The Melrose and @BitwireFeed crew will be on the ground at ETH Denver!
We're looking forward to connecting with clients, catching up with our reporter friends, and meeting new faces in the community. You'll find Kelley Weaver, Eunice Hwangbo, Kayla Klein, and Ella Volynets on the ground—ready to share what we've been building and hear what you're working on.
We've got a few surprises planned 🙊, so follow along on LinkedIn and X throughout the week.
If you're attending, let's connect! DM us or drop a comment below.
See you in Denver. ⛰️
Honored to be featured in this month's @evewealthhq newsletter!
I shared my crypto journey from 2016, why Bitcoin is the greatest long-term savings opportunity of our generation (stack sats, play the long game), and spotlighted @itsbhaji at @centrifuge—a mom who went from CMO to CEO while driving over $1B in TVL. Unstoppable.
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BITCOIN RAILS #49: The "Cultural Fork" of Bitcoin | with @nottjmiller
🔗 YOUTUBE: youtu.be/xeChoOC8mEw
🌿 SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/1SXubv…
I was introduced to Silicon Valley's @nottjmiller a little over a year ago while he was brainstorming how we could potentially inscribe a 4-megger comedy video through @MARA Slipstream (shout out to @ordinalsbot for the idea).
A Bitcoiner since 2018, TJ saw the potential of Ordinals to orange-pill a whole new kind of Bitcoiner — the kind that may realistically be intimidated by (or straight up uninterested in) ivory-tower technical or economic topics.
"I talk about cultural adoption and how do we bring Bitcoin into the cultural forefront."
Letting me into "his world" for this interview, TJ and I recorded this chat straight from @StandComedyClub before his Bitcoin-focused set during @chainlink New York blockchain week [full set forthcoming in the comments].
Shout out to @cryptokelley@MelrosePR@ValidationCloud and @BitwireFeed for organizing the event. It was a banger 🔥
In this episode, TJ and I jam about:
- How TJ was orange-pilled by the Winklevoss twins @cameron@tyler (+ the Michigan twins of course!)
- Why TJ's wife, Kate, is a hardcore Bitcoin maxi... despite TJ loving Ethereum and @DOGE on the side
- How comedy could orange pill the world
- And as usual we end with... @brockpierce. IYKYK.
For good measure, we also clear the air on @peterktodd [probably not] being Satoshi.
Unsurprisingly, we had an absolute blast and lots of laughs filming this episode. A nice little left turn from my usual technical schtick + some fun personal stories shared from both of our sides.
Bitcoin Rails is powered by:
— Best In Slot (@bestinslotxyz) - the leading API for Ordinals and BRC-20 data aggregation and indexing.
— Spark (@lightspark) - a statechains implementation advancing Bitcoin-powered payments.
— Citrea (@citrea_xyz) - a leading Bitcoin rollup technology and BitVM alliance contributor.
TIMESTAMPS 📌
00:00 Intro
04:46 Trading and Crypto Misconceptions
08:47 Bitcoin and Early Adopters
17:13 Ethereum and Blockchain Exploration
38:55 NFTs and Artistic Ventures
40:46 The First NFT Comedy Special
41:31 The FTX Collapse and Its Impact
47:28 Ordinals and Bitcoin Utility
51:41 The Ordinals Cultural Fork
53:20 Cultural Adoption of Bitcoin
01:09:06 Bitcoin Comedy and Community
17 years ago today, Bitcoin mined its first block. 14 years ago today, Melrose PR opened for business.
January 3rd hits different when you're a crypto PR firm. We showed up early and stayed late. We're both just getting started.
Here's to the next block.
Okay.... I wasn't expecting this, but yesterday I wrote some commentary on $COIN vs. $HOOD including why I think investors are underestimating $COIN's advantage in tokenization.
And it's been picked up in @Cointelegraph, @Benzinga, @blockchainrptr, @realcoincentral, and bunch of other news sources. Sharing links below.
NFA: I've been accumulating a little $COIN every day. It's so undervalued. I remain so #based.
The full conversation with @aztecnetwork founders @Zac_Aztec & @jaosef is officially live.
If you care about privacy, ZK-powered apps, or the future of ETH L2s, we dive deep everything including their @Uniswap CCA token sale.
Video: youtu.be/7MiNKzqeUN8
At SmartCon @nottjmiller Erlich Bachman would’ve called it “disrupting decentralization.” We just call it a great night. Thanks to to for hosting an unforgettable @ValidationCloud x @MelrosePR x @BitwireFeed event equal parts genius and chaos, em dashes of bitter included.
Our team will be in New York this week for SmartCon 2025!
Attending the conference? We would love to meet up. Reach out in the comments or send us a message to coordinate!
Can't wait to see everyone there! #SmartCon2025
Sorry to say that I was part of Blockworks' newsroom closure today.
I've had a great few years there, building their op-ed department and then helping the team transition to a newsletter-first newsroom.
If you hear of anything crypto/writing/editing-related — my DMs are open.
Feynman Point Asset Management is off to an incredible start and Forbes took notice with an Editor’s Pick feature.
The story highlights how Feynman Point is redefining digital asset investing through discipline, experience, and long-term vision.
Congratulations to Joe and the entire Feynman Point team on the launch and well-deserved recognition!