Alliances and Power Dynamics in U.S.-China Relations

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Matthew Pines is the executive director of the Bitcoin Policy institute. Matthew returns to the show to discuss the future of Bitcoin as a strategic reserve, US stablecoin regulation, geopolitics under Trump, monetary policy at the Fed, and much more.

Check out the transcript for this week’s episode, now with links.

Recorded on May 16th, 2025

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:54 - Matthew’s Career Path and BPI

00:03:28 - Bitcoin and National Security

00:06:41 - Bitcoin Policy Summit

00:09:24 - State of Crypto Legislation

00:13:13 - Geoeconomics

00:24:17 - The Dollar’s Future

00:31:56 - Stablecoin Use Cases

00:39:29 - Future of Money

00:45:50 - Future of Monetary Policy

00:52:27 - Outro