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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.

Scaling Bitcoin Layer 2: Innovations & Challenges

Scaling Bitcoin Layer 2: Innovations & Challenges

On March 28, 2025, Built on Bitcoin featured Kevin He discussing groundbreaking solutions for scaling Bitcoin through BitVM and Bitlayer. The conversation focused on overcoming on-chain verification limits, optimizing zero knowledge proofs, and enhancing cross-chain interoperability.

Bitcoin and AI: Converging for Scalable Payments

Bitcoin and AI: Converging for Scalable Payments

The March 28, 2025 episode of The Bitcoin Source featuring Matt Ahlborg explores Bitcoin’s dual role as a medium of exchange and digital gold while examining AI-integrated payment solutions like PPQ.

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.