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BitGo has been the vault behind institutional Bitcoin for over a decade — holding coins for funds, businesses, and today some of the largest Bitcoin ETFs. Regular people were never invited...until now.
Mike Belshe, co-founder and CEO of BitGo, joins the show to announce that anyone can open an account. No minimums. No account fees. The same product institutions have been using for years. Get a free BitGo account: https://www.bitgo.com/natalie
He also explains why he left 100 Bitcoin in a wallet and told the internet to come take it. We discuss:
- What you pay to buy Bitcoin, and what Wall Street pays for the same thing
- The 100 Bitcoin bounty nobody has claimed
- What quantum computing can and can't do to your coins
- The change BitGo shipped this week that shows if you're exposed
- The two kinds of banks, and why one of them is safer
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