230 - Bitcoin Hits $82K as BlackRock Goes Bigger With Guest Host Will Wright

About this episode

This episode discusses Bitcoin's recent price surge, a significant DeFi rescue effort, and BlackRock's new tokenized funds.

I’m Blake, and this week we’re joined by crypto educator and coach Will Wright — better known online as @cryptocoachwill — who’s built a strong following helping everyday people actually understand this space, instead of just chasing headlines and memes. And honestly… this week feels like one of those moments where crypto starts looking a lot more mature than people expected. Bitcoin has just had its biggest week of the year, briefly touching $82,000 for the first time since January before cooling off again. We’ll unpack what actually drove the move, why the rally stalled where it did, and whether this is the beginning of a bigger market shift… or just another short-term burst of optimism. Then we get into one of the more fascinating stories we’ve seen in a while. After last month’s massive $292 million Kelp DAO exploit, the DeFi ecosystem has somehow managed to coordinate a $320 million rescue effort for affected Aave users — and the story now reportedly includes a bizarre legal twist involving North Korea. And finally, BlackRock is doubling down on blockchain in a very serious way. The world’s largest asset manager has just filed for two brand new tokenised funds with the SEC…

People in this episode

Host: Blake

Guest: Will Wright

Topics covered

• Bitcoin
• BlackRock
• DeFi
• Aave
• crypto education
• market trends

Keywords

• Bitcoin
• BlackRock
• Aave
• Kelp DAO
• crypto education
• DeFi
• market trends
• North Korea

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BlackRock, Kelp DAO, Aave

Places: North Korea

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