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Podcast: Simply Bitcoin
Episode: Nik Bhatia | Simply Bitcoin IRL
Description: Nik Bhatia, author of Bitcoin Age and Layered Money, joins Simply Bitcoin to drop absolute fire on why 2024–2025 marks the true mainstreaming of Bitcoin. From six-figure BTC and strategic reserves to the forgotten roots of the Eurodollar system and Star Wars analogies about fiat mind tricks, Nik takes us on a journey through monetary history, cryptography, and why the U.S. government’s slow embrace of Bitcoin might signal the biggest network expansion yet. We break down the Bitcoin ETF effect, First Amendment battles from the original crypto wars, and how Bitcoin is both a market and a message. You...