Headlines this week include bitcoin mining loans, the SEC and Greyscale GBTC, Sango, the ongoing Celsius debacle and Alex Mashinsky, FTX buying BlockFi, Voyager Digital and Three Arrows Capital defaulting, as well as a new European Bitcoin conference in Amsterdam from Bitcoin Magazine.

This week’s guest interview is with MicroStrategy CEO and Bitcoin Bull, Michael Saylor. For this week’s story package we wanted to look at the big picture and provide some context for the latest Bear Market.

Hard Money is a production of Swan Studios and Bitcoin Magazine.