The Bitcoin Conference in Vegas is getting more political. Crypto treasury companies are exploding across the globe. And macro markets are flashing mixed signals, with geopolitics entering the chat.

In this episode of Bits + Bips, the panel dives into:

Key takeaways from Bitcoin 2025
The possible bubble forming around Bitcoin treasuries
How the SEC is fighting back against staking in ETFs
Whether Ethereum is finally catching up
How Ukraine just redefined trade risks
Why ETFs have seen so much inflows since the market bottom
How AI will impact growth and the job market
And … why James hates Las Vegas 😀

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James Seyffart, Research Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence
Joe McCann, Founder, CEO, and CIO of Asymmetric
Ram Ahluwalia, CFA, CEO and Founder of Lumida
Noelle Acheson, Author of the “Crypto Is Macro Now” Newsletter

Timestamps:

0:00 👋 Intro

2:02 🎰 - Why James hates Vegas, but was impressed with Bitcoin 2025

4:48 🐘 - Has bitcoin moved too far right politically?

10:02 📈📉 - If bitcoin treasuries are all the rage, why isn’t the price moving?

13:26 🌍 - One big reason why the treasury bubble differs from SPACs

18:26 📉 - Are these companies destined to implode?

22:55 🤔 - One big (but hidden) opportunity to profit from this market

34:23 🏦 - How some ETF issuers tried (and failed) to pull one over on the SEC

43:19 🤐 - Why James sees one quiet, but bullish, trend in ETF flows

47:48 🌎 - Why Noelle thinks that numbers don’t matter - it's all about geopolitics

58:10 🐂 - Ram sees a secretly bullish setup. Here’s how he says to play it

1:07:33 💻 - How AI is going to eat the world, and turn markets upside down

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