Internet Capital Markets on Bitcoin | BINARI
From Bitcoin Rails | Isabel Foxen Duke by Isabel Foxen Duke
March 10, 2026 · 1h 31m
About this episode
In this episode, Isabel Foxen Duke interviews Binari about the evolution of the BRC 2.0 protocol and its implications for Bitcoin as an asset issuance layer.
“BRC 2.0 is positioning Bitcoin as the prime asset issuance layer — the asset tokenization network for the most valuable assets on earth.” Late last year, BRC20 maintainer team Best in Slot extended the protocol’s functionality to include EVM smart contracts at the indexing layer — making the world’s most valuable Bitcoin-native assets protocol “fully programmable.” This upgrade, dubbed “BRC 2.0,” triggered a wave of interest in programmable metaprotocols across the Bitcoin ecosystem — expanding metaprotocol usecases beyond memecoins, into more sophisticated DeFi applications like RWAs and stablecoins. In this episode, Best in Slot CEO Binari joins me for a full update on the protocol’s technical and social evolution post-BRC2.0 launch—spilling the tea on hard lessons learned in ecosystem building, right alongside his bull case for building “internet capital markets” on Bitcoin. In this episode, we discuss: The “internet capital markets” thesis for Bitcoin The unique role of Chinese investment communities in pushing Bitcoin assets forward How incentive structures for metaprotocols outperform those of L2s How programmable asset development could potentially protect Bitcoin’s…
People in this episode
Host: Isabel Foxen Duke
Guest: Binari
Topics covered
- Bitcoin
- asset tokenization
- programmable metaprotocols
- DeFi applications
- internet capital markets
- BRC 2.0
Keywords
- BRC 2.0
- Bitcoin-native assets
- metaprotocols
- Chinese investment
- incentive structures
- security budget
- pump-and-rug drama
Sponsors
Best In Slot
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Best in Slot, BRC20, Bitcoin, DeFi, RWAs, stablecoins
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