The "What is Money?" Show cover image

The $1M Bitcoin Bet with Balaji Srinivasan and Alex Gladstein (WiM289)

The "What is Money?" Show

00:00

Bitcoin Is the Only Digital Asset With No Counterpart Risk

Hundreds of banks are insolvent. The central bank, the banks, and the banking regulators themselves all hit this with various kinds of accounting tricks that were approved in the space. So essentially they buried their insolvency and literally a footnote and he figured it out. And that's actually what led to the SUV Bank run. All these banks are at the so-called discount window with this new printing program that the Fed just set up. They've got $150 billion that's come in. It is the one asset that is not going to be seized.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app