What Bitcoin Did
What Bitcoin Did
Danny Knowles
Jack Mallers | Wall Street Is Rebuilding Around Bitcoin
1 hour 48 minutes Posted May 6, 2026 at 6:41 pm.
21.co's multi-divisional vision
Lessons from 21.co's journey
Profitable Bitcoin companies
Strike as a Bitcoin miner
Bitcoin is money for all
Responding to online criticism
Bitcoin and geopolitics
The future of fiat money
Why Bitcoin payments lag
Strike's Bitcoin lending facility
Earn yield and liquidation-proof loans
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“Bitcoin can change the world because the world can’t change Bitcoin.”

Jack Mallers is back on the show to break down his vision for 21, Strike, and the next phase of Bitcoin’s monetisation.

Jack explains why he doesn’t want to build another pure Bitcoin treasury company or another crypto casino, but a full-stack Bitcoin business: financial services, lending, custody, infrastructure, mining, capital markets, and a balance sheet built around Bitcoin. We get into the proposed acquisition of Strike, Bitcoin-backed lending, proof of reserves, why profitability matters, and why he thinks the best Bitcoin company won’t simply be the one that owns the most Bitcoin.

We also discuss where Bitcoin fits in a world moving towards war, inflation, energy shocks, multipolarity, and whether fiat can survive another crisis.

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