Why Morgan Stanley, Walmart, Rumble & Silicon Valley Are Betting BIG on Bitcoin
Jan 13, 2026
Presented collaboratively by Early Riders & Onramp Media…
Final Settlement is a weekly podcast covering capital markets, dealmaking, early-stage venture, bitcoin applications and protocol development.
00:30 - Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF Filing 12:30 - Rumble and Tether's Crypto Wallet Launch 18:07 - Walmart's One Pay Bitcoin Integration 29:49 - Early Riders Team Updates 31:58 - The White Paper: A Manifesto For All Future Capital Allocation 34:26 - Building Bridges: Traditional Finance Meets Bitcoin 36:47 - The Bitcoin Standard: A New Era of Capital Formation 38:46 - Debasement and the Search for Sound Money 43:30 - The Future of Venture Capital: Aligning Incentives 47:03 - AI and the New Age of Entrepreneurship 55:24 - Onramp for Everyone: Expanding Access to Bitcoin
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Links discussed:
https://bitcoin.docsend.com/view/aan9...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savin...
https://x.com/sytaylor/status/2009236...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...
https://x.com/faryarshirzad/status/20...
https://x.com/aakashgupta/status/2007...
https://decrypt.co/353693/morgan-stan...
https://corp.rumble.com/blog/rumble-a...
