Pierre Rochard, who calls herself as a “Bitcoin Maximalist OG,” Bitcoin first discovered in 2012 while studying in Ut Austin. In interest in the Austrian economy and open-source software, he was “captured” by Bitcoin as the intersection of both. He became a leader of early, co-founding the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute to house Cypherpunk’s writings and philosophy.
Throughout the roles in BitPay, Kraken, and the latest riot platforms, his work has been the infrastructure and advocacy of Bitcoin. In Riot, he led responses to environmental criticisms, including a video parody video that “puts critics in defense” and replaced the debate around the creation of mining and value.
Pierre Rochard was a spokesman for Consensus 2025, in Toronto, May 14-16. Get your pass here.
“Critics think that mining is wasted because they do not believe Bitcoin is worth it,” Rochard said. “But it’s about financial sovereignty – the ability to control your own money.”
Now, with the Bitcoin Bond company, he is taking the next border: Unlocking Bitcoin for fixed investors earnings.
Unlike Michael Saylor’s approach only, Rochard wants to develop “remote, only bitcoin structures” with clear life cycles and tranching of danger. The idea is to make Bitcoin more fuzzy with traditional credit allocators.
His purpose? Get $ 1 trillion in Bitcoin over the next 21 years – market conditions are allowed.
In the price cycle, Rachard believes the four -year division model is losing its relationship for price predictions. “The CAGR of Bitcoin is now tied to interest rates,” he said, noticing its transition to becoming a global Macro owner. “Higher Fed rates pull capital out of Bitcoin – that’s what slows down to adoption.”
While education remains a major drawback, he is optimistic. “Ten years ago, this idea laughed. Now, credit products supported by Bitcoin are inevitable.”
In Consensus 2025, Pierre is dedicated to accelerating that education, especially in institutions seeking to vary beyond real estate and equities.
Rochard is also clear in the eye about the dangers and barriers to the adoption of Bitcoin. “The biggest challenge is education,” he emphasized. “Most investors have never seen a fixed revenue product backed by Bitcoin. They are accustomed to real estate or corporate uta- it’s a new class of possession for them.”
When asked about concerns such as low transaction fees or empty blocks in 2025, Rochard was pushed back. “People are concerned about low fees, but it assumes a static system. If there is an attack or censorship, skyrocket fee-and miners are rotating. It’s anti-fragile by design.”
Ultimately, Rochar’s pitch is simple: “Bitcoin is no longer a pendant experiment. It’s a major financial technology – and it’s time that credit markets are caught.”
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