Brandon got laid off from Stacks Labs, cried on air celebrating two years of Good For Bitcoin, and the SEC just dropped the biggest crypto clarity bomb the industry has ever seen — this one hits different.

In this episode, Brandon and Kate discuss:

Celebrating two years of Good For Bitcoin
Stacks Labs layoffs and the wave of crypto cuts across the industry
Launching the new goodforbitcoin.com website
Strategy buys 22,337 BTC — plus Strive, American Bitcoin Corp, Gemini, and more
Square auto-enabling Bitcoin payments via Lightning for millions of merchants
SEC and CFTC landmark joint interpretation on what is and isn't a security
The Clarity Act reportedly 99% done in the Senate
Tokenized security trading on NASDAQ and S&P 500 perps on Hyperliquid
Bolts introduces no-KYC USDT-to-BTC Lightning swaps
Morgan Stanley files for a spot Bitcoin ETF (ticker: MSBT)
NC Bitcoin Reserve bill and SEC no-action letter for Phantom Wallet

Chapters:

(00:00:00) Celebrating Two Years of Good For Bitcoin
(00:03:44) Brandon's Layoff & Stacks Labs Update
(00:06:22) New goodforbitcoin.com Website Reveal
(00:08:12) Public Company Bitcoin Purchases
(00:11:17) Crypto Industry Layoffs Everywhere
(00:13:28) Kraken Pauses IPO Plans
(00:13:57) Square Auto-Enables Bitcoin Payments
(00:15:10) SEC & CFTC Drop Major Crypto Clarity
(00:19:33) Clarity Act & Stablecoin Regulation Update
(00:21:21) Tokenized Securities & S&P 500 Perps
(00:22:34) Bolts Lightning Bridge USDT Swaps
(00:23:42) Morgan Stanley ETF, NC Bitcoin Reserve & Phantom

Hosts:

Brandon Marshall — @marshallmixing
Kate Parkman — @katemparkman

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