Brandon and Kate unpack a whirlwind week in crypto — from headlines about a potential Trump pardon for CZ, to whale flows rotating into BlackRock’s iBIT spot Bitcoin ETF, to the biggest takeaways from a16z’s latest State of Crypto report — and what all of it means for builders on Bitcoin and Stacks.
Topics Discussed
- 🎯 Rumors and realities around a Trump pardon for CZ (Changpeng Zhao)
- 🐋 Bitcoin whales moving funds into BlackRock’s iBIT ETF and what the flows signal
- 📊 a16z “State of Crypto” report: adoption curves, dev metrics, and infra trends
- 🏗️ Implications for Bitcoin L2s, sBTC, and the BTCFi stack
- 🧭 Market structure: liquidity, fees, and path-to-retail narratives
- 🧱 Stacks ecosystem context and how dual stacking fits this macro
Chapters
- 00:00 — Intro and quick hits
- 01:30 — Trump/CZ: pardon chatter, legal context, market reaction
- 06:00 — What matters vs. what’s noise
- 09:30 — Whale rotations into iBIT: ETF flows, on-chain cues
- 14:30 — Reading ETF data: liquidity, spreads, and inflows
- 18:30 — a16z State of Crypto: key charts and signals
- 23:30 — Takeaways for Stacks, sBTC, and BTC L2 builders
- 27:30 — Closing thoughts and community notes
Good For Bitcoin is hosted by Brandon Marshall (@marshallmixing) and Kate Parkman (@katemparkman).
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