#566: Q3 2024 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast
Marty Bent
4.8 • 764 Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2024
⏱️ 123 minutes
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Summary
Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q3 2024 monetary base update.
Matthew on Twitter: https://x.com/1basemoney
Porkopolis Economics: https://www.porkopolis.io/
0:00 - Intro
0:36- ATH, 4 currencies left in the way
4:50 - The Trump wave
10:44 - chart - Getting gold/btc on Fed balance sheet
24:20 - Unchained
25:11 - Optimally acquiring strategic reserve
30:38 - Zaprite & SOTE
32:11 - Triffin Dilemma and spending cuts
38:55 - How hard money helps central banks
43:23 - Yield curve/Fed policy mismatch
49:22 - Russian bitcoin
54:26 - Trump's cabinet and Scott Bessent
58:16 - Supercycle?
1:05:51 - Power curve
1:08:55 - Saylor's convertible notes
1:1545 - Base money
1:25:29 - Breton Woods 2.0?
1:42:30 - Fiat money exponential growth
1:46:44 - Job market
1:52:39 - Bitcoin Lindy effect
2:01:00 - Wrap up
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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 |
| 0:23.5 | currency, Bitcoin wins. 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. |
| 0:36.3 | We meet again. |
| 0:38.1 | We sit down Tuesday, December 7th. |
| 0:41.3 | It's 8.48 a.m. central time in the United States. |
| 0:46.3 | The current price of Bitcoin is $107,96, a new all-time high. |
| 0:52.3 | It's like we're about to blow through 108. |
| 0:55.7 | What a world. |
| 0:57.2 | What a time to be alive. |
| 0:59.9 | Congratulations, Marty. |
| 1:02.7 | It's good to speak to you this quarterly update. |
| 1:05.0 | First time over 100K. |
| 1:09.0 | I know you've made the rounds with your accolades over the past couple weeks but uh it's good to speak to you |
| 1:13.7 | congrats to you too sir thank you it's been a long time coming it has indeed and as we all know |
| 1:23.5 | we're just getting started so what could be more exciting than that as the world is |
| 1:29.5 | burning all around us here in Eastern Europe? |
| 1:34.7 | We got the money thing working for us. Six-figure Bitcoin. How big is this? |
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