About this episode
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 Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Zaprite https://zaprite.com/tftc Salt of the Earth https://drinksote.com/tftc Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://tftc.io/ Twitter https://twitter.com/tftc21 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/ Nostr https://primal.net/tftc Follow Marty Bent: Twitter https://twitter.com/martybent Nostr https://primal.net/martybent Newsletter https://tftc.io/martys-bent/ Podcast https://www.tftc.io/tag/podcasts/