QTR On Coin Stories With Natalie Brunell 8/4/2024
In this episode with Chris Irons, aka Quoth the Raven, we discuss:
- The current macro picture: fed rate cuts, inflation, asset prices, stock bubble
- Why people are skeptical of Bitcoin
- Wall Street deciding Bitcoin is here to stay
- Money printing and wealth concentration
- Gold and de-dollarization
- How to fix monetary policy
IN THIS EPISODE:
00:00 Started in investor relations, starting podcast
4:52 TradFi embracing Bitcoin
6:37 Bitdeer Technologies Group
7:33 Is Bitcoin too big to fail?
10:42 Barriers to Bitcoin
14:25 Concerns about Bitcoin
16:53 What's a responsible Bitcoin allocation?
18:17 Bitcoin news
22:25 Gold price, global economy
26:34 Speed Bitcoin Lightning Wallet
27:13 The Bitcoin Way
27:36 Fed is a lagging indicator
29:43 Election, politics
32:48 Inflation is nefarious
38:39 Economic frustration, sound money
42:01 Understanding Bitcoin
43:34 Small steps to fixing money, economy
48:22 Who is Quoth the Raven?
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