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#617: How Trump's Tariffs Should Have Worked with Lyn Alden

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

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4.8764 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Marty sits down with Lyn Alden to discuss Triffin's dilemma.


Lyn Alden on Twitter: https://x.com/lynaldencontact

Lyn's Newsletter: https://www.lynalden.com/may-2025-newsletter/


0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Triffin's dilemma

8:15 - Debt leverage

11:10 - Fold & Coinkite

12:41 - Trump's goals and tariff policy

19:54 - Unchained

20:24 - China is not weak

30:07 - Energy

37:15 - AI/robots

41:11 - SBR

48:47 - Bitcoin credit products

52:40 - Eventful week for bitcoin


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0:00.0

You've had a dynamic where money has become freer than free.

0:10.0

If you talk about a Fed just gone nuts, all the central banks going nuts.

0:16.0

So it's all acting like safe haven.

0:18.0

I believe that in a world where central bankers are tripping over themselves to devalue their currency,

0:24.4

Bitcoin wins.

0:25.3

In the world of fiat currencies, Bitcoin is the victor.

0:29.2

I mean, that's part of the bold case for Bitcoin.

0:31.8

If you're not paying attention, you probably should be.

0:34.2

Probably should be.

0:36.2

Got the headphone hair.

0:38.1

I'm all out of whack land.

0:40.0

It's been a long week here in Austin.

0:42.2

Yeah, I can imagine.

0:43.8

It's been a long time since we've talked on the show.

0:45.7

It's been two years I was checking.

0:46.7

Yeah, which is astonishing to me.

0:50.2

But no better time than now.

0:52.8

I think quite literally, based off of all the conversations we've had over the years,

0:58.9

I mean, you're famous saying, nothing stops this strain.

1:01.5

I think we're coming to a juncture where that's becoming abundantly clear.

1:07.4

And you wrote a newsletter earlier this week.

1:11.1

I believe you sent it out Sunday.

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