Is Bitcoin Failing? | Alex Gladstein & Paul Sztorc
Episode Date: June 19, 2025Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation, Paul Sztorc is Founder and CEO of LayerTwoLabs and the creator or Drivech...
What Bitcoin Did unpacks Bitcoin’s role in reshaping money, freedom, and the future of finance.
162 episodes transcribedAlex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation, Paul Sztorc is Founder and CEO of LayerTwoLabs and the creator or Drivech...
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Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation and author of Check Your Financial Privilege, Hidden Repression and The Tr...
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