Thomas Pacchia sits down with Quoth the Raven (writer of the Fringe Finance blog) for a fireside chat and open Q&A on:

• QTR's unconventional journey from English major and bartender... to financial whistleblower and podcaster
• Why public frauds, central bank deception, and U.S. fiscal collapse all smell the same (and all lead to gold and Bitcoin)
• The Fed’s credibility spiral and why Trump ousting Powell could shatter confidence in the U.S. dollar overnight
• How inflation quietly transfers wealth to the rich while brutalizing the bottom 50%
• Why tethering the dollar to “literally anything with a finite supply” would, strangely enough, be better than our current path
• The bond market’s strange behavior, Treasury’s mystery bids, and whether a debt jubilee or gold re-adoption is on the horizon

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⁠Jennifer Rosenthal⁠ (DeFi Education Fund) moderates a fireside chat and open Q&A with ⁠Frank Corva⁠ (Bitcoin Magazine), ⁠Eleanor Terrett⁠ (Crypto in America), and ⁠David Z. Morris⁠ (The Rage) about the Tornado Cash trial. They discuss:

• Why the U.S. government’s prosecution of Roman Storm could set a dangerous precedent for open-source code

• How the case hinges on the definition of “money transmission”

• What this trial signals about growing friction between crypto infrastructure and national security policy

• Why the outcome could shape how judges and regulators treat privacy tools, mixers, and even Bitcoin going forward

• How press coverage, legal framing, and political cycles are influencing the stakes of the case in real time

• Why the Tornado Cash case may be the most important crypto trial since Ross Ulbricht... and what comes next

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⁠Thomas Pacchia⁠ sits down with ⁠Jonathan Melton⁠ (Head of Lending at ⁠Unchained⁠) for a fireside chat and open Q&A about:

• Why Melton left Wall Street to build Bitcoin-native lending infrastructure

• How Unchained’s multi-institution custody model protects against counterparty and rehypothecation risk

• What makes collateralized lending on Bitcoin fundamentally different from fiat debt markets

• Why most “bitcoin-backed loans” still rely on fiat rails

• How Unchained evaluates risk, liquidity, and client behavior across bear and bull markets

• Why Melton believes the next generation of bitcoiners won’t think of borrowing and custody as separate concepts

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PubKey meetups are FREE and PUBLIC. Join us to ask live questions, engage with experts, and enjoy a pint together:

🗽 PubKey NYC

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🗽 New York, NY 10011

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