The White House Is Building a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve—w/ Arch Lending

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00:00 - Introduction to Dhruv Patel and Himanshu Sahay

01:41 - Breaking Down the White House Digital Assets Report

07:29 - Bitcoin’s Growing Distinction from the Broader Crypto Space

10:28 - How Bitcoin Went from Fringe to Treasury Strategy

13:32 - The Rise of Bitcoin-Backed Public Companies

16:47 - Strategic Bitcoin Adoption and Economic Incentives

20:07 - Custody Risk and the MicroStrategy Blind Spot

21:43 - Major Banks Partner with Coinbase: What's at Stake

27:05 - Coinbase as a Systemic Risk and Industry Bottleneck

32:20 - Kraken’s IPO and Institutional Capital in Bitcoin

35:15 - Fed Dissent, Interest Rates, and Political Pressure

42:03 - Abra Halts Withdrawals: Lending Risk Is Back

47:00 - Custody, Collateral, and Counterparty Due Diligence

54:08 - Behind the Scenes of Arch’s Lending Infrastructure

58:29 - Private Credit, Rate Arbitrage, and Institutional Capital

01:03:42 - Bankruptcy Remoteness and Custodial Risk Management

01:11:02 - Product Innovation: Tax, Retirement, and Income Lending

01:17:36 - Final Thoughts, Outro, and Disclaimer

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