#52 Phil Geiger - Bitcoin Collaborative Custody

Today's episode is with Phil Geiger, the VP of Product Marketing at Unchained Capital, a bitcoin native financial services company offering collaborative custody multisignature vaults and loans for bitcoin holders. As the price of bitcoin continues to rise, it's become increasingly important to ensure your stack is adequately protected. Multi-signature collaborative custody is the gold standard when it comes to bitcoin self-custody, and today's episode was all about that. Timestamps: (1:27) - The Solar Eclipse (4:44) - His background (5:56) - Did his degree in Economics make bitcoin difficult? (8:33) -Austrian Economics book recommendations (12:43) - What Unchained is all about (19:18) - There is no such thing as yield (24:23) - Unchained bitcoin loans (32:05) - What if Unchained goes belly up? (45:18) -Inheritance planning (54:35) - How does Unchained view the ETFs? (1:00:13) - His thoughts on the Bitcoin Halving Andrew can be found on X ( @sage_simian) or alternatively, visit https://strawman.com for more information about his company. Follow me on X at @Dale21M or visit www.thewhybitcoinshow.com for any feedback. I'm on a mission to help people understand "why Bitcoin". If you could like, comment and share this episode with friends, it's the single most valuable thing you could do to help spread the message. Much love to all my listeners/watchers. It sometimes takes someone from within your own world/paradigm for you to start understanding a new concept. Perhaps Andrew is that to many ordinary investors and Bitcoin. Timestamps: (0:07:30) – Introduction to Andrew and his Bitcoin journey (0:16:42) – Bitcoin volatility & risk (0:19:40) – How equity investors look at Bitcoin (0:28:15) – New cohort of Bitcoin adopters (0:35:45) – Bitcoin ETFs (0:51:58) – Allocation to Bitcoin as an equity investor (1:01:07) – Bitcoin prediction fun (1:13:39) – Bitcoin orange pill tips Phil can be found on X ( @phil_geiger) or alternatively, visit https://unchained.com/ for more information. Follow me on X at @Dale21M or visit www.thewhybitcoinshow.com for any feedback. I'm on a mission to help people understand "why Bitcoin". If you could like, comment and share this episode with friends, it's the single most valuable thing you could do to help spread the message. Much love to all my listeners/watchers! Edited by Sean Lowe.