The Pregame (NYC)

Everyone is discoverable. But how does someone actually go from knowing your handle to knowing your address? To answer exactly that, Thomas Pacchia welcomes Alec Harris (CEO of havenX ) to The Pregame. 0:00 INTRO: Meet Alec Harris, CEO of havenX! 4:00 Alec's Bitcoin origins story 5:29 Why havenX is in the privacy & reputation business 10:32 Can you guard your privacy and still have a norma...

Donate to Thomas Massie's re-election campaign here: https://secure.thomasmassie.com/donate Thomas Pacchia welcomes special guests Thomas Massie (U.S. Representative KY4) and Matt Kibbe to an exclusive edition of THE PREGAME . 0:00 INTRO: Welcome Thomas Massie & Matt Kibbe!0:51 The problem with CBDCs (and modern farming)6:01 Retvrn to tradition (bartering with the Amish)9:02 Bitcoin vs. st...

Was Jane Street actually manipulating the Bitcoin price? Or are they just playing a more sophisticated game than what meets the eye? Welcome to The Pregame. In preparation for their Live at PubKey show downstairs, ⁠ Jeff Park (CIO at ProCap Financial) and Thomas Pacchia grab a cold one in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an unfiltered conversation about: 0:00 Intro: What's Jeff&...

What can be done about the surveillance state and the ever-increasing power of centralized platforms? In preparation for their LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs, ⁠ Obi Nwosu (CEO of Fedi) and Thomas Pacchia grab a cold one in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an unfiltered conversation about the need for PRIVACY-FIRST communities... and how Bitcoin can scale them. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬...

As AI accelerates, has developing and shipping in-person become even more important? We're joined by the good folks at Spiral —with a year of experience running the IRL community of Presidio Bitcoin —to answer that question. Welcome to THE PREGAME. We got Steve Lee , Haley Berkoe , and Mat Balez to grab a cold one with in the PubKey NYC Parlor just before their ₿uilder NYC event downstairs. ₿u...

What's the next for the future of AI... or is it all just hype? In preparation for their LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs, Marks⁠ (CEO of ⁠MapleAI⁠ ) and ⁠Harrison Friedes⁠ (Freedom Tech Grants Lead at ⁠HRF⁠ ) grab a cold one with host ⁠ Frank Corva in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about the future of AI, how activists can safely use AI in authoritari...

In preparation for their LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs, ⁠ Frank Corva and Khurram Dara grab a cold one with host ⁠ Thomas Pacchia in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about: Why swapping out New York’s AG would change the state’s crypto business climate “overnight” How Khurram's career path runs straight through capital markets, early Ethereum DeFi, Coinba...

In preparation for their LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs, Harrison Friedes (AI for Individual Rights Program Associate at HRF ) and Alex Hancock (senior software engineer at Block) grab a cold one with host ⁠ Thomas Pacchia in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about: The expansion of Human Rights Foundation’s freedom tech mission beyond Bitcoin into AI and o...

In preparation for their LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs, ⁠ Angela McArdle (chair of the Mises Caucus) and Amber Harris (executive director of the Mises Caucus) grab a cold one with host ⁠ Thomas Pacchia in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about: The takeaway from Tornado Cash and Samourai Wallet: the government is escalating war on Bitcoin privacy tools Ho...

In preparation for his LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs, ⁠Preston Byrne (Managing Partner at Byrne & Storm ) grabs a cold one with host ⁠ Thomas Pacchia in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about: Preston's fight against the U.K.’s Online Safety Act, a global censorship weapon aimed at Americans who never set foot in Britain Why Preston stepped in alo...

In preparation for his LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs, ⁠ Erik Cason (author of Cryptosovereignty: The Encrypted Political Philosophy of Bitcoin ) grabs a cold one with host ⁠Thomas Pacchia in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about: How Bitcoin introduced a new form of political power that will reshape the structure of nation-states Why fiat’s century-long...

In preparation for their LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs, Frank Corva and David Z. Morris (journalist at The Rage ) crack open a few cold ones with host Thomas Pacchia and pregame in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about the Samourai Wallet trial verdict: Why the DOJ dropped money-laundering charges against the devs but still pushed for a max sentence unde...

In preparation for their LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs, Frank Corva , Zac Guignard⁠ (Financial Freedom Content Associate at ⁠HRF⁠ ), and ⁠Will Casarin⁠ (founder of ⁠Damus⁠ ) crack open a few cold ones and pregame in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about: Yes, centralized platforms strip autonomy, but Nostr’s open protocol flips control back to the user H...

Thomas Pacchia and Jorge Jraissati (Venezuelan activist and president of the Economic Inclusion Group ) crack open a few cold ones and pregame in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about: How Jorge's fight for financial inclusion led to building a pro-Bitcoin advocacy group in Washington Why the Bank Secrecy Act (and the ways it enables financial surveillanc...

In preparation for their Live at PubKey show downstairs, Christian "CK" Keroles , Matt Ahlborg , and Kyle Olney (with host Thomas Pacchia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) crack open a few cold ones and pregame in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about: Why Tether adoption in Argentina exploded while Bitcoin lagged behind The problem with centralized AI APIs Why OpenAI’s success mir...

Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert pre-game at the PubKey NYC Parlor (with hosts Thomas Pacchia and Mike Germano ) in preparation for their LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs. They let loose for an unfiltered, beer-fueled conversation about: How Max’s early Wall Street failures, stand-up gigs, and film sets converged into his Bitcoin origin story Why punk rock and NYC “asshole culture” are the real foundati...

Quoth the Raven pre-games at the NYC Parlor with Thomas Pacchia and Matt Kita in preparation for his LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs. They let loose for an unfiltered, beer-fueled conversation about: Quoth the Raven's journey from disillusioned English major to bartender to short-seller... to accidental Bitcoin convert Why the Fed is cornered the U.S. fiscal outlook is “beyond repair,” leaving most...

Thomas Pacchia sits down for a livestreamed chat in the PubKey Parlor with Alex Li (Bitcoin development lead at the Human Rights Foundation ) and Alex Gleason (currently Soapbox , formerly ex-Head of Engineering at Truth Social). They discuss: Why Nostr's keypair system makes it more secure than Twitter (or even Mastodon) How Alex Gleason’s open-source software got co-opted by Truth Social, an...

Thomas Pacchia ⁠⁠ and ⁠ Drew Armstrong ⁠ sit down for a livestreamed chat in the PubKey parlor with ⁠⁠ Alex Leishman⁠⁠ (CEO and CTO of ⁠ River⁠ ). They discuss: Why River prioritizes operational excellence over financial engineering How states like Ohio and cities like Roswell, NM are quietly becoming pro-Bitcoin Why the rise of Bitcoin treasury companies could create systemic risks (and how River...

Thomas Pacchia ⁠ and Mike Germano sit down for a livestreamed chat in the PubKey parlor with ⁠ Peter McCormack ⁠ and his son ⁠Conor⁠, the father-son duo behind Real Bedford FC . They discuss: How buying an F-tier football team accidentally became a Bitcoin branding masterstroke What it takes to build a winning squad while orange-pilling a town in real time Why Bedford might become the first truly...

Thomas Pacchia and Drew Armstrong sit down for a livestreamed chat in the PubKey parlor with ⁠ Antoine Poinsot ⁠ and ⁠ ArbedOut ⁠. Partway through, ⁠ MrHODL ⁠ crashes our studio to stir the pot. They discuss: What really caused the OP_RETURN firestorm, and why it’s about more than just inscriptions How the push for more data storage is creating incentives for harmful workarounds and network bloat...

The team is back from Bitcoin 2025 and the Oslo Freedom Forum! Thomas Pacchia hosts a packed post-conference debrief with Mike Germano , Drew Armstrong , and Frank Corva to break down what went down in Las Vegas and Oslo: What ACTUALLY happened behind-the-scenes at the Bitcoin Conference Why corporate treasury strategies dominated this year’s Bitcoin conference What it means when Bitcoin miners st...

Thomas Pacchia and Mike Germano sit down for a livestreamed chat with ⁠ Ian Rogers⁠ , who went from managing the Beastie Boys’ digital presence to running Beats Music, building luxury tech at LVMH, and now pushing self-custody mainstream as Chief Experience Officer at Ledger. They discuss: What the Beastie Boys taught Ian about decentralization LONG before Bitcoin How iTunes reshaped digital comme...

Thomas Pacchia sits down for a livestreamed chat with Alex Gladstein , Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation. They discuss: How HRF became an early Bitcoin-native organization (yes, even before Strategy) The hidden power of activist-developer collisions at the Oslo Freedom Forum Why authoritarian regimes (like North Korea) embracing Bitcoin might actually accelerate their collapse...

Berta Valle , a Nicaraguan journalist and vocal critic of the Daniel Ortega regime, joins Arsh Molu (Financial Freedom at the Human Rights Foundation) and Thomas Pacchia for a live-streamed chat in the PubKey Parlor, where they dive deep into: How Berta’s husband Félix Maradiaga went from professor to political prisoner The moment her family lost access to all their savings overnight How Nicaragua...