Deep Dive Podcast host Rachel Wolfson sits down with Rena Shah – COO of Stacks the president of Stacks endowment – to discuss the evolution of Bitcoin layer-2 (L2) networks. Rena explains what makes Stacks a leading Bitcoin L2 ecosystem, mentioning how the network is used today. Rena further comments on how L2 networks impact the price of BTC and mentions new Bitcoin use cases that we are seeing from builders in the ecosystem.
This week’s guest(s):
Rena Shah is the COO at Trust Machines, and supports the Stacks Endowment, where she builds and invests in Bitcoin DeFi products. She contributes to Granite (Bitcoin Lending protocol) and Leather (Bitcoin wallet). Previously, she was the Head of Exchange at Binance.US, where she grew the exchange from $30M to $3B in daily trading volume within 18 months. Rena spent time on the commodities side and has a unique background as a drilling engineer. She spent her early career offshore on drilling rigs while spinning up Bitcoin mining pools.
