The release of the Bitcoin white paper marks the 17th anniversary of Satoshi Nakamoto first enunciating the idea that would transform global finance. The Galaxy Grid team details the launch of new altcoin ETFs, including Solana’s spot product with staking, and what this means for liquidity and market structure. They also discuss Western Union’s move into stablecoins, the rise of the X402 internet payments protocol, and how traditional finance is racing to integrate crypto-native infrastructure into a maturing digital asset ecosystem.
Timestamps
0:00 – Introduction
1:27 – Bitcoin white paper turns 17
5:45 p.m. – Bitcoin market maturity and institutional flows
11:23 a.m. – The Altcoin ETF boom: Solana, Hedera and more
7:50 p.m. – Western Union launches a Stablecoin on Solana
28h13 – The rise of X402 and native payments on the Internet
32:36 – Crypto IPO: Securitization, ConsenSys and the next wave
36:12 – The week ahead / Final thoughts
