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Welcome back to the breakdown, an everyday analysis breaking down the most important stories in Bitcoin, crypto, and beyond.

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Here's your host, NLW. Welcome back to the breakdown. It is Thursday, May 21st, and over the last few weeks,

we have spent a lot of time looking at the U.S. dollar. And what it means for the dollar to be so

strong relative to other currencies, does this serve the U.S.? Does this serve the rest of the world?

Is there a better system? This is one of the most important questions, not just for the

crypto and Bitcoin world, but for economies writ large. And I don't want to

lose sight of the relevance or what's happening to other currencies as we talk about the dollar.

And so with that in mind, I'm really excited to share an interview with Tuomis Malinen.

Tuomis is the chief economist and CEO of GNS Economics, which is a Helsinki-based macroeconomic

consultancy. He also is an adjunct professor of economics at the University of Helsinki.

I came across Tuolmas earlier this year when he wrote a really brilliant thread called

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