# Why Larry Fink is Bullish

URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/4/
> Blackrock's CEO has become openly bullish on Bitcoin, why he's taking a victory lap this week. This halving will actually be different, and I'll make the case why. Plus, a new project that could replace Lightning for the plebs.

- Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/)
- Episode: 4
- Date: 2024-03-28
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:30:54
- Audio: https://op3.dev/e/serve.podhome.fm/episode/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/63847186126461846011ccb502-6a54-46a5-8e40-5226b495de04v1.mp3



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### Episode Links

* [2024 Halving: This Time It’s Actually Different](https://www.grayscale.com/research/reports/2024-halving-this-time-its-actually-different)
* [SEC scores big win in lawsuit against crypto exchange Coinbase](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/27/sec-scores-big-win-in-lawsuit-against-crypto-exchange-coinbase.html)
* [Joe Carlasare on X](https://twitter.com/joecarlasare/status/1772986598335885340?t=E9EIlRX-vHxbQ8g23lQU3A) \- SOL deflationary statements
* [Brian Armstrong 🛡️ on X](https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1773015852503417100)
* [Hedgehog: Protocol for Asynchronous Layer 2 Bitcoin Payments](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/introducing-hedgehog/)
* [hedgehog on GitHub](https://github.com/supertestnet/hedgehog)
* [The Future of Warfare | Jason Lowery | TEDxDAU - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spDS7q6uRkY)

  * [Softwar: A Novel Theory on Power Projection and the National Strategic Significance of Bitcoin: Lowery, Jason Paul: 9798371524188: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Softwar-Projection-National-Strategic-Significance/dp/B0BW358F37?ref_=ast_author_mpb)

* [Softwar: A Novel Theory on Power Projection and the National Strategic Significance of Bitcoin: Lowery, Jason Paul: 9798371524188: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Softwar-Projection-National-Strategic-Significance/dp/B0BW358F37?ref_=ast_author_mpb)
* [US National Defense Fellow at MIT, Major Jason Lowery: Blaming Bitcoin to protect your failing hegemony is not going to help you](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/12yltuy/us_national_defense_fellow_at_mit_major_jason/)
  
**Music:**

* [Money Maker](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6847198?episode=20489755437)