Scaling, Routing Yields, and Bitcoin’s Governance Challenges
The September 05, 2025 episode of What is Money features Graham Krizek explaining how Lightning extends Bitcoin’s capacity through peer-to-peer payment channels, routing economics, and stablecoin integration.
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Lightning Yield and Treasury Discipline in a Public Bitcoin Firm
The September 03, 2025 episode of the Stephan Livera Podcast features Shone Anstey detailing LQWD Technology's dual model that combines Lightning routing with a conservative public-company Bitcoin treasury.
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Decentralizing AI Commerce with Lightning
The April 28, 2025 episode of TFTC features Jim Carucci arguing that Bitcoin-denominated micro-payments can power autonomous AI agents.
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Lightning-Driven Satellite Concert Model
The April 24 2025 episode of Ungovernable Misfits features Boo Bury outlining how remote “Satellite Spotlight” concerts use Podcasting 2.0 tags and Lightning splits to pay artists, crews, and developers in real time.
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One-Click Federated Custody with Fedimint 0.7
The April 24, 2025 episode of the Stephan Livera Podcast features Fedimint creators Eric Sirion and Joschi explaining how version 0.7 slashes deployment friction through Iroh networking, LNURL support, and a single-binary release.
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