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BTC121: Bank Failures & Bitcoin w/ Steven McClurg (Bitcoin Podcast)

Mar 15, 2023

01:10:33

Episode guests

Steven McClurg

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Inflation and Farming

01:22

The Problem With Crypto

01:00

The Silver Gate Meltdown Is Coming

00:59

Is There a Massive Conspiracy Behind the Crypto Industry?

02:09

Introduction

3min

How Do You Think Inflation Is Over?

3min

What Happened With Eggs?

2min

Energy and the Supply Chain

4min

Is the Price of Oil Coiling?

2min

The Fed Is Hyper Focused on Fighting Inflation

2min

Are We Having an Unemployment Problem?

3min

Are We in a Death Spira?

2min

Equity Multiple - The New Standard in Bitcoin

3min

10.

What's the Keystone of the Supply Chain?

4min

11.

Silvergate, Silicon Valley Bank - What's Happening?

4min

12.

Silvergate and Signature and Silicon Valley Bank

2min

13.

Regional Banks Are in Trouble More Than Anybody Else

2min

14.

You Don't See the Contagion Event

2min

15.

The US Should Not Bail Out Silicon Valley Bank

2min

16.

Is There a Market for Venture Lending?

3min

17.

The Public Markets

4min

18.

Millennial Investing Podcast Review

2min

19.

Is There Enough of That to Buy?

2min

20.

Silver Gate Meltdown

5min

21.

Is There a Massive Conspiracy Behind the Crypto Industry?

2min

22.

Katelyn Longs - Is She Targeted?

2min

23.

What Are Your Thoughts Moving Forward in in This Particular Space Particularly?

3min

24.

The Most Interesting Podcast I've Seen in a Year

2min

25.

Is Grayscale Going to Win the ETF Litigation?

2min

26.

Are We in a Battle?

3min

27.

Is There a Bitcoin Spot ETF?

2min

28.

Is It's Too Easy to Buy Bitcoin Today?

2min

29.

The Investors Podcast

2min

Preston Pysh sits down with Steven McClurg, who’s the CIO at Valkyrie, and just an all-around brilliant macro thinker, to talk about the multiple bank failures, what it meant for the broader economy, Bitcoin, and more.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

03:03 - What are the three things the FED is currently considering?

26:15 - Why Silvergate, Signature, and Silicon Valley Bank are different than many other banks?

31:29 - What rules from the Global Financial Crisis are currently impacting regional banks?

52:26 - Is there a concerted effort by Wall Street and the government to remove onramps to Bitcoin exchanges?

54:36 - Steven's thoughts on Custodia's bank application with the FED being denied.

57:00 - What's going to happen with the GBTC suit with the SEC with respect to the ETF application?

01:05:29 - What impact has paper bitcoin had on the market to date and Steven's expectation into the future?

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members.
Steven McClurg's Twitter.
Steven McClurg's Company Valkyrie.
Peter McCormack's interview with the GBTC CEO.
Related episode: Listen to BTC112: Bitcoin Macro Mastermind 1st Q 2023 w/ Joe Carlasare, Steven McClurg, & Jeff Ross, or watch the video.
Related episode: Listen to BTC088: FED Policy, Bitcoin Etfs, & Euro Dollar Impacts w/ Steven McClurg, or watch the video.

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