"You can't have human natural tendencies towards corruption." Bitcoin's neutrality comes from being maximally decentralized, in the network and in the ownership. Its monetary policy is enshrined, so no one can bend it. That's what makes it different from every other token. #Bitcoin #MonetaryPolicy #Decentralization #reDeFined #SoundMoney Watch the full…
"The central reason Bitcoin exists in the first place, hopefully, is to move humanity forward in meaningful ways." Beyond agents, labor and money, there's the bigger picture: human flourishing. A conversation about the humanitarian work that brought two kindred spirits together. #Bitcoin #ElSalvador #HumanFlourishing #reDeFined #BitcoinForGood Watch the full conversation…
"There was real raw need, right?" "Exactly." It's hard to imagine what inflation was like in Argentina a decade ago. That's why Argentinians saw Bitcoin's original use cases long before most people in Silicon Valley did. #Bitcoin #Argentina #Inflation #reDeFined #BitcoinAdoption Watch the full conversation on the reDeFined YouTube channel.…
"No one can tell you, 'I don't like you, you cannot participate.'" How Rootstock is organized: Rootstock Labs, a not-for-profit foundation building the technology with partners, plus a decentralized ecosystem of builders. For the first time, Bitcoiners can build and dream without compromising on neutrality. #Rootstock #Bitcoin #BitcoinBuilders #reDeFined #Decentralization…
“People like to look at the tops. I think the real place to look is the bottom of each cycle.” Loren Asmus, Head of Investor Relations at UTXO Management, explains why Bitcoin has printed higher lows cycle after cycle, and why more institutional, systematically rebalanced capital could mean tighter volatility…
If Bitcoin goes up 50%, everyone looks great. If it goes down 50%, people lose their jobs. That imbalance is still the biggest thing keeping institutions away from Bitcoin, and it’s starting to break. In this episode of reDeFined, Jeremy Almond sits down with Loren Asmus, Head of Investor Relations…
"They were left out. And no one cared. It was like collateral damage." 20% of Latin America is unbanked. Not because people don't need financial services, but because the system decided they weren't worth serving. For a poor family, access to credit can change everything. #Unbanked #LatAm #FinancialInclusion #Bitcoin #reDeFined…
"You can design what you dream and you can build it." The idea of programmable money traces back to Nick Szabo. Combine it with Bitcoin, Gold 2.0, as the scarce monetary anchor, and you get financial tools that can be both powerful and extremely efficient. #SmartContracts #ProgrammableMoney #NickSzabo #Bitcoin #reDeFined…
"Many people get confused believing that if it is in a blockchain, it's something that is better than in a centralized server." Why does Bitcoin stand alone against the problems hyperinflation exposes, when other chains promise more speed and programmability? The answer starts with a common misconception about what a…
"Now we have an actual need for programmable money." Bitcoin-backed stablecoins and USDB on Rootstock align everyone in the network to participate and grow the global computer. And with agentic AI, programmable money just found its biggest use case yet. #ProgrammableMoney #AI #Stablecoins #USDB #Rootstock #reDeFined Watch the full conversation…
"What you thought was your money, it was not your money anymore." Capital controls, explained from the inside. Deposits weren't going to businesses. They were being lent to a government that was already broken. When everyone came for their money at once, the banks were empty. #CapitalControls #Argentina #Bitcoin #reDeFined…
"You don't need someone to say, 'Okay, you can do this.'" Bitcoin made it possible to send money almost instantly over long distances. That might not matter much in the US. But in the Global South, for people without an address, an ID or the right age, it changes everything.…
"It's really obvious to anyone coming from Argentina: Bitcoin makes a lot of sense." A group of founders, all in Argentina, all having suffered the issues of the traditional banking system firsthand. After many conversations, the shape of what they wanted to build came together: Rootstock. #Bitcoin #Argentina #Rootstock #reDeFined…
"What's the point of using a blockchain when it could be just a centralized service?" Stablecoins on Rootstock are secured by Bitcoin hashing power, and 80% of Rootstock transaction fees go to Bitcoin miners. So every time you use USDB, you're helping the Bitcoin network and the miners. #Stablecoins #USDB…
"So you can code the money." Smart contracts add behavior to a transfer of money. That's how you build the financial services of the future, and it's what a network like Rootstock makes possible on top of Bitcoin. #SmartContracts #ProgrammableMoney #Bitcoin #Rootstock #reDeFined Watch the full conversation on the reDeFined…
"Maybe you thought you had dollars in your bank, and then suddenly they give you worthless pesos." When people went to take their money back, there was no money in the banks. What you thought was your money wasn't your money anymore, and it happened to everyone at once. #Bitcoin…
"Or we dream with an architecture similar to the internet." Local providers, local regulations, but one shared global infrastructure. For that network effect to work, the base layer has to be neutral and apolitical. That's the architecture behind Rootstock, secured by Bitcoin mining decentralized all around the world. #Bitcoin #Rootstock…
“I don’t think there’s any other technology or any other token in the world that can give that level of certainty.” When you’re serving the unbanked, there’s no room for error. The case for Bitcoin’s neutrality: an internet of value that moves money from one corner of the world to…
When El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender, someone had to make it work. Ibex built the Lightning infrastructure behind Chivo Wallet and onboarded 3–4 million Salvadorans to their first-ever digital payment. Jeremy Almond sits down with brothers Alvaro Sol (Co-founder, Chief of Staff & Strategy) and Juan Diego Sol (Regional…
Not all capital can get into a US equity — a reality from firsthand experience in Latin American markets. The global picture: the US is still the biggest AUM base, Europe second, and every Asian market plays by different rules — giving capital that's stuck behind regulatory walls a new…
Bitcoin treasury companies didn't just create balance sheets — they created jobs. How the rise of listed Bitcoin treasury companies opened up real C-suite opportunities for traditional finance professionals looking to leave TradFi behind. #BitcoinTreasury #TradFi #CareerChange #reDeFined Watch the full conversation on the reDeFined YouTube channel. Follow our Host…
"I'm always surprised there's not more connectivity between the operating business and the Bitcoin treasury strategy." A question that's on every CFO's mind. The answer: at Moon Inc. they haven't even decided whether to stay in telecoms, go full Bitcoin, or build a hybrid — and Metaplanet's rumored Bitcoin hotel…
You know a market has matured when the troughs get shallower and shorter. Why this bear market feels different — more mature players, more mature businesses, and way more innovation happening than in cycles past. #Bitcoin #BearMarket #reDeFined #BitcoinTreasury Watch the full conversation on the reDeFined YouTube channel. Follow our…
"At the bottom of it is Bitcoin." ⚡ Every new wave of financial engineering — prefs, warrants, structured notes — still traces back to one base layer. The response: "This is the year to buy Bitcoin" — you build in the bear, most people end up buying the bull. #Bitcoin…
