

Supply Shock
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Supply Shock explores the latest Bitcoin news with a deep historical perspective. Featuring in-depth interviews with industry experts, each episode connects current events to key moments in Bitcoin history, revealing patterns, lessons, and insights shaping the future of digital assets.
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Feb 24, 2024 • 1h
Stock Market Melt-Up Continues, Nvidia Earnings Beat | Weekly Roundup
This podcast touches on the continued rally in markets, Nvidia's impressive earnings, troubles in commercial real estate, Reddit's crypto investments, and more. Discussions also include the impact of inflation on trading strategies, the rise of AI technology, the evolution of investment towards Bitcoin, and the behavior of institutional investors during volatile periods.

Feb 21, 2024 • 59min
Bitcoin ETF Inflows Remain High, Coinbase Beat Earnings | Quinn Thompson
This week's podcast explores bullish catalysts for crypto in 2024, high ETF inflows, and Coinbase's earnings. Also discussed are MANTRA Chain's blockchain innovation, market dynamics, and the potential impact of ETF approval on Bitcoin and Ethereum. The episode delves into economic data analysis, market risks, and historical UK economic contexts, providing valuable insights for listeners.

Feb 17, 2024 • 46min
Huge Bitcoin ETF Inflows, Coinbase Earnings Beat | Weekly Roundup
Bitcoin ETF inflows exceeding $4 billion, Coinbase's impressive earnings beat, analysis of the upcoming Bitcoin halving, Clear Loop solving pre-funding issues for digital asset traders, anticipation of ETH spot ETF impact, promotion of a crypto conference with new speakers, and discussion on stablecoins and market trends.

Feb 14, 2024 • 50min
Surviving The GBTC "Widowmaker" Trade That Blew Up In 2021 | David Choi
David Choi, Founder of MetStreet Labs, discusses the GBTC 'Widowmaker' trade that blew up in 2021. Topics include mechanics of the GBTC arbitrage trade, the role of Bitcoin lenders, market conditions in 2024, and the consequences of the Widowmaker trade.

Feb 10, 2024 • 48min
Bitcoin ETF Inflows Continue | Weekly Roundup
This week's podcast covers the Bitcoin ETFs and Grayscale outflows slowing down as Bitcoin nears $50,000. They also discuss stock markets hitting record highs, rebalancing investments, and concerns about layoffs at CoinDesk and the need for unbiased journalism.

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Feb 7, 2024 • 1h 6min
The Bullish 2024 Thesis With Travis Kling
"The Bullish 2024 Thesis With Travis Kling": Travis Kling, CIO of Ikigai Asset Management, discusses his bullish thesis for 2024, including potential tailwinds for both crypto and markets. Topics covered: rate cutting cycle, approval of Bitcoin ETFs, trading crypto cycles, financial nihilism, valuation & reflexivity in crypto, crypto disrupting walled gardens.

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Feb 3, 2024 • 1h 12min
Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF Outflows Begin To Slow, What Happens Next?
This podcast discusses topics such as the slowing down of Grayscale Bitcoin ETF outflows, the FOMC meeting, Meta's earnings, and the impact of ETFs on Bitcoin's volatility. It also explores order flow misconceptions, the Clearloop platform, commodities, Bitcoin as the monetary base, the concentration of power in the banking system, and the recent US non farm payroll data.

Jan 31, 2024 • 1h 5min
Joseph Wang & Jack Farley on “Hawkish” January Fed Meeting, Tapering Quantitative Tightening (QT), and “Boring” Treasury Quarterly Refunding Announcement (QRA)
Discussion on the recent FOMC meeting and its implications. Mixed opinions on rate cuts and driving factors for asset prices. Exploration of the Federal Reserve's approach to rate cutting cycles and potential actions of Chair Jay Powell. Transmission mechanism of fiscal policy and impact on asset prices. Analysis of Treasury Quarterly Refunding Announcement (QRA) and Treasury Market reactions. Importance of research data governance models and DeFi protocols in the cryptocurrency space. Announcement of oversubscribed Dass London conference and market predictions. Tapering QT, fiscal spending, and unique characteristics of large companies. Delving into the FOMC meeting and considering different market perspectives.

Jan 27, 2024 • 1h 17min
Financial Conditions Remain Loose, Liquidity Has Surged | Mark Yusko
Mark Yusko, financial expert and commentator, discusses Tesla's disappointing earnings, the stock market rally, the current state of the Bitcoin and crypto markets, the concept of gravity in the stock market, Clearloop's solution for digital asset trading, the Federal Reserve's approach to controlling the yield curve, the impact of populist governments, and the mixing of technical and moral arguments in crypto networks.

Jan 24, 2024 • 49min
The Stock Market Is Pricing In A Soft Landing | Darius Dale
Darius Dale, Founder of 42 Macro, discusses the current state of asset markets, including stock markets pricing in goldilocks and a 2024 soft landing. They also touch on topics such as the recession that never came, rate cuts in 2024, inflation, oil prices, and the state of the Chinese stock market.