In this week’s episode of Bitcoin Bottom Line, hosts C.J. Wilson and Josh Olszewicz delve into the recent bank closures and their impact on the crypto space. The issues raised from these closures are not unique, and people are looking for someone to blame. Olszewicz states, “I believe the FED plays a big role in this because they had to catch up after slowly raising the rate. Ultimately it's the bank's problem. It is their job to manage that risk appropriately.” People have been dependen...
Apr 21, 2023•50 min
In this week’s episode of Bitcoin Bottom Line, hosts C.J. Wilson and Josh Olszewicz are joined by an expert in the crypto space, Troy Cross. He is an academic philosopher and has been a Bitcoiner since 2011. He also describes himself as an environmentalist and is not afraid of controversy. Cross discusses his opinions on ESG and believes that its critics should be listened to. “My own vision is Bitcoin having a minimal environmental impact. Bitcoin mining is constantly changing, and miners are c...
Jan 27, 2023•1 hr 7 min
In this week’s episode of Bitcoin Bottom Line, hosts C.J. Wilson and Josh Olszewicz begin by discussing the recent arrest of the founder of the Russian exchange, Bitzlato. Recent reports suggest Bitzlato had ties with a Russian darknet market Hydra, and the company only ever had $11,000 in their wallets. Wilson and Olszewicz go on to discuss the skepticism from users in the crypto space and how things might not be what they seem. Wilson uses a racing metaphor, “yellows breed yellows. Meaning tha...
Jan 27, 2023•41 min
In this week’s episode of Bitcoin Bottom Line, hosts C.J. Wilson and Josh Olszewicz discuss how the sausage is made internationally, why there is no pivot coming to save us, and how fast food could be the next big winner. Olszewicz discussed how many people are coming to the realization of just how much power the fed has, which is much more than people in our generation ever imagined. “We are optimistic that things are going to reverse course and net assets will be saved, which is not the case.”...
Jan 27, 2023•41 min
In this week’s episode of Bitcoin Bottom Line, hosts C.J. Wilson and Josh Olszewicz discuss the big update of the FTX case. The wheels of justice are slowly turning, and Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested by the Bahamian Department of Justice. The United States Department of Justice is sending a petition to extradite him, which is predicted to happen. The question now is, does everyone involved who turned on Bankman-Fried get immunity? What will happen to Caroline? There is still a lot that is ...
Jan 27, 2023•40 min
In this week’s episode of Bitcoin Bottom Line, hosts C.J. Wilson and Josh Olszewicz discuss the massive shake in the crypto industry. The pain we have been seeing since this summer is still in circulation with the latest casualty of the FTX blow up. SBF is a great example of what not to do. Many people were skeptical of the speed his enterprises were ramping up and how they were severely understaffed. Wilson explains, “if you have too fast of a rise and too much money being injected without too ...
Jan 27, 2023•51 min
In this episode of “Bitcoin Bottom Line,” hosts C.J. Wilson and Josh Olszewicz discuss how the “sausage is made” internationally, why there is no pivot coming to save us and how fast food could be the next big winner for investors. Olszewics discussed how many people are coming to the realization of just how much power the Federal Reserve wields, which is much more than people in our generation ever imagined. “We are optimistic that things are going to reverse course and net assets will be saved...
Nov 12, 2022•43 min
In this week’s episode of Bitcoin Bottom Line, hosts C.J. Wilson and Josh Olszewicz are joined by special guest Mike Hobart. He is an author of Bitcoin Magazine, a seed oil disrespecter, and a former United States military member. Wilson, Olszewicz, and Hobart open the episode by talking about what is currently happening in the investing space. Olszewicz states that there is currently no good news, and we are seeing how rate hikes are not working effectively. Wilson has observed people starting ...
Nov 11, 2022•40 min
In this week’s episode of “Bitcoin Bottom Line,” hosts C.J. Wilson and Josh Olszewicz are joined by special guest Daniel Batten to discuss bitcoin mining using organic materials. Batten is an expert on methane and explains the benefits of bioavailable energy. “If you are taking your power source, such as natural gas that would otherwise stay in the ground, it is carbon positive when you take it out of the pipeline. This will contribute to carbon emissions and is absolutely the type of bitcoin mi...
Nov 07, 2022•54 min
In this week’s episode of Bitcoin Bottom Line, hosts C.J. Wilson and Josh Olszewicz discuss the current worldwide events. Wilson discusses how Bitcoin has recently been a safety net. Olszewicz states that “currencies appear to be collapsing on the government's management. Japan and England have been a complete mess.” The pound is currently at an all-time low, along with many other currencies. Bond markets are doing historically worse than they ever have. Olszewicz says “it does not make sense to...
Oct 13, 2022•39 min
C.J. Wilson and Josh Olszewicz of Bitcoin Bottom Line discuss how to survive in a Bear Market in this week's episode. In this week’s episode of Bitcoin Bottom Line, hosts C.J. Wilson and Josh Olszewicz discuss how to survive in choppy markets. There is currently a large amount of volatility in the crypto space which could be unsettling for new crypto users. Wilson explains “if your first bitcoin purchase was $45,000 or higher and you are looking at an $18,000 price, that does not look great in y...
Sep 30, 2022•41 min
C.J. Wilson and Josh Olszewicz of Bitcoin Bottom Line discuss Off-grid and gas miners Nordstream energy issues in this week's episode. #bitcoin #Crypto #Valkyrie #BBL #Bitcoinbottomline Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValkyrieFunds Instagram: https://instagram.com/valkyrie.invest... LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/valk... Facebook:...
Sep 17, 2022•42 min
In this week’s episode of Bitcoin Bottom Line, hosts C.J. Wilson and Josh Olszewicz interview Daniela Brozzoni a young bitcoin coder. In this week’s episode of Bitcoin Bottom Line, hosts C.J. Wilson and Josh Olszewicz interview Daniela Brozzoni, a young bitcoin coder. Brozzoni has recently been working on a library for building wallets called BDK (Bitcoin Dev Kit). This library includes codes for generating addresses and sending money to offer a wider variety of options to crypto users. Wilson a...
Sep 13, 2022•40 min
In this week’s episode of Bitcoin Bottom Line, hosts C.J. Wilson and Josh Olszewicz are covering the down market and sell pressures. They begin discussing the crypto bear market, Wilson starts “We are in a bit of a spin right now… What a lot of people want to figure out is how do you find a bottom and what affects the bottom but I think that is maybe in the middle of the conversation, the beginning of the conversation is how connected and interconnected are all of us in this crazy crypto world?’...
Jul 15, 2022•42 min
In this week’s episode of Bitcoin Bottom Line, hosts C.J. Wilson and Josh Olszewicz are joined by Alyse Killeen, founder and managing partner of Stillmark. #Bitcoin #Crypto #c.j.wilson #JoshOlszewicz #Valkyrie #BBL #Bitcoinbottomline #Killeen #Alysekilleen #Stillmark Wilson begins by asking, “Having some focus or a lot of focus on Bitcoin makes your experience as a venture capitalist totally fascinating to me.. where does it all start?” Killeen responds, “I started in venture capital about a dec...
Jul 14, 2022•38 min
37 The Life of a Bitcoin Core Developer w/ Gloria Zhao In this week’s episode of Bitcoin Bottom Line, hosts C.J. Wilson and Josh Olszewicz are joined by Gloria Zhao, a Bitcoin core dev to break down the behind the scenes action of a developer. Wilson begins by asking “what got you into Bitcoin in the first place?” To which Zhao responds, “... There are a lot of ideologies in there from the beginning that I found very appealing, and on top of that there are a lot of very interesting engineering t...
Jun 30, 2022•53 min
Is Bitcoin the Key to save yourself from Inflation w/ Josh Olszewicz In this week’s episode of Bitcoin Bottom Line, hosts C.J. Wilson and Josh Olszewicz are discussing the latest in the Crypto space and the Bipartisan Responsible Payments Innovation bill. Wilson begins by discussing the New York state bill that focuses on Bitcoin mining, “Its kinda weird because they singled out bitcoin mining as a target to say hey we need to limit bitcoin mining, or eliminate bitcoin mining, unless it is from ...
Jun 24, 2022•42 min
Bitcoin Policy Institute w/ Matthew Pines In this week’s episode of Bitcoin Bottom Line, hosts Steven McClurg and C.J. Wilson are joined by guest Matthew Pines, a managing consultant at Krebs Stamos and National Security fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. Wilson begins by asking Matthew, “What is the discovery path to Bitcoin?” To that, Pines describes the increase in “tangible action taking place across various government agencies.” McClurg asks from the perspective of Bitcoin; “which coun...
Jun 09, 2022•39 min
BBL Ep 33 Exec Summary: In this week’s episode of Bitcoin Bottom Line, hosts C.J Wilson and Josh Oszelwicz are joined by guest Yunkun Guo, a corporate and financial regulations attorney at Ice Miller, to discuss crypto regulations and the intersections of law and cryptocurrency. Guo’s interests lie in bridging the gap between technology and law, she explains her tasks as “working with companies to help navigate new emerging technologies.” She highlights the complex and evolutionary nature of the...
Jun 03, 2022•38 min
This week on The Bitcoin Bottom Line, Co-host C.J. Wilson met with Josh Olszewicz, Head of Research at Valkyrie, to discuss macro-finance and its link to Bitcoin. The conversation was kicked off by Olszewicz sharing the kinds of markets in which he was involved before his introduction to Bitcoin. Olszewicz discusses his interest in the technology and decentralization of the Bitcoin network. Wilson goes on to share an applicable story from his childhood about how he saved up his money for a fancy...
May 31, 2022•45 min
This week on The Bitcoin Bottom Line, Co-hosts Steven McClurg and C.J. Wilson met with Harry Sudock, Vice President of Strategy and Management at GRIID Mining. This episode was filmed live at the Bitcoin 22 Conference in Miami, and the conversation was kicked off with a discussion on the friendliness of their fellow conference-goers. McClurg explained how there is a collective feeling of support between otherwise competitive businesses at the convention. The trio opens a discussion on the Bitcoi...
May 25, 2022•25 min
Jameson Lopp, one of the foremost experts in bitcoin security, joins Steven McClurg and C.J. Wilson on this week’s Bitcoin Bottom Line episode from an undisclosed location. Lopp is the co-founder and CTO of bitcoin security provider Casa. They kick off the episode discussing Lopp’s anonymity, how he has been avoiding public appearances, and the importance of privacy for the role he plays in his field. The group talks about Casa, and how their security is so high that even if a wrench attack did ...
May 20, 2022•39 min
Mike Hobart returns for Episode 30 with C.J. Wilson, co-host of Bitcoin Bottom Line, for a live broadcast from the Bitcoin 22 conference. The two begin by discussing the conference and meeting Bitcoin celebrities, and the approaching one year anniversary of El Salvadorian adoption. “El Salvador making the move was like the one person willing to go against the flow. Since that country doesn’t have a history of innovation in that way, people didn’t follow them right away”, Wilson states. Things ar...
May 13, 2022•23 min
Professional Wrestler is Bullish On Bitcoin w/ Summer Rae This time, co-hosts Steven McClurg and C.J. Wilson are joined by horse racer, nascar driver, wrestler, and bitcoiner Summer Rae. She also holds an executive position at Hedge, a wire transfer program to set up your accounts so you can get paid in bitcoin. Rae is one of the top women in the WWE at the moment. She took a 5 year break due to an injury, and just returned at the Royal Rumble, taking a percentage of her winnings in crypto throu...
May 03, 2022•19 min
In this week’s Bitcoin Bottom Line episode, Co-hosts Steven McClurg and C.J. Wilson are joined by guest Nick Hansen, CEO of Luxor, and Valkyrie’s Head of Research Josh Olszewicz. Luxor is one of the top 10 bitcoin mining pools in the world. They have a Hash Rate Index, and through that they are aiming to provide great data about the mining ecosystem. In addition, they have an ASIC Index, and are just about to launch Energy Markets which tracks the value of energy over time, which they view as ve...
Apr 29, 2022•38 min
On this episode of “Bitcoin Bottom Line,” hosts Steven McClurg and C.J. Wilson are joined by Josh Olszewicz from Valkyrie and Desiree Dickerson who has experience in the Bitcoin space in a nontraditional way. She is coming from Lightning Labs and is now CEO and Co-Founder of THNDR Games. Dickerson opens by sharing about THNDR Game’s strategy for gaining new users. She states that many users have no background in crypto but have found some of their applications or have been referred by a current ...
Apr 13, 2022•33 min
On this episode of “Bitcoin Bottom Line,” hosts Steven McClurg and C.J. Wilson are joined by Josh Olszewics from Valkyrie. They open by discussing the new crypto executive order. Bitcoiners have been hearing about the possibility of a crypto related executive order over the past few months and many have been pulling coins off exchanges, coing-joining, and selling in preparation. After the release of the order, there was nothing that would majorly impact users and the price skyrocketed. Wilson as...
Mar 17, 2022•33 min
On this episode of “Bitcoin Bottom Line,” hosts Steven McClurg and C.J. Wilson are joined by congressional candidate Taylor Burks. #Bitcoin #Crypto #TaylorBurks Burks grew up on a fifth generation cattle farm in Missouri. After graduating as a first generation college student, he joined the United States Navy over 15 years ago where he is now a Lieutenant Commander in the Reserves. Burks started hearing about Bitcoin around 5 years ago and has since been a proponent for the innovation of blockch...
Mar 11, 2022•43 min
On this episode of “Bitcoin Bottom Line,” host C.J. Wilson is joined by veteran and contributor to Bitcoin Magazine, Mike Hobart. Wilson and Hobart share similar backgrounds in exercise, physiology, and kinesiology. Hobart’s journey started in 2013 when he joined the military. He gives credit to the book, Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl for opening himself up to finding purpose after being in a dark place. He studied exercise science while in school allowing him to now write articles o...
Mar 02, 2022•1 hr
On this episode of Bitcoin Bottom Line, host Steven McClurg is joined by Greg Foss and Josh Olszewics to discuss bonds. Steven and Greg met while being co-investors in the same company that is responsible for bringing ETFs into Canada. This company gave people in Canada comfort that a spot Bitcoin ETF will work and cannot be manipulated. #Bitcoin #Bonds #Investing #Crypto McClurg mentions that the last time he was with Greg they discussed gas flaring. Greg mentioned what had been happening in Al...
Feb 24, 2022•29 min
