#532: Q2 2024 Monetary Base Update | Matthew Mežinskis
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast
Marty Bent
4.8 • 764 Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2024
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q2 2024 Monetary Base Update.
Matthew on Twitter: https://x.com/1basemoney
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0:00 - Intro
1:25 - Baltic Honey Badger
5:37 - Introducing the update
8:23 - Inflation vs deflation
22:02 - River & Unchained
23:18 - Money printing and GDP
27:28 - Bitcoin status
38:54 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
40:31 - CAGR
48:14 - Corporate treasuries
52:55 - State treasuries
1:12:52 - Massie’s plan and political hopium
1:20:24 - Austrian econ popularity
1:27:21 - Unrealized cap gains
1:33:34 - Red scare and the state of Europe
1:41:32 - Optimism
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| 0:00.0 | It certainly will repair the balance sheet if they hold Bitcoin. |
| 0:02.7 | We all know that it will. |
| 0:03.6 | And the second thing is we know that they're going to do it. |
| 0:05.5 | They're going to try to do it. |
| 0:06.6 | So Bitcoin at about $1.2 trillion is still larger than Sterling, which is about $1.1 trillion. |
| 0:11.2 | We passed the bank of England lending the Bitcoin at any interest rate right now. |
| 0:14.5 | It's definitely not worth it. stable coin demand for U.S. treasuries could be a way to six years ago, Bitcoin was a couple thousand dollars, and the monetary base was under $20 trillion. And now Bitcoin is $60,000, and the monetary base is... |
| 0:39.9 | This rip of TFFTC was brought to you by River. |
| 0:43.3 | It's the best place to buy Bitcoin. |
| 0:44.7 | Go to river.com slash TFTC and enjoy this episode. |
| 0:59.0 | You've had a dynamic where money has become freer than free. |
| 1:04.8 | If you talk about a Fed just gone nuts, all the central banks going nuts. |
| 1:07.0 | So it's all acting like safe haven. |
| 1:14.4 | I believe that in a world where central bankers are tripping over themselves to devalue their currency, Bitcoin wins. |
| 1:17.6 | In the world of fiat currencies, Bitcoin is the victor. |
| 1:20.4 | I mean, that's part of the bold case for Bitcoin. |
| 1:23.3 | If you're not paying attention, you probably should be. |
| 1:26.7 | The button has been hit. |
| 1:32.1 | Last day of recording from the back porch here in South Jersey. |
| 1:36.7 | And the weather has hit us with what seems to be the beginnings of a nor'easter. |
| 1:38.5 | I don't know what this is, but there's a lot of wind. |
| 1:40.0 | Bear with me, freaks. |
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