The Bitcoin Matrix

Peruvian Bull: Bitcoin Is Taking Over The World

Apr 28, 2025
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ANECDOTE

Japan's Monetary Experiment

  • Japan has been a playground for monetary experimentalism over 30 years, enduring a huge bubble burst and slow deflation.
  • The BOJ used zero-bound interest rates, QE, and aggressive yield curve control to prop up markets.
INSIGHT

Cultural Rigidity Freezes Economy

  • Japan's culture and social bonds create a high-trust, collective society that survives economic stagnation.
  • However, rigid corporate structures limit innovation and impede economic and upward mobility.
INSIGHT

BOJ's Paradoxical Policy

  • The Bank of Japan's policy to "print yen and then buy yen" is contradictory and unsustainable.
  • They are simultaneously creating yen and using dollars to buy it back to stabilize the currency.
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