# The Dark Truth Behind Wall Streets Embrace of Bitcoin | Lea Thompson (English)

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Podcast: [Was Bitcoin bringt - mit Niko Jilch](https://stenobird.com/podcast/was-bitcoin-bringt-mit-niko-jilch-4909387)
Published: 2026-07-23T03:00:00+00:00
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Bitcoin was built as a tool for absolute financial sovereignty and privacy, yet the explosion of Wall Street ETFs and aggressive European anti-money laundering regulations threaten to dilute its foundational ethos. In this episode, Cake Wallet's Lea Thompson joins me in the studio to break down the reality of self-custody, the shifting political landscape in the United States, and why interacting with real peer-to-peer money matters more than holding institutional paper derivatives. We also e...

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