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The Breakdown, With NLW

Why Bitcoin Is Thriving, With Alyse Killeen

The Stillmark venture capitalist shares what makes her optimistic about bitcoin for 2023.

December 26, 2022
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Hear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023.
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This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and Kraken.

Today’s guest is Alyse Killeen, founder and general partner at Stillmark.

Find our guest on Twitter: @AlyseKilleen

See also: Jack Dorsey-Backed East African Bitcoin Miner Gridless Raises $2M

“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our holiday theme music is "Spike The Eggnog" by Two Dudes. Music behind our sponsors today is “Glasgow” by Falls. Image credit: alashi/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.

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