The Bitcoin Layer
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Featuring Nik Bhatia, author of the #1 Amazon bestseller Layered Money and USC Marshall School of Business professor.
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Mar 28, 2024 • 21min
Global Macro Update: Bitcoin Is Going Higher
In this episode, Nik brings us a quarter-end global macroeconomic and markets update. He begins with a look at US inflation, walks us through Treasury yields and Fed expectations, and discusses the tug of war between fiscal dominance and restrictive monetary policy. Finally, he closes with some important thoughts on bitcoin price action.
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Mar 27, 2024 • 34min
Japan's Economic Revival & How It Impacts China
In this episode, Nik is joined by geopolitical analyst Jacob Shapiro. Jacob breaks down the latest monetary policy adjustment from the Bank of Japan, but more importantly, he shares his vision on how Japan might be on the cusp of a major transformation. Additionally, Jacob brings us up to speed on the Chinese economy and discusses the symbiotic relationship between the Chinese and Japanese economies. Finally, he brings us context on the current fiscal woes in the United States.
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Mar 26, 2024 • 50min
How The US Treasury Creates Money
In this episode, Nik is joined by monetary researcher Ritik Goyal. Ritik gives a masterclass on monetary mechanics, including how the Treasury creates money when it spends instead of borrows, why fiscal dominance and the interest income channel are contributing to strong GDP, and what the criteria would be for a recession. Monetary students should be prepared to go through this fantastic learning episode twice.
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Mar 25, 2024 • 43min
Bitcoin & Gold Know Fed Has Lost Control Of The Money
In this episode, Joe is joined by Lawrence Lepard, an investment manager with Equity Management Advisors. In this all-encompassing discussion, he breaks down why Jerome Powell's tapering of the balance sheet and rate cuts are to support the US Treasury, why gold and bitcoin are reflecting easy money conditions still to come, and what individual investors can do to position themselves properly in this deteriorating fiscal and monetary landscape.
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Mar 20, 2024 • 26min
Banks Are Funding ANTI-BITCOIN Propaganda
In this episode, Nik is joined by Daniel Batten of CH4 Capital to discuss anti-Bitcoin propaganda. Daniel summarizes how Bitcoin helps the environment by miners removing harmful methane emissions, identifies anti-bitcoin propaganda as a mix of ignorance and incumbent malice, and explains the source of propaganda as primarily European financial institutions.
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