Welcome to Blockstream Talk #11. Today we're talking to Bruce Fenton, cypherpunk stockbroker, Managing Director of Watchdog Capital and CEO of Chainstone Labs. Bruce is an old school Bitcoiner and brings a really interesting perspective given his time in traditional markets. In this conversation we discuss some of those nutty Bitcoin ideas that are no longer that nutty. Things like hyperinflation, Hyperbitcoinization, and Bitcoin's potential role in geopolitics. As well as how the Bitcoin investment narrative has changed over time and also the opportunities and challenges around STO's and securities.
1:02 - Meeting Bruce
2:32 - What role does Bitcoin have in improving the future?
8:24 - Is the current world environment is taylor made for Bitcoin?
11:36 - How did the Bitcoin narrative change over time?
15:45 - Bitcoin transitioning to the medium of exchange
17:50 - Bitcoin beating adoption expectations
18:27 - What are the opportunities for digital securities and STO's?
25:36 - Is STO development being done within the United States?
31:25 - What other assets are being tokenized?
34:09 - What has been bottlenecking STO development?
36:55 - Democratization of finance
38:33 - Tokenizing low volume assets
41:44 - Securities becoming globalized
43:37 - Can securities be built upon Bitcoin?
50:53 - Bitcoin being the most secure blockchain
53:32 - Most interesting developments for Bitcoin in 2022?
56:47 - Where to find Bruce?