Bitcoin Goes Programmable: Stacks & Institutional BTC W/ Kyle Ellicott

From "digital gold" to programmable money, #Bitcoin is waking up to massive institutional interest.

We sat down with Kyle Ellicott of Stacks Asia at Token 2049 Singapore to discuss the next era of Bitcoin. This new age is being built layer by layer to unlock the trillion-dollar potential of the most secure asset in the world.

In this insightful interview, Kyle Ellicott explains:
🌉 Stacks: The Layer-2 solution bringing smart contracts and DeFi to the Bitcoin network.
🏦 The growing institutional interest in Asia and what is driving this demand.
🌏 How tax and regulatory reforms are impacting crypto trading in key Asian markets.
🔑 The critical need for programmability to make Bitcoin a productive, rather than just a "sleepy," asset.
🪙 The rise of tokenized Bitcoin (SPTC) and its applications for treasury companies.

Guest: Kyle Ellicott, Executive Director at Stacks Asia.

Chapters:
00:00 The Rise of Bitcoin as a Sleepy Asset
02:41 The Journey to Stacks and Bitcoin Economy
10:04 Retail vs. Institutional Participation in Crypto
14:10 The Emergence of Institutional Interest in Crypto
18:05 Understanding Stacks: Bitcoin's Programmable Layer
24:05 The Role of Wrapped Assets in the Crypto Ecosystem
30:03 SPTC: Tokenized Bitcoin and Its Applications

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