Ep 64 | Building Bitcoin as Sound Money with Dan Held of Kraken

Bitcoin helped spawn a digital assets industry that is worth hundreds of billions today. And while the original cryptocurrency may not incorporate every new and exciting innovation that emerges from the fast-paced ecosystem development, Bitcoin remains the largest contender by market capitalization and embodies the ethos of security through decentralization and code-as-law more than perhaps any other protocol. Growth in the industry doesn’t appear to be leaving Bitcoin behind, and developers are hard at work on a multitude of projects to bring even greater functionality and ease of use for Bitcoin to a larger and larger global audience. But can Bitcoin become an integral part of a global financial system based on sound money? In this episode of The Money Movement, Jeremy is joined by Dan Held, Director of Growth Marketing at Kraken*. *Kraken is a Circle customer. They cover: 👉 00:02:00 - Bitcoin as a financial breakthrough 👉 00:06:00 - Growing through experimentation 👉 00:08:20 - Bitcoin’s simplicity 👉 00:12:24 - The challenges of building on top of Bitcoin 👉 00:14:37 - Collaritization within transactions 👉 00:19:00 - Adapting Defi use cases to Bitcoin 👉 00:23:00 - Native financial primitives 👉 00:24:20 - Reflexivity around the building and adoption of Bitcoin 👉 00:30:00 - Building Bitcoin and defining it for ease of use at scale 👉 00:30:00 - What's next for stablecoins and Bitcoin Defi? If you’re interested in the role of Bitcoin in the evolution of Bitcoin, tune in to this episode of The Money Movement.   Subscribe here: 👉 YouTube: https://bit.ly/3lUcJFN  👉 Apple: https://apple.co/3G3CrPZ  👉 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3lUd6jF  👉 Email: https://bit.ly/3aXWYY5  And connect with Dan here: 👉 Twitter: https://twitter.com/danheld 👉 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dheld 👉 Personal Website: https://www.danheld.com 👉 Website: https://www.kraken.com About the show The global economy is experiencing unprecedented challenges and change. Business leaders everywhere are grappling with how to transform their companies to become more digital, resilient, and efficient. As we face this change, a new global movement is building around the promise of digital currencies and blockchains — forming a new architecture for the global economy and creating new opportunities for companies everywhere. The Money Movement explores and chronicles the issues and ideas driving this brave new world of digital money. The Money Movement is brought to you by Circle. Our mission is to raise global economic prosperity through programmable internet commerce. Learn more about Circle Business Accounts and Platform APIs at circle.com.