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Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll

Alexander Bechtel, Michael Blaschke, Jonas Gross, Manuel Klein

Digital currencies are here to stay. In this podcast, we dive into the world of the new money. We explore Bitcoin, stablecoins, central bank digital currencies, and many other innovations in the realm of digital currencies. For more information, visit: [http://alexanderbechtel.com/podcast](http://alexanderbechtel.com/podcast)

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All Episodes

62:22

Stablecoins Reshape Global Finance: Circle IPO, PYUSD...

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2025/05/04

Circle’s IPO reveals stablecoin economics while PayPal offers 3.7% on PYUSD and European authorities clash over dollar stablecoin dominance. The digital currency race accelerates globally.

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57:17

Strategic Bitcoin Reserve: Genius Move or Costly...

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2025/04/27

In this episode, Jonas and Alex thoroughly assess the advantages and disadvantages of a national Bitcoin reserve and share our recommendation.

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50:33

Permissionless blockchains for financial services

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2025/04/20

Brief description of episode (2-3 sentences, max 205 characters inkl. Space!)In this episode, we speak with Prof. Fabian Schär, a leading expert in blockchain technology and decentralized finance. We explore the usability of permissionless blockchains for financial services.

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60:29

DeFi and DAO Research with Dan Liebau

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2025/04/13

In this episode, Stefan and Manuel talk to Daniel Liebau who combines a practitioners view with academic research in DeFi applications and about Decentralized Autonomous Organisations (DAOs).

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51:51

BX Digital’s FINMA Win with CEO Lidia Kurt

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2025/04/06

Join Michael Blaschke in conversation with Lidia Kurt, CEO of newly FINMA-approved BX Digital. Discover how this groundbreaking DLT trading facility aims to innovate Europe’s digital asset landscape, and explore the future of blockchain-based financial infrastructure in Europe.

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50:32

Trends in Digital Asset Infrastructure | News

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2025/03/30

This episode dives deep into the race between institutional DeFi building on public permissionless blockchains and TradFi developing permissioned ecosystems.

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35:24

Dollar Dominance Through Stablecoins

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2025/03/23

Legal expert Hagen Weiß (Dentons) analyzes how recent US regulatory shifts on stablecoins and digital assets are reshaping the global crypto landscape. We explore the geopolitical implications, compare with Europe’s MiCA framework, and examine what these changes mean for financial institutions and DeFi projects across both continents.

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39:51

Scaling B2B Stablecoin Payments: SAP’s Digital...

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2025/03/16

SAP’s Digital Currency Hub represents a breakthrough in enterprise payment technology, enabling companies to process stablecoin transactions directly through their ERP systems. This episode features SAP’s Bernhard Schweizer and EY’s Rebecca Carvatt discussing the successful implementation of stablecoin payments between PayPal and EY, demonstrating how stablecoins are becoming part of standard business processes.

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69:09

Downsides of a Bitcoin Reserve (with ECB Advisor Dr....

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2025/03/09

Following a previous episode that examined the pro-perspective, in this episode, we discuss counterarguments against a Bitcoin Reserve with Dr. Jürgen Schaaf from the European Central Bank (ECB)

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70:03

Crypto Chaos: Hacks, Memes, and Market Meltdown | News

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2025/03/02

This episode dives into the biggest crypto hack in history, the LIBRA token and its ties to the Argentinian President Milei, positive crypto company earnings, and the response of Europe to USD stablecoins.

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46:13

Crypto & Digital Assets: Business Opportunities in 2025

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2025/02/23

Co-host Stefan Grasmann moderated a panel on crypto and digital asset at the Frankfurt Digital Finance Conference 2025. Together with experts from the crypto and traditional financial ecosystem, such as Bitpanda and Union Investment, Stefan discussed business opportunities for 2025.

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31:31

Bitcoin’s Quantum Vulnerability

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2025/02/16

In this episode, co-host Michael Blaschke discusses his latest quantum study, focusing on the most significant security threat to crypto. He analyzes the implications of quantum computing for the future of digital assets and currencies based on his recent findings.

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41:39

Why the FDP demands a Bitcoin Reserve | German

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2025/02/09

The idea of a "strategic Bitcoin reserve" is currently stirring up the crypto world like few other topics. In the podcast, FDP member of the German Parliament Frank Schäffler explains the perspectives and opportunities that Bitcoin investments could offer for nations and central banks.

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55:31

Making Bitcoin accessible (with Relai CEO Julian...

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2025/02/02

Julian Liniger's vision is to make Bitcoin accessible to everyone. To achieve this, the young Swiss entrepreneur founded Relai, an app designed to simplify buying Bitcoin. Julian shares insights into his journey, the rapid growth of Relai, and their recent $12 million funding round.

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67:51

Bitcoin Reserve, Trump Inauguration & Agentic AI | News

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2025/01/26

Join Alex Bechtel (DWS), Michael Blaschke (SAP), Stefan Grasmann (Zühlke), and Max Vargas (Blockstories) as they analyze Bitcoin’s new ATH, strategic Bitcoin reserves, and political memecoins.

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61:26

Smart Contracts in Action: Siemens’ Blockchain Journey

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2025/01/19

In this episode, Heiko Nix from Siemens explains how Siemens uses Blockchain technology in Cash Management and Payments and which blockchain projects Siemens aims to do in the future

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74:17

Zero-knowledge proofs: The future of privacy?

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2025/01/12

In recent years, privacy-enhancing technologies emerged that can transform how we think about digital privacy today. In this episode, we will discuss one such technology – so-called zero-knowledge proofs – in detail and discuss its potential, applications, challenges as well as their role around the privacy of the future.

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64:42

Our Predictions for Digital Assets in 2025

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2025/01/05

What will the co-hosts focus on in the podcast in 2025 and what are their predictions for market events and the bitcoin price? Hear again a short intro into the CVs of the hosts and their predictions.

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72:16

Jahresrückblick 2024: Von Bitcoin-ETFs bis zur...

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2024/12/29

Das BFRR-Team analysiert die wichtigsten Blockchain-Ereignisse 2024: Bitcoin-ETFs, Preisentwicklung, Stablecoin-Wachstum und Regulatorik. Plus: Ausblick auf den englischsprachigen Relaunch in 2025.

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58:43

Bitcoin-Reserve oder Bitcoin-Ende durch Quantum? | News

Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock"n"Roll ·

2024/12/22

Wie sicher ist Bitcoin in einer Welt mit Quantencomputern? Und: Diskussion um Bitcoin-Reserve erreicht führende Industrienationen – auch Deutschland.

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