Natalie Brunell's Coin Stories

Eric Balchunas: Bitcoin’s Crossroads, the 3% Allocation and BlackRock's Inside Story

Eric Balchunas, Senior ETF Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, is back and his new book makes the case that Bitcoin is now a legitimate asset you’d be foolish to ignore --

News Block: Spy Chips in Ledger Wallets, a Gold Bug Joins Treasury, and the Fight Over Bitcoin’s $1 Million Future

In this week’s episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance:

Mike Selig: The CFTC's New Rules for Crypto

CFTC Chairman Mike Selig joins me in his first long-form interview since his agency proposed major new rules for crypto exchanges this week. With the Clarity Act dead in

Cem Karsan: The Big Print Is Coming and the Government Will Buy Stocks

Cem Karsan is back with some big calls. He thinks the U.S. has boxed itself in so badly that the only way out is for the government to start printing money and buying sto

News Block: The Fed Hiked on Bad Data, Crypto Mom Signs Off, and a Sovereign Fund Trades Gold for Bitcoin

In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance:

Paula Pendley: Major Victory for Bitcoin

My guest this week is Paula Pendley, a partner at Nelson Mullins who defends data centers and Bitcoin miners in court, and she joins us as the fight over where these faci

Why Everything Costs More and Gets Worse

Why does everything cost more while the quality keeps getting worse? That's the question behind this episode. We look at why your paycheck doesn't stretch as far, why bu

News Block: Bond Yields Hit a 20-Year High, Mortgages Break 7%, and Bitcoin Price Held Anyway

The government hasn't paid this much to borrow since 2007, mortgages just broke 7 percent, and the most conventional financial advisor in America is telling clients to pu

Simon Dixon: The Game of Money and What Would Make Him Sell All His Bitcoin

In this new in-depth interview, Bitcoin OG, author, and angel investor Simon Dixon breaks down the transition from the American empire to a multi-node global financial or

Phong Le: Inside Strategy's Bigger Vision for Bitcoin and Wall Street

Strategy CEO Phong Le joins Natalie Brunell for an in-depth conversation about the future of the world's largest corporate Bitcoin treasury. From STRC's recovery and Stra

News Block: Bitcoin Price Hits 8-Month High, Homes Just Got Harder to Afford, and CLARITY Act Fails

In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance:

Jordi Visser: Why Bitcoin Sentiment Collapsed, What Brings It Back and Why the AI Warnings are Wrong

Jordi Visser is back by popular demand. I shared something I've been noticing all year — that Bitcoin sentiment feels different this cycle, less like a movement to fix a

Danielle DiMartino Booth: The Fed's First Rate Hike in Three Years and Where the Economy is Breaking

In this rapid-fire episode of Coin Stories, Natalie Brunell sits down with former Federal Reserve insider Danielle DiMartino Booth immediately following the Fed's latest

Rapha Zagury: Tether's Bitcoin Empire, Taking Over XXI and What Comes Next

When Jack Mallers stepped down from Twenty One Capital (XXI), Rapha Zagury stepped in as CEO. A Wall Street veteran who ran trading desks at Merrill Lynch, Rapha later co

News Block: Dario's AI Warning, Trump's $5,000 Promise and Will Fed Hike Rates?

In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance:

Vik Sharma: Why He Built a Private Messaging App That Sends Bitcoin

Natalie Brunell sits down with Vik Sharma, founder and CEO of Radar Chat, Cake Wallet and an active angel investor in the Bitcoin space. Vik spent decades in the steel in

Mike Belshe: The 100 Bitcoin Hacking Bounty & How to Hold Bitcoin Where the ETFs Do

BitGo has been the vault behind institutional Bitcoin for over a decade — holding coins for funds, businesses, and today some of the largest Bitcoin ETFs. Regular people

News Block: Jobs Shock Rocks the Fed Debate, Metaplanet Under Fire and the $319M Bitcoin Hack on Liquid

In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance:

News Block: Fed Turns Hawkish as Bitcoin Heads Into Its Biggest September Test

In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance:

Clay Garrett: Why Bitkey Has No Seed Phrase & How It Keeps Your Bitcoin Safe

Natalie Brunell sits down with Clay Garrett, Bitkey Lead at Block, to break down the massive Coldcard hack — including how his team found clues that may help law enforcem