Bill Barhydt is the founder and CEO of Abra and a longtime leader in digital assets and crypto wealth management. In this conversation, we discuss bitcoin’s relationship to global liquidity, money printing, and geopolitical risk, as well as why retail investors still drive crypto price action. We also cover new crypto regulation and the Clarity Act, Abra’s plans to go public via SPAC, the rise of tokenized equities and real-world assets, and how AI is transforming financial services and business operations.

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0:00 - Intro
0:55 - Why bitcoin is holding up during war & market panic
5:17 - Private credit, private equity, & where cracks could show
8:40 - Crypto regulation & The Clarity Act
13:18 - Why Abra is going public via SPAC
15:30 - How wealth advisors are changing around crypto
17:51 - Tokenized portfolios & the future of digital assets
22:30 - Will AI replace financial advisors?
25:11 - How Abra uses AI internally & building AI agents
33:33 - Machine-to-machine payments & crypto
36:20 - What’s next for Abra?