Matej Zak has been part of the Trezor team for a few years now. Initially, he started out as a product manager but slowly moved into a leadership role. This past year, he took over as the CEO of Trezor.  These days, Trezor and Matej are hyperfocused on offering as many self-custody solutions and services as possible. The company also recently announced that it’ll partner with more brokerages and exchanges to make it even easier for users to buy and HODL their Bitcoin.  In this conversation with Relai CEO Julian Liniger, Matej goes down his Bitcoin rabbit hole, discusses Trezor's futu ..read more

Jimmy Song is a Bitcoin educator, developer, entrepreneur, and author of Programming Bitcoin and The Little Bitcoin Book.  In addition, he’s a Bitcoin fellow at Blockchain Capital, a lecturer at the University of Texas, a speaker at Bitcoin conferences, an avid open source contributor, mostly in Bitcoin, and the instructor of a 2-day workshop for programmers, Programming Blockchain. He was introduced to Bitcoin by buying $100 worth of beef jerky back in 2013 for 0.25 BTC. Unfortunately he was also scammed out of 2 BTC with a Alitin Mint Adam Smith coin and knew from that moment on, that h ..read more

André Loja is André Loja is a native Madeiran, father of four, serial entrepreneur, and founder of the F.R.E.E. Madeira initiative. He manages a bunch of companies on the island, ranging from real estate to running a coworking space. In this conversation with Relai CEO Julian Liniger, André talks about the advantages of living on Madeira, why the island is so bullish on Bitcoin, and what we can expect from the Bitcoin Atlantis 2024 conference. You can find André on X (Twitter) here: https://twitter.com/andreloja You can find André on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreloja You can ..read more

Saifedean Ammous is an economist and best-selling author of the classic ‘The Bitcoin Standard’ published in 37 languages. Saifedean was a professor of Economics at the Lebanese American University from 2009 to 2019. On his own learning platform Saifedean.com he teaches courses on Bitcoin and economics in the Austrian school tradition. He also hosts The Bitcoin Standard Podcast. In this conversation with Relai CEO Julian Liniger, Saifedean talks about why politicians and economists embrace and justify inflation and why Bitcoin is the one true solution to currency devaluation. You can find Saife ..read more

Roy Sheinfeld is the CEO and co-founder of Lightning startup Breez. Breez is an all-in-one Lightning Network solution, where users can buy, sell, and pay for goods, services, and streaming content with a non-custodial, seamless, and open mobile platform.. In conversation with Relai CEO Julian Liniger, Roy talks about why the non-custodial aspect is crucial for Lightning, how the Breez SDK works and how the collaboration with Relai works. You can find Roy on X (Twitter) here: https://twitter.com/therealkingonly You can find Roy on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roysheinfeld — 00:00 ..read more

Alex McShane is one of the organizers of the Bitcoin Amsterdam Conference, which is taking place on October 12-13, 2023. In conversation with Relai CEO Julian Liniger, Alex talks about the difference between American and European Bitcoin conferences, how he got from journalism to organizing conferences, and why he is fascinated by decentralized tools like Nostr. You can find Alex on X (Twitter) here: https://twitter.com/mcshane_writes You can find Alex on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-mcshane-a487a8205 — 00:00 - Intro 03:50 - Difference between US and European Bitcoin confere ..read more

Andi Pitt is a co-founder and general partner at ego death capital, a Bitcoin focussed venture capital fund. Together with Nico Lechuga and Jeff Booth the company led a USD 4.5 million investment round in Relai. In his conversation with Relai CEO Julian Liniger, Andi talks about her learning from building a Bitcoin VC fund, how she got orange pilled and what excites her the most about the Bitcoin ecosystem at the moment. You can find Andi on X (Twitter) here: https://twitter.com/1andipitt You can find Andi’s LinkedIn account here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-pitt/ — 00:00 - Intro 04:50 ..read more

Relai co-founder and CTO Adem Bilican sat down with Bitcoin educator Gigi to talk about the Bitcoin Lightning Network. After a short presentation by Adem, they talk about how they see Lightning evolving, and which obstacles it needs to overcome. In this webinar, Adem and Gigi explain the basics about Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, talk about current and future use-cases and reflect on what they are most excited about. You can find Adem on X (Twitter) here: https://twitter.com/_adembilican_ You can find Adem’s LinkedIn account here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adem-bilican-9a808a126/ You can find ..read more

Eric Weiss is the guy who orange pilled Michael Saylor. Eric is the founder and CEO of the Bitcoin Investment Group, a fund that’s mission is to make it as comfortable as possible for wealthy investors and family offices to invest in and hold Bitcoin. Eric first invested in bitcoin in 2013 and is since then on a mission to educate people—wealthy or not—about Bitcoin. In his conversation with Relai CEO Julian Liniger, Eric talks about why he’s passionate about Bitcoin, why he thinks that the next phase will be dominated by institutional investors, and of course he shares some stories about how ..read more

Richard Byworth is a banking and investment veteran whose career led him to London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. For over a decade, he was the Managing Director for Japanese broker Nomura. Later he was CEO for Eqonex Group, a digital asset ecosystem which he developed, built and successfully took public onto Nasdaq. In late 2022 he joined Syz Capital as Managing Partner and Head of Liquid Alternatives. Syz Capital is an independent, alternative asset manager based in Switzerland. Richard is a banker turned Bitcoiner, who strongly believes that it will revolutionize the financial system from the groun ..read more