🎙️ Bitcoin, Career, and Building Wealth with Joe Burnett

About this episode

The episode features Joe Burnett discussing his journey with Bitcoin and the personal finance decisions involved in building wealth around it.

FIRE BTC Podcast Episode 1: Joe Burnett on Bitcoin, Career, and Building Wealth Guest: Joe Burnett, Head of Bitcoin Strategy at Strive Asset Management Host: Trey Sellers Recording Date: January 23, 2026 Episode Duration: 56 minutes Welcome to the inaugural episode of the FIRE BTC Podcast. This conversation with Joe Burnett explores what it actually looks like to build a life around bitcoin — from discovering it in college to navigating a career transition at the 2021 peak, surviving the bear market, and thinking through the real-world questions that come with trying to build wealth on a bitcoin standard. We cover Joe's journey from his first exposure to bitcoin at around $1,000 in 2017, through stacking sats on a limited income in college, to eventually leaving a traditional finance career to work full-time in the bitcoin industry. Along the way, we dig into practical topics that don't get enough attention: how to think about spending when your savings are in bitcoin, why borrowing against your stack might not make sense even when it's available, how to navigate bitcoin ownership in relationships and marriage, and whether the goal should ever really be to stop working entirely…

People in this episode

Host: Trey Sellers

Guest: Joe Burnett

Topics covered

• Bitcoin
• Career
• Wealth Building
• Personal Finance
• Investment Strategies

Keywords

• Bitcoin
• Wealth
• Career Transition
• Personal Finance
• Investment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Strive Asset Management

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