Bitcoin Mixing, Wasabi, and Coinbase – E216
In this episode, I read through the new Europol EC3 Cyber Bits April and May issues where they talk about Wasabi wallet and bitcoin mixing in general.
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Fed Watch (previously WTF) – Unemployment Nightmare FED 8
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 …
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Comparing BTC and ETH Inflation – E215
In this episode, I base a discussion about bitcoin and ethereum inflation around a tweet from Ryan Sean Adams, a popular etherean. I touch on the bitcoin halving, the fact that bitcoin’s supply is not changing, and how ethereum wants to copy bitcoin and make unwarranted comparisons.
WTF is happening with the Fed? WTF 7
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.
The Case for Deflation: Part 4 Liquidity and REPO – E214
In this episode I walk through an understanding of Liquidity and how the actions of the Federal Reserve can’t increase liquidity and flow in the economy. I also give a quick definition of the REPO market and interpret it as a money substitute factory – a place that creates and destroys money substitutes. This is the consensus layer of the global financial system and how we need to define what money is. It’s money substitutes that flow through the REPO and money markets.
Fundamentals Report #88 – 5/8/2020
Subscribe to get the Fundamentals Report in your inbox every Friday VITAL STATS Block 629,528Days until halving: 3Mayer Multiple: 1.24Est. Difficulty Adjustment: +2.0% in 13 daysPrev Adj: +0.9%Weekly price H/L: $10079 / $8533Sats/$1 USD: 10,010 satsFinney (1/10,000 btc): $0.98Disclaimer MARKET …
The Case for Deflation: Part 3 – E213
In Part 3, I answer some critiques and questions from the audience. The discussion on liquidity and Repo, the base layer of the Eurodollar system is now moved to Part 4 coming up soon.
The Case for Deflation: Part 2 – E212
In this episode I tackle different types of money, debt, fiat and commodity monies. I discuss how they behave differently as a global money standard. Debt has a unique aspect of global deflation that’s not shared with other forms of money. I discuss bailouts at money replacement, not money expansion. Finally, I wrap up with how this all ends.
The Case for Deflation: Part 1 – E211
In part one of this series I describe two important schools of thought on the global monetary system and the future of the dollar: the Dollar Milkshake and the Eurodollar. Then I try to establish a definition for inflation as a monetary phenomenon based on mainstream Milton Friedman, Mises and my own defintition. Lastly, I ask the question if what we think of as monetary expansion today, is actually monetary expansion.
Bitcoin Market Commentary, Read Through – E210
Hi Bitcoiners, I’m reading through my Friday newsletter The Fundamentals Report #83 along with my extra commentary. Topics covered are the virus and effects of lock downs and shortages in gold and the dollar. I also talk about how bitcoin fits into this market. I touch on bitcoin price analysis, stablecoins, unemployment in the US, and network stats.