Tom Tirman, CEO of IQ Labs | Bitcoin, NFTs & The Future of Collateral-Less Digital Asset Renting | Bitcoin.com Interviews

Tom Tirman, CEO and founder of IQ Labs and PARSIQ, joins Dustin Plantholt on Bitcoin.com Interviews to discuss how Bitcoin’s trustless design and DeFi innovation are inspiring new utility frameworks for NFTs and digital assets through IQ Protocol.

IQ Protocol is a decentralized money market that enables collateral-less renting of digital assets and on-chain subscriptions, allowing users to rent wrapped, expirable NFTs for their utility — such as in gaming, metaverse access, or DeFi participation — while asset holders earn passive yield without risk. Created by the team behind PARSIQ, IQ Protocol represents the next generation of DeFi infrastructure, blending Bitcoin’s ethos of ownership and accessibility with scalable, risk-minimized asset management tools.

💡 In this episode:
• How IQ Protocol enables collateral-free NFT and token rentals
• The influence of Bitcoin’s decentralized architecture on DeFi design
• Tom Tirman’s insights on the intersection of NFTs, utility, and yield generation
• How blockchain subscription models unlock real-world and metaverse use cases
• The evolution of on-chain liquidity, risk-free lending, and NFT monetization

🎧 A forward-thinking conversation on Bitcoin-inspired decentralized finance, NFT utility frameworks, and how IQ Labs is redefining how users access, rent, and earn from digital assets in the Web3 economy.

🎙️ Host: Dustin Plantholt – Bitcoin.com Interviews
🔗 Bitcoin.com

💼 Featured Partner: IQ Labs – The creators of IQ Protocol, a decentralized, collateral-less renting framework for NFTs and on-chain subscriptions built on Bitcoin’s principles of transparency and trust.