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Who's really buying Bitcoin right now -- and why aren't more people paying attention? This week on Coin Stories, Natalie sits down with Julian Liniger, co-founder and CEO of Relai, Europe's leading Bitcoin-only exchange, live at BTC Prague.
After onboarding more than 100,000 Europeans to Bitcoin, Julian has a rare, ground-level view of who's actually buying — and it's not who you'd expect. He shares what his data reveals about everyday people turning to Bitcoin, why European savers feel squeezed, why retail interest has gone quiet, and where he thinks the price goes from here.
We discuss:
- The surprising kind of person quietly buying the most Bitcoin in Europe
- The one thing that always brings retail buyers rushing back
- Why Julian thinks the worst is behind us in this bear market— and how high he sees Bitcoin going next
- The mindset that keeps people "too late" to Bitcoin, over and over
- Julian's plan to turn a Bitcoin app into a billion-dollar public company
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