Bitcoin is trading around $86,000 with ETF demand still accumulating, but the rally is only half the story this week. Bitcoin Well just launched a Bitcoin IRA, and CEO Adam O'Brien is back on the podcast to explain why a non-custodial company built one, how it works, and where it sits on his counterparty ladder.

Adam breaks down the custodial IRA through BitGo, a custodian Bitcoin Well has trusted with its own inventory for years, and the self-custody version offered alongside it. He is direct about the catch: a retirement account is still a captured account, the tax code is a counterparty, and a lost key or a coin migration inside an IRA can cost far more than it would outside one. We also get into this week's market, what a rally near $86,000 does and doesn't tell you, why Bitcoin's difficulty adjustment lets the network adapt to stressed miners without anyone picking winners or arranging a rescue, and how that contrasts with the bank consolidations happening in traditional finance.

If you hold Bitcoin and have a 401k, an RRSP-style account, or any retirement savings sitting in index funds, this conversation will help you decide which rung you're actually on.

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