Blockstream Executive Peter Bain: Institutional Clients Say Bitcoin “Poised for a Big Bull Run”

Bitcoin is holding $81K through an equity selloff, a rising 10-year and unrest in Europe, and Blockstream CMO Peter Bain calls that “a really, really strong signal.” He joins Grace Remington and Sean Hagan to explain why the technology build-out comes before the price, what Blockstream’s new Lugano hub and consulting division mean for institutional adoption, and why Switzerland’s clear rules and banking depth make it the right launch market. He also gives the first update on the Liquid Network incident: the swap service is back and users can move Bitcoin to the main chain.

Chapters:
0:00 Bitcoin Holding $81K Through the Equity Selloff Is a “Strong Signal”
0:44 Build-Out Before Price: Adoption, Stablecoins and Tokenized Equities
1:26 Blockstream’s Lugano Hub and New Consulting Division for Institutions
2:10 Why Treasury Companies Are Mostly American and Why Switzerland Is Next
3:19 Quantum Is Decades Away: Bitcoin’s Real Weak Spots
4:22 The PHP Exploit and Why Everyone Must Rethink How Software Ships
5:07 Making Bitcoin Quantum Resistant: Blockstream Research and Signature Schemes
6:18 How Consensus Reaches a Quantum Upgrade and the Bitcoin Security Consortium
7:33 Liquid Network Hack Update: Swap Service Restored, Network Back Online
8:27 Outlook Through 2027: “Poised for a Big Bull Run”