Are There Use Cases for Cryptocurrency?

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I think one of the things that people maybe confused about crypto, or the way i see it, is there are assets that double as infer structure in many ways. I put ten dollars in, i'm going to get ten thousand dollars out in three or four years. Verses this lake, entire ecosystem which i think you need to like, play around in and lose a bit of money for any kind of empathy for the otential of it. It's a really difficult thing to shed any light on, an imagine tis gets even more difficult when you have er, like, a massive audience of people that are not opting in for that specifically. Andi: "There're so many

Mary Childs is the co-host of NPR’s Planet Money & has been a business reporter for over a decade (Bloomberg News, Financial Times, Barron’s, Reuters). She's the author of “The Bond King”, a profile of Bill Gross & his bond management firm (PIMCO) which managed ~$2T at its peak.

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:00:48) - Meme Of The Week
(00:01:35) - Mary Child's Book: The Bond King
(00:05:09) - Stock Market vs Bond Market
(00:07:41) - Who Are The Lenders In The Bond Market
(00:09:12) - Bill Gross
(00:10:42) - Bonds Then vs Now
(00:16:37) - Bill Gross Motivation
(00:19:27) - Mary’s Take On Bitcoin & Crypto
(00:30:26) - Planet Money's Crypto Stories
(00:31:17) - Can Crypto Change The Bond Market?
(00:32:15) - Going Solo
(00:37:18) - How has the life of a story changed?
(00:39:55) - Planet Money
(00:41:51) - The Definition Of Recession
(00:45:24) - Podcasting: what you’d do differently with no restrictions
(00:48:18) - Joe Rogan + Long Pods
(00:51:14) - How NIA Boys Manage Information Flow
(01:01:01) - Mary’s 3 Fav Podcasts

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