#144: Strategic Reserve & BCH Bank Run feat. Joël Valenzuela

Joël makes his long-awaited return to discuss government crypto stockpiles, inaugural BCH bank run, whether BTC has reached its ceiling, El Salvador, BCH vs XMR guys, and lots more. Joël is an unbanked-since-2015 crypto advocate and host of The Digital Cash Network. Enjoy the chat, and please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

Joël on Twitter: https://x.com/TheDesertLynx

Digital Cash Network on Twitter: https://x.com/DigitalCashNet

Digital Cash Network YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DigitalCashNetwork

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Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tEAi6rzO0Xve0ACOc5lu2WmZyPIEbjhz/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4

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Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast starts

00:37 Intro and market update

01:59 Joël Valenzuela

07:36 Crypto dev funding models

16:28 Ethereum

29:41 ETH, SOL, on-chain scaling

34:27 Strategic reserve

45:54 Has BTC reached its ceiling?

1:02:05 Community comment of the week

1:10:29 “Hijacking Bitcoin” vs "The Blocksize War"

1:19:28 Orange coin, orange book

1:20:11 BCH bank run

1:33:25 El Salvador situation

1:45:32 BCH vs XMR

2:07:03 Other BCH news

2:16:24 BLISS 2025

2:16:58 Joël's message to the community

2:17:39 Podcast supporter appreciation

2:18:58 Shoutouts and outro