Name: INSIDER: "Strategic Reserve Plans ACCELERATING Behind The Scenes" - Brian Morgenstern
Uploaded: 2025-04-30T11:59:00+00:00
Duration: 1 h 17 min 3 s
Description: Brian Morgenstern, head of policy at Riot, discusses the dramatic shift in Bitcoin policy under the Trump administration. The conversation covers key initiatives including the Strategic Bitcoin Reserv

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Brian Morgenstern, head of policy at Riot, discusses the dramatic shift in Bitcoin policy under the Trump administration. The conversation covers key initiatives including the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, BitBonds, stablecoin legislation, and market structure reforms. Morgenstern details budget-neutral acquisition methods for Bitcoin, Treasury Secretary Bessent's economic vision, and how Bitcoin advocates are now positioned within government. He explains the policy challenges miners face with taxation and how embedding Bitcoin throughout the financial system creates long-term security for the industry.

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0:00 - Intro
0:42 - We’re winning in bitcoin policy
10:25 - Fold & Bitkey
12:01 - Policy priorities and timeline
19:47 - Unchained
20:16 - Order of priority - stables before bitcoin
26:04 - Amassing wins for midterms
29:20 - Getting bitcoin too entrenched to ban
34:11 - Bitcoinized fin products
38:15 - Treasury and BitBonds
47:39 - We should not fund our demise
56:17 - Trump PR strategy
1:06:40 - Chevron doctrine