Crypto Voices: Episode 164

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This episode was recorded on April 18th, 2024.

Matthew and Alec talk about the upcoming Bitcoin halving and Matt breaks down some of his latest charts, featuring the United States M3 Money and the importance of repos and Eurodollars. They also look at the Bitcoin price Power law percentiles.

Contents

00:06:14 Intro + Bitcoin Halving

00:08:16 Top Monetary Assets Worldwide

00:20:28 Top Ten Stocks & Bitcoin

00:22:30 NVIDIA Shareholder Meeting

00:24:29 Bitcoin Price

00:25:54 M3 Money

00:33:48 Show Sponsor - Trezor

00:34:38 What's Next for Matt's Charts?

00:35:16 Viability of BRICS

00:40:06 Bitcoin's Adoption

00:42:20 Who Can Carry Cash?

00:48:14 Paraguay and the $100 Bill

00:49:30 Closing Thoughts

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Hosts: Matthew Mezinskis, Michel, Alec Harris

Music: New Friend Music newfriendmusic.com/

Podcast & videos

Bitcoin, privacy, crypto, economics & liberty

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Crypto Voices: Episode 163

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Matthew and Alec talk with Peter Todd about supporting Ukraine, and knowing when to *not* be a contrarian. We run the gamut on global security, focusing on Ukraine, but also Israel, Taiwan, and Bitcoin.

Contents

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:45 Idiotic contrarianism

00:04:30 Why aren't we standing up to Russia?

00:10:35 What about NATO?

00:14:06 Why should we protect Ukraine?

00:17:00 Russian liberal cause & Navalny

00:19:47 What about US wars?

00:27:00 What about freezing reserves?

00:34:45 What about Russian disinfo?

00:38:45 What about infrastructure risks?

00:45:02 How to strike back?

00:47:20 What does history tell us about diplomacy?

00:54:53 Russia parallels with Gaza

00:55:31 Russia parallels with China

01:01:40 Russia parallels with Gaza

01:11:40 Other wars show no ambiguity in Ukraine

01:15:37 Bitcoin: On-chain vs. Layers vs. Banks

01:19:10 Closing Thoughts

More info on Peter: https://twitter.com/peterktodd

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Hosts: Matthew Mezinskis, Michel, Alec Harris

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Porkopolis Economics: Episode 100

Show Sponsors: trezor.io

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Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

Today, we fact-check the age-old (in Bitcoin terms!!) comparisons that have always been made between Bitcoin and PayPal. You need to simply understand that Bitcoin is basic money, and whatever is happening inside of PayPal, is not.

This is also my 100th episode of Porkopolis Economics! As discussed at the video start, please note that from now on these macro and chart-type videos will only continue on YouTube and Rumble.

Crypto Voices, our long-form podcast on Bitcoin and privacy with Alec from Halo Privacy and Michel from nodl, will continue to be streamed via the RSS feed as it has since 2017 (via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc.).

As always, thank you for watching, and listening!

Contents

00:42 The Future of Porkopolis Economics

02:48 Trezor is Sponsoring Porkopolis Economics

04:00 PayPal's comparisons to Bitcoin

06:41 PayPal and Bitcoin's Transaction Payment Volume

09:46 PayPal Mafia

11:32 Issues with PayPal

14:18 Where Bitcoin Stands Out

17:42 Bitcoin and PayPal Market Cap Chart

21:10 The Backing of Bitcoin

22:32 Closing Thoughts

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

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Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 99

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Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

Today, we are looking at the Bitcoin market cap vs. Meta's. Towards the end of the video, I show you where Meta and Bitcoin rank among other top assets.

Contents

00:09 Chart Breakdown

01:07 Meta's Market Cap History

0256 Bitcoin's Market Cap History

03:42 Comparing The Two

06:13 Top Assets by Market Cap

08:40 Closing Thoughts

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

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Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 98

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Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

Today, we are following up on last week's United States 10-year Government Bond Yield video. In this video, we are comparing the U.S. 10-year Government Bond Yield to the Federal Reserve ownership of U.S. debt.

Contents

00:57 What Does the Fed Control?

02:03 Fed Funds Target Rate

04:21 Who Controls Who?

05:06 Federal Reserve's Ownership of U.S. Debt

06:51 Global Financial Crisis

08:33 All-Time Record High

09:50 Printing Money to Buy Government Debt

11:06 Closing Thoughts

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

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Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 97

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Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

Today, we review the United States 10-year Government Bond Yield, also known as the 10 Year Note.

A History of Interest Rates, Fourth Edition (Wiley Finance) by Sydney Homer: https://www.amazon.com/History-Interest-Rates-Fourth-Finance/dp/0471732834

Contents

00:10 Understanding the Bond Yield

02:20 Outside Sources - Good Read

03:08 Mean Over the Last 60 Years

03:32 One Sigma Down | Up

04:54 Two Sigma Down | Up

06:33 Looking at the Extremes

07:28 Closing Thoughts

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

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Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 96

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Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

Today, we review the exponential regression price of silver over the last fifty years.

All-time trend coefficients to draw it yourself:

Power formula: y = a * EXP (b * x)

Coefficients found: y = 3.52 * EXP (0.28% * x)

Contents

00:08 Silver Price Trendline and Analysis Intro

01:11 Silver's Historical Price Changes

02:19 Exponential Regression Breakdown

03:40 Understanding Compound Annual Growth Rate

05:11 2030 Prediction

05:35 Closing Thoughts

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

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Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 95

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Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

All-time trend coefficients to draw it yourself:

Power formula: y = a * EXP (b * x)

Coefficients found: y = 132.49 * EXP (0.41% * x)

Prior videos with further info:

Gold original exponential explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFRkS2_ylec

Gold with other trendlines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzPKK53w0IY

Gold with percentiles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTkkPpCfxWA

Contents

00:33 Gold Price Trendline and Analysis Intro

00:46 Exponential Regression Breakdown

03:02 Gold's Historical Price Changes

04:05 Gold's Price Now

04:43 Understanding Compound Annual Growth Rate

07:42 203 Prediction

08:06 Closing Thoughts

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

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Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 94

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Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

Today, we take a look at the Federal Reserve balance sheet and determine how fast it grows.

Contents

00:12 Balance Sheet Overview

00:47 Global Financial Crisis and its Effects

02:22 Speed of Growth

03:57 Growth Curve after 2008

05:01 Growth Rate Doubles

05:14 Comparing Regressions

06:11 Closing Thoughts

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

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Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 93

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Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

Today, we review Apple’s market cap versus the value of shares traded using a 40-year graph of the Apple market cap.

Contents

00:17 Graph Overview

01:52 Evaluation Notes and What Isn't Going to be Covered

02:37 Value of Shares Traded

04:07 Market Cap

06:50 All Time Average

08:43 Closing Thoughts

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

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Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 92

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Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

Today, we review NATO military expenditure, break down key member nations, and break down the 2% guideline.

Contents

00:11 Table Overview

01:42 Quick 30-Member Nation Breakdown

04:46 The 2% Guideline

05:40 Measuring Military Strength and How We Do It

07:41 Expenditure Breakdown and Who Is Following the 2% Guideline

10:10 GDP Overview

12:24 Closing Thoughts

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

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Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.