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#566: Q3 2024 Monetary Base Update with Matthew MeĹľinskis
Marty sits down with Matthew MeĹľinskis to discuss the Q3 2024 monetary base update.
Matthew on Twitter: https://x.com/1basemoney
Porkopolis Economics: https://www.porkopolis.io/
0:00 - Intro
0:36- ATH, 4 currencies left in the way
4:50 - The Trump wave
10:44 - chart - Getting gold/btc on Fed balance sheet
24:20 - Unchained
25:11 - Optimally acquiring strategic reserve
30:38 - Zaprite & SOTE
32:11 - Triffin Dilemma and spending cuts
38:55 - How hard money helps central banks
43:23 - Yield curve/Fed policy mismatch
49:22 - Russian bitcoin
54:26 - Trump's cabinet and Scott Bessent
58:16 - Supercycle?
1:05:51 - Power curve
1:08:55 - Saylor's convertible notes
1:1545 - Base money
1:25:29 - Breton Woods 2.0?
1:42:30 - Fiat money exponential growth
1:46:44 - Job market
1:52:39 - Bitcoin Lindy effect
2:01:00 - Wrap up
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#565: Bitcoin Credit Innovations with Andrew Hohns
Marty sits down at PubKey with Andrew Hohns to discuss Battery Finance.
0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Squawk Box
4:27 - Why Andrew caught onto bitcoin
10:39 - Unchained
11:29 - Saylor’s dematerialization idea
15:45 - Supercharging real estate
25:09 - Zaprite & SOTE
26:42 - Adoptions cycles for borrowers
31:31 - Duration curve
38:24 - Bitcoin will be critical as other assets demonetize
40:50 - Loans result in long term hodl
46:23 - 100k significance & price prediction
54:39 - Custody question
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#564: Retiring Early With Bitcoin with Trey Sellers
Marty sits down with Trey Sellers to discuss how Unchained will be moving forward in light of the recent $100k breakthrough.
Trey on Twitter: https://x.com/ts_hodl
0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Marty on Tucker and Andrew Hohns on CNBC
3:59 - Guiding hodlers and pioneering collab custody
14:04 - Unchained
14:54 - 100k changes the frame
17:46 - Where does Unchained go next?
21:27 - Zaprite & SOTE
23:00 - Large capital bringing in the supercycle
26:57 - FIRE framework
41:30 - Signature white glove service
47:01 - The bitcoin rabbit hole cascade
49:15 - Lloyd Blankfein on bitcoin in geopolitics
52:43 - Bitcoin credit products
55:00 - Unchained event
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#563: Holding The Keys To Your Speech with Miljan Braticevic
Marty sits down with Miljan Braticevic to discuss Primal 2.0.
Miljan on Primal: https://primal.net/miljan
0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Nostr is more than social media
10:04 - Why Nostr is better
20:50 - Bitkey & Coinkite
23:10 - Building Primal with open source ethos
27:52 - Power user functionality
37:08 - Doomscroll algo vs custom feeds
44:53 - Zaprite & SOTE
46:26 - Nostr in the context of Elon’s site
51:23 - Nostr/bitcoin symbiosis and snowball adoption
1:02:00 - Fountain/Primal and how Nostr promotes cooperation
1:07:09 - Why openness will outcompete centralization
1:12:48 - Bitcoiners are the best set of users for Nostr to start on
1:21:10 - What will bring the suddenly moment?
1:26:21 - Get your legend status
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#562: Bitcoin Has Entered The Geopolitical Game with Mel Mattison
Marty sits down to discuss how Trump may plan to wield bitcoin and an altered Federal Reserve to compete with BRICS.
Mel on Twitter: https://x.com/MelMattison1
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0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Scott Bessent
7:42 - History of the Fed
12:59 - Unchained & Coinkite
15:18 - Trump indicates plans to change Fed
29:10 - Zaprite & SOTE
30:43 - Does BRICS need to play both bitcoin and gold?
39:35 - How gold and bitcoin could coexist
43:49 - How will the new policy be implemented?
53:18 - Sparking volatility and spinning the story
1:02:21 - We may be entering a new American Renaissance
1:14:49 - Preparing before the inauguration
1:16:41 - Plugs
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