#719: Bitcoin Is Winning Even In A Bear Market with Alex Leishman

<p>Marty sits down with Alex Leishman, CEO and CTO of River, to discuss Bitcoin adoption trends in the current bear market, the Lightning Network's growing momentum, institutional vs. individual ownership shifts, AI's impact on productivity and hiring, quantum computing risks to Bitcoin, and River's vision for the future of Bitcoin banking.</p> <p>Alex on X: <a href="https://x.com/Leishman">https://x.com/Leishman</a></p> <p>River report: <a href="https://x.com/SDWouters/status/2024507942708351443">https://x.com/SDWouters/status/2024507942708351443</a></p> <p>STACK SATS hat: <a href="https://tftcmerch.io/">https://tftcmerch.io/</a></p> <p>Our newsletter: <a href="https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/">https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/</a></p> <p>TFTC Elite (Ad-free & Discord): <a href="https://www.tftc.io/#/portal/signup/">https://www.tftc.io/#/portal/signup/</a></p> <p>Discord: <a href="https://discord.gg/VJ2dABShBz">https://discord.gg/VJ2dABShBz</a></p> <p>Opportunity Cost Extension: <a href="https://www.opportunitycost.app/">https://www.opportunitycost.app/</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>Bitkey</p> <p><a href="https://bit.ly/4pOv2L4">https://bit.ly/4pOv2L4</a> Promo Code: TFTC99</p> <p>Unchained</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/tftc/">https://unchained.com/tftc/</a></p> <p>SLNT</p> <p><a href="https://slnt.com/tftc">https://slnt.com/tftc</a></p> <p>Lygos:</p> <p><a href="https://bit.ly/4koiJmB">https://bit.ly/4koiJmB</a></p> <p>Salt of the Earth:</p> <p><a href="https://drinksote.com/tftc">https://drinksote.com/tftc</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main YT Channel</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos</a></p> <p>Clips YT Channel</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ</a></p> <p>Website</p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">https://tftc.io/</a></p> <p>Newsletter</p> <p><a href="http://tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/">tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/</a></p> <p>Twitter</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">https://twitter.com/tftc21</a></p> <p>Instagram</p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/</a></p> <p>Nostr</p> <p><a href="https://primal.net/tftc">https://primal.net/tftc</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p>Twitter</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">https://twitter.com/martybent</a></p> <p>Nostr</p> <p><a href="https://primal.net/martybent">https://primal.net/martybent</a></p> <p>Newsletter</p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">https://tftc.io/martys-bent/</a></p> <p>Podcast</p> <p><a href="https://www.tftc.io/tag/podcasts/">https://www.tftc.io/tag/podcasts/</a></p>