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Murray Rudd

Dr. Murray Rudd is an applied environmental microeconomist and policy researcher. His full attention is now on Bitcoin’s economic, social, technical and environmental impacts and potential.

Optimizing Bitcoin Treasuries & Rewards Strategies

Optimizing Bitcoin Treasuries & Rewards Strategies

The March 28, 2025 episode of the TFTC Bitcoin Alpha podcast, with guest Will Reeves, examines how innovative treasury accumulation and sustainable rewards systems are reshaping Bitcoin’s role as a long-term savings asset.

Bitcoin Mining: Shifts and Sustainability

Bitcoin Mining: Shifts and Sustainability

The March 28, 2025 episode of The Mining Pod with Will Foxley and Colin Harper examines Bitcoin mining challenges, including compressed hash prices, escalating capex, and strategic pivots toward AI and high-performance (HPC) computing.

GameStop’s $4.6B Cash-to-Bitcoin Shift: Strategic Implications

GameStop’s $4.6B Cash-to-Bitcoin Shift: Strategic Implications

On March 28, 2025, The Last Trade panel discussed GameStop’s filing to deploy a portion of its $4.6 billion cash reserve for Bitcoin acquisition, examining execution uncertainties, market liquidity impacts, and the asset’s role as an inflation hedge.

Monetary Reset and Bitcoin Stability

Monetary Reset and Bitcoin Stability

On March 28, 2025, The Bitcoin Way podcast with Lawrence Lepard examined how unsustainable debt, inflation, and distorted fiscal policies necessitate a monetary reset. Lepard argues that Bitcoin’s fixed supply offers a stable alternative to debased fiat money.

Macroeconomic Policy & Bitcoin Valuation Dynamics

Macroeconomic Policy & Bitcoin Valuation Dynamics

The March 28, 2025 episode of What Bitcoin Did with Nik Bhatia examines the FED’s shift from aggressive quantitative tightening to a moderated approach that may lead to quantitative easing, affecting liquidity and asset prices—especially Bitcoin.

Bitcoin Quant Analysis & Security Trends

Bitcoin Quant Analysis & Security Trends

The March 28, 2025 episode of Mr. M Podcast featuring Stephen Perrenod delivers a rigorous quantitative analysis of Bitcoin’s price dynamics, contrasting flawed stock-to-flow models with power law and quantile regression methods.

AI Decentralization & Bitcoin’s Future

AI Decentralization & Bitcoin’s Future

On March 28, 2025, the What is Money Show with Matt McDonagh examined how advanced AI - from deep and reinforcement learning to decentralized architectures - can transform healthcare, finance, and Bitcoin’s protocol.