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The Breakdown

'Crypto IS Macro Now': Raoul Pal on Bitcoin, DeFi and the Transformation of Power

The Breakdown

Blockworks

Investing, Business

4.8786 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, NLW is joined by Raoul Pal. Raoul is the founder and CEO of Global Macro Investor and Real Vision, whose Real Vision Crypto community has raced to more than 100,000 after launching earlier this year.    They discuss: The U.S. infrastructure bill and the increase in regulatory pressure The current state of inflation and why markets disagree about its impact Why transformation and technological change are the main forces shaping markets and society  Why DeFi is particularly threatening to central banks Why Janet Yellen is the embodiment of the central bank and the federal government coming together  The real future of NFTs  Enjoying this content?   SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast Apple:  https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M=   Follow on Twitter: NLW: https://twitter.com/nlw Breakdown: https://twitter.com/BreakdownNLW The Breakdown is written, produced by and features NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Only in Time” by Abloom. Image credit: Nuthawut Somsuk/iStock/Getty Images modified by CoinDesk.

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0:00.0

This is the unlocking of everything, the unlocking of IP rights, identity, tokenization of real estate,

0:11.1

tokenization of cash flows, tokenization of all sorts of things. Everything can change. So I think

0:18.8

this is much bigger than anybody really realizes yet.

0:23.4

Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW.

0:27.5

It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin, and the big picture power shifts remaking our world.

0:34.7

The breakdown is sponsored by Nidig and produced and distributed by Coindesk.

0:41.0

What's going on, guys? It is Saturday, August 7th, and that means it's time for the weekly recap.

0:47.2

But this week, we have something extra special, and I am not alone for this weekly recap.

0:53.8

My guest is Raoul Paul. You guys know,

0:57.2

Raoul, he's the founder of Real Vision, a new type of finance site community content hub that

1:03.7

has absolutely exploded. And for me, one of the things that makes Real Vision so powerful

1:08.5

and different compared to traditional financial media is that

1:12.1

although it's nominally about finance, it's really about change, about transformation, about

1:17.6

technology. As you'll hear in this conversation, those are pretty much what Raoul sees as the

1:23.4

biggest factors in finance. Real Vision launched Real Vision crypto earlier this year, and that

1:28.4

community already has more than 100,000 members discussing watching content and being a part of

1:33.4

this insane movement that we all call home. In this conversation, we talk obviously about what's

1:39.6

been going on in Washington, D.C. We talk about the larger macro context. We talk about why crypto is eating macro.

1:47.7

We talk about defy in the macro context. So it's a really interesting conversation that I know

1:52.7

you'll enjoy. So without any further ado, let's dive in. All right, Raoul, welcome back to the

1:59.8

breakdown. It's great to see you again. Always good to be here.

2:03.1

We were just talking about this. I started to prepare like I normally do. I normally go through

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