Bitcoin Americanism - Alexander Leishman | #72

About this episode

Nathan Halberstadt interviews Alexander Leishman about Bitcoin's impact on society and the financial landscape.

Today, Nathan Halberstadt sits down with Alexander Leishman, founder of the Bitcoin-only brokerage River, to discuss Bitcoin's transformative impact on individuals and soceity. Alexander Leishman is the Founder, CEO, and Chief Technology Officer of River Financial, a Bitcoin-centric financial institution offering brokerage services that enable users to buy, sell, and securely hold Bitcoin. Leishman is a prominent figure in the cryptocurrency landscape, particularly known for his contributions to making Bitcoin more accessible and understandable to investors. Prior to co-founding River Financial, he most recently served on the investment and engineering teams at Polychain Capital and Polychain Labs. Before that, he served as an Security Software Engineer at AirBnB and a Management Consultant for Deloitte. Learn more about Alexander Leishman's work: https://x.com/leishman https://river.com/ Timestamps: 01:08 - Alexander Leishman Introduction 02:55 - From Deloitte to AirBnB to Bitcoin 06:01 - Money as Society’s Primary Coordination Mechanism 09:24 - Bitcoin is Digital Gold 13:00 - Bitcoin’s Transformative Impact on Individuals 32:03 - The Bitcoin community 41:47 - River's business…

People in this episode

Host: Nathan Halberstadt

Guest: Alexander Leishman

Topics covered

• Bitcoin
• cryptocurrency
• financial services
• technology
• business
• society

Keywords

• Bitcoin
• cryptocurrency
• River Financial
• financial brokerage
• digital gold
• de-banking
• investment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: River Financial, Polychain Capital, Polychain Labs, AirBnB, Deloitte

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