Scott Ellam didn't fall into recruitment. He chose it, deliberately, after watching recruitment company owners spend money in the bars he worked at during university in Leeds. By 24, he'd started Spencer Riley. By 25, he'd tracked down a business owner through their Portuguese holiday villa, got invited onto a yacht called ”Loose Change,” and was offered a role with a company plane.But the real story starts in 2020. After four years studying the history of money from Bretton Woods to the Nixon shock to the slow erosion of purchasing power Scott switched his company's balance sheet to Bitcoin. He bought through a 75% drawdown from $61,000 to $16,000, accumulated consistently, and by December 2025 had taken the business public on the Aquis Exchange with 52 Bitcoin on the balance sheet, a $7 million market cap, and a 120% return on holdings.The model solves two problems Scott sees across executive recruitment. First, high-performing consultants earn big commissions but save nothing for the long term inflation eats the cash before it compounds. XCE offers performance-based share options in a publicly listed company where 50% of share value tracks Bitcoin exposure. Second, recruitment business owners have no clean exit. Private equity rarely touches perm exec search, competitors don't buy competitors, and the government just pulled the tax advantages on Employee Ownership Trusts. XCE offers an acquisition vehicle where owners keep their brand, their team, and their ethos but get access to capital markets and long-term equity in a growing group.Scott also breaks down Bitcoin in plain terms: why it's different from crypto, why mathematical scarcity matters, why confiscation resistance is more important than most people realise, and why he believes the 200-week moving average tells you everything you need to know about where the asset is heading.Whether you're a recruiter thinking about long-term wealth, a business owner quietly wondering what your exit looks like, or just someone who's heard about Bitcoin but never understood the actual thesis this one's worth your time.