ETFs, treasuries and institutions

S17 E42: Bob Summerwill on Ethereum Classic & Bitcoin’s Fork Season

I first met Bob Summerwill in person at the Proof of Work Summit in September 2023: the event where Bitcoiners, Litecoiners…

S17 E34: Cory Klippsten on Bitcoin Cafe, Swan & Big Bitcoin

Cory Klippsten is the CEO of Swan and one of the most persistent voices in the “Bitcoin, not crypto” camp. He’s also…

S17 E28: Josh Swihart on Zcash’s Comeback, the Orchard Bug & Forking the Company

Twenty months ago, Josh Swihart came on this show to talk about Zcash at its darkest hour: Binance was threatening delisting over…

S17 E19: Amaury Séchet on Forking Bitcoin Twice, Quantum FUD & Scars from the Block Size Wars

Two years after our first interview, I decided to invite Amaury Séchet(@deadalnix) to find out what the Greg Maxwell of big…

S17 E13: Charlie Spears on Blockspace Media, the Purity Spiral & the Case for Classical Maximalism

Editor’s note: this conversation was streamed live in mid-March 2026, a week after the US switched to daylight saving time (which…

S17 E1: Bruce Fenton on Suitcoiners & The Spirit of Bitcoin

Season 17 of the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast debuts with a raw and candid interview with Bruce Fenton: Wall Street veteran…

S15 E32: Aaron Day on CBDCs vs Bitcoin, Digital Tyranny & Parallel Economies

Aaron Day on CBDCs as programmable surveillance money, Project Hamilton, ETF confiscation risk, and why he wants parallel…

S15 E22: Eric Voskuil on Libbitcoin & Bitcoin Culture

Eric Voskuil embodies one of the most harmonious combinations of cypherpunk ethos and Austrian economics… with a twist! As the…

S14 E19: Martin and Igor on Firefish, a Bitcoin-Backed Lending Platform

Firefish is an ambitious project which takes on the massive challenge to create a trust-minimized version of BlockFi or Celsius…

S14 E16: Philipp Hoenisch on 10101 Synthetic Stablecoins on Bitcoin

Philipp Hoenisch is a developer and trader who decided to create 10101 (Ten Ten One): a synthetic stablecoin system that’s built…

Bitcoin Takeover Radio #6: Double the Fun!

You know what’s better than a radio stream which includes episodes from some of the most prolific and interesting Bitcoin…

Why Bitcoin ETFs Are A Bad Idea

From an economic standpoint, Bitcoin’s most attractive aspect is the programmed scarcity. There will only ever be 21 million…

Robinhood Manipulates GameStop Stock Trading? It’s Bitcoin Time!

There are two striking ironies involved in the whole r/wallstreetbets, GME, and Melvin Capital love triangle: that the…

Companies Can’t Wait to Buy Your Bitcoins To Opt-out from Inflation & Taxation

Bitcoin has finally gotten to the point where companies truly understand its value proposition and the political context provides…

Institutions Suck, Bitcoin Is Always Bullish

The time has come for Bitcoin to shine. And it’s our duty to spread the word about BTC as a hedge against QE, low interest rates…

S4 Sponsored: Jack Tao on Phemex

Phemex CEO Jack Tao talks about his journey from Morgan Stanley to Bitcoin, and explains why he enjoys the decentralized world.

S3 E3: Dan Hannum, from Wall Street to Bitcoin

Dan Hannum is one of these people who could have easily lived a prosperous life working for traditional financial institutions…