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Zach Pandl, Head of Research at Grayscale, on why Grayscale gave clients the green light to buy Bitcoin, why he thinks the June low marked the bottom, and why Bitcoin rallied even after the Fed hiked and the CLARITY Act stalled.In this episode of 51 In...

Chris Giancarlo, the former CFTC chairman known as CryptoDad, on why the real choice in digital money is freedom or control, why stablecoins offer no more privacy than a Chinese or European CBDC, and why he predicts the entire financial system will mov...

Jeff Booth (Ego Death Capital, author of The Price of Tomorrow) on why a debt-based money system has to quietly take from you to stay solvent, why $365 trillion of global debt can never be repaid, and why only Bitcoin and open-source AI escape the cont...

Matt Hougan (Bitwise CIO) on why the most complex macro setup in 30 years still points to seven-figure Bitcoin, and what to own in crypto now that the zombie chains are dying off.In this episode of 51 Insights, Marc Baumann speaks with Matt Hougan, Chi...

Nadine Chakar (DTCC) on why market infrastructure that safekeeps $100T+ can't afford a bad day — and what it takes to tokenize Treasuries and equities without breaking settlement.In this episode of 51 Insights, Marc Baumann speaks with Nadine Chakar, M...

In this episode of 51 Insights, Marc Baumann speaks with Scott Melker about Bitcoin as a “liquidation sale,” why most tokens never needed to exist, zombie layer-ones, Robinhood’s chain bet, the Clarity Act, and crypto as a parallel financial system for...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 51insights.substack.com Hi, it’s Marc. ✌️ “The next cycle is gonna be defined by on-chain asset management and what does it mean to be a fiduciary for your customers on chain.” My guest this...

Hi, it’s Marc. ✌️ “Now my balance sheet as an originator drops from a week’s worth of production to one loan’s worth of production.” Mike Manning, Head of Institutional Finance, Ava Labs That is the most useful way I have heard someone explain the prom...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 51insights.substack.com Hi, it’s Marc. ✌️ “We did over $1.2 trillion of onchain trading volume across spot and perps.” One app on Solana processed $1.2 trillion in trading volume. Not an exc...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 51insights.substack.com Hi, it’s Marc. ✌️ “Waiting and seeing is not a strategy.” A senior partner and global banking lead at BCG just put a number on the thing every bank CEO is nervous abo...