Breathe. Great positive discussion @STACI and Brandon
The Becoming Sovereign Podcast
Cutting Hair for Bitcoin in Chicago
By Sovreign
Ep. 73 · Aired Jul 27, 2026 · 1h 20m · Last boosted 14d ago
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In this episode of the Becoming Sovereign podcast, host Brandon Karpeles is joined by Staci Castopoulos, host of The Bitcoin Nova podcast and member #1 at the Chicago Bitcoin Collective. Staci shares her experience running Angie's Hair Studio alongside her mom near O'Hare, where they accept Bitcoin directly at point-of-sale using Square terminals to eliminate oppressive 3% credit card processing fees. Brandon and Staci explore the economic realities of small business ownership under inflation, the fast-paced buildout of Chicago’s Fork & Coin restaurant and co-working space, and the natural evolution of "orange-pilling". They break down the concept of Bitcoin Zen—movi...
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2.2k GM. Great convo to listen to. Got me even more stoked to meet everyone in Chicago next month!
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EricFJJun 21, 2025
7k Aspire to be less of a LARP each day thanks to episodes like this. Great show. Also your homophobia is so cute. Really makes you way less gay when you regularly make sure your audience knows you’re totally not gay. That’s some brokeback level straightness we can all aspire to. Careful with the bears you two, bring protection and practice safe nsecs.
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1.1k This episode was SoGood! Thanks for the flowers after reading my boost. It’s easy to be building in this space when I’m surrounded by bullish people like yourselves.
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1.1k Great guest and great questions- a real operator with a balanced perspective.
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