Bitcoin Magazine Podcast

This week, ck and Ansel sit down to discuss the eruption of social unrest stemming from the death of George Floyd. Topics: * Why are people angry * The financial undercurrents * Where Bitcoin fits in * What this can mean for the future

Our guest this week is Flex Yang, founder and CEO of Babel Finance ( babel.finance) out of Beijing and Hong Kong. Babel Finance provides crypto-backed loans, deposit services, financing, margin trading, and other derivatives services and has grown into one of the largest commercial crypto banks in Asia. With Babel Finance Flex is aiming to build the JP Morgan of Bitcoin, and initially attacked goal by focusing on lending and other financial services targeting Bitcoin miners in China. Prior to entering the Bitcoin space Flex worked in financial services and was a founder of a credit services focused fintech Standard Financial Inclusion in Beijing. He has raised money from some of the most well regarded VCs in China including Zhenfund and Lightspeed. The first twenty minutes or so of this conversation covers Flex’s background and experience with those previous companies and his experience as a founder Beijing, and then we jump into Babel and dig into some of the specific business lines that are being built out around demand from miners, from more institutional players in China and from the dynamic of western companies and Chinese players not being fully connected. You can find Flex on twitter @moonmanflex. Topics: - Building companies in Beijing - Starting a crypto bank by focusing on servicing miners first - Risk management as one of the largest lenders in the space - Rise of Lubian with the trend of big private capital entering mining in China and consolidation - Derivatives market and new financial products

With Ansel Lindner stepping in, we decided to rebrand the show as FED Watch. FED Watch is a Bitcoin Magazine podcast that focuses on Macroeconomics while acknowledging Bitcoin’s growing role in the future.  This week, ck and Ansel sit down to discuss unemployment around the world.  Topics:  * Unemployment in America  * Teasing out the active labor force participation  * Unemployment globally * Cracks in China's Power * The transition to Bitcoin Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @BitcoinMagazine on Twitter.  Ansel Lindner on Twitter @AnselLindner Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSORS]  Swan Bitcoin: Bitcoin Investing Made Easy Bisq: Bisq is an open-source, peer-to-peer application that allows you to buy and sell Bitcoin in exchange for national currencies. No registration required. eToro - The best one stop shop for everything Bitcoin and Crypto! Check out the best trading site at etoro.com! 

CK and new co-host Ansel Lindner discuss the recent ruling in German courts that deemed QE activity by the European Central Bank to be illegal.  Topics:  German courts said ECB's QE actions were illegal under German law EU law is supposed to trump German law German courts give ECB 90 days to stop QE Real risk of Euro break up Fun fact: European REPO is already separated by country Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @BitcoinMagazine on Twitter.  Ansel Lindner on Twitter @AnselLindner Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSORS]  Swan Bitcoin: Bitcoin Investing Made Easy Bisq: Bisq is an open-source, peer-to-peer application that allows you to buy and sell Bitcoin in exchange for national currencies. No registration required. eToro - The best one stop shop for everything Bitcoin and Crypto! Check out the best trading site at etoro.com!

The millennial generation has now experienced 2 major downturns. How the macro environment has helped older generations unproportionally. How Housing and Education costs are holding millennials and Gen-Xers down. How older generations will not feel the pain of their decisions. Are we experiencing inflation or deflation? Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @BitcoinMagazine on Twitter. Colin Harper on Twitter @AsILayHodling Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [Guest] Andy Edstrom on Twitter @edstromandrew [SPONSORS] Swan Bitcoin: Bitcoin Investing Made Easy Bisq: Bisq is an open-source, peer-to-peer application that allows you to buy and sell Bitcoin in exchange for national currencies. No registration required. Etoro: The best one stop shop for all things Bitcoin Trading. Check out eToro.com!

WTF is Happening with the Fed!? - Is this Inflation? w/ Ansel Lindner - WTF 5 Colin Harper interview’s Ansel Lindner Bitcoiner and host of the Bitcoin and Markets podcast.  Topics:  The current global situation.  Oil futures going negative.  The difference between debt money, fiat money, and commodity money. What is the definition of inflation  What is the definition of deflation.  Ansel's strong dollar thesis.  Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @BitcoinMagazine on Twitter.  Colin Harper on Twitter @AsILayHodling Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [Guest] Ansel Lindner on Twitter @AnselLindner & @btcmrkts [SPONSORS]  Swan Bitcoin: Bitcoin Investing Made Easy Bisq: Bisq is an open-source, peer-to-peer application that allows you to buy and sell Bitcoin in exchange for national currencies. No registration required. eToro - The best one stop shop for everything Bitcoin and Crypto! Check out the best trading site at etoro.com!  Bitcoinhalving.com - Join the 21 hour countdown to Bitcoin’s third halving.

This week Colin sits down with Pascal Hügli, head of research at Schlossberg & Co about what is MMT. Topics: * Switzerland is not imposing harsh mandates on its people * What is Modern Monetary Theory * MMT VS Austrian Economics * Debt to infinity and beyond * Central Bank Currencies Coping with the current uncertainty Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @BitcoinMagazine on Twitter. Colin Harper on Twitter @AsILayHodling Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [Guest] Pascal Hügli on Twitter @pahueg [SPONSORS] * Swan Bitcoin: Bitcoin Investing Made Easy * Bisq: Bisq is an open-source, peer-to-peer application that allows you to buy and sell Bitcoin in exchange for national currencies. No registration required. * Etoro: The best one stop shop for all things Bitcoin Trading. Check out eToro.com! * Bitcoinhalving.com - Join the 21 hour countdown to Bitcoin’s third halving.

Colin Harper interview’s Nik Bhatia professor at USC, bitcoiner and researcher at OpenNode & Tantra Labs.  Topics:  What is QE? The Fed is buying everything!  The Run on Everything  The difference between an economic crisis and a financial crisis.  What is LIBOR OIS.  The Fed has ended price discovery.  Bitcoin as the base money for the future  Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @BitcoinMagazine on Twitter.  Colin Harper on Twitter @AsILayHodling Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [Guest] Nik Bhatia on Twitter @timevaluebtc [SPONSORS]  Swan Bitcoin: Bitcoin Investing Made Easy Bisq: Bisq is an open-source, peer-to-peer application that allows you to buy and sell Bitcoin in exchange for national currencies. No registration required. Bitcoinhalving.com - Join the 21 hour countdown to Bitcoin’s third halving.

Following the COVID19 crisis the US government and specifically the Federal Reserve have been incredibly quick to action. Bitcoin Magazine brings you this special in an attempt to explain what the federal reserve is doing and how it affects you.  Topics:  Foreign Repo activity  Repo Explained Discussing MMT and the next stage in Keynesianism.  Potential modifications of the Volker Rule. https://www.thebalance.com/volcker-rule-summary-3305905 When relief? Breaking down the CARES act. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-anatomy-of-the-2-trillion-covid-19-stimulus-bill/ What to pay attention to next? Please rate and share the podcast!   You can find us @BitcoinMagazine on Twitter.    Colin Harper on Twitter @AsILayHodling   Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs   [SPONSORS]  Swan Bitcoin: Bitcoin Investing Made Easy Bisq: Bisq is an open-source, peer-to-peer application that allows you to buy and sell Bitcoin in exchange for national currencies. No registration required.

Following the COVID19 crisis the US government and specifically the Federal Reserve have been incredibly quick to action. Bitcoin Magazine brings you this special in an attempt to explain what the federal reserve is doing and how it affects you.  Topics:  -Fed setting up two new credit facilities where buyers on secondary market can take out loans -Fed will be buying their debt -Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility (PMCCF), Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF) and Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF)** -$1 trillion in daily repo -Unlimited QE--early march, announced $700 billion QE ($500 bln in treasury bons, $200bnl in MBS) -Zero interest rates -Zero reserve requirements -Bond yields are negative Primary dealers: J.P. Morgan, Barclays Capital, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup. TD Securities, Morgan Stanley, Cantor Fitzgerald, and Goldman Sachs Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @BitcoinMagazine on Twitter.  Colin Harper on Twitter @AsILayHodling Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSORS]  Swan Bitcoin: Bitcoin Investing Made Easy Bisq: Bisq is an open-source, peer-to-peer application that allows you to buy and sell Bitcoin in exchange for national currencies. No registration required.