#430: Bitcoin vs the $156 Trillion Global Payments Industry with Sam Wouters

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast · Jun 30, 2023 · 2h 1m

Marty sits down with Sam Wouters to discuss Bitcoin's rate of adoption for cross-border payments.

Sam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SDWouters

Sam's report on River blog: https://blog.river.com/bitcoin-vs-the-156-trillion-global-payments-industry/

0:00 - Intro

2:30 - Finding bitcoin through Runescape

9:22 - New educational resources in Bitcoin

13:27 - Diving into Sam’s report

17:51 - Structure of the report

21:39 - Chapter 1: Cross-border payments industry

31:53 - Comparing Bitcoin and internet adoption

41:37 - Remittance education

48:31 - Getting into charts on remittance volume

56:18 -…