#407: FedNow is not a CBDC with Matthew Mežinskis

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast · Mar 23, 2023 · 2h 9m

Sitting down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q4 2022 Monetary Base update, the banking crisis, CBDCs, and more

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9:14 - Q4 update, just in time for Q1

13:32 - Bitcoin price

22:29 - The results of raising interest

24:42 - Bond duration risk

32:30 - QE5

34:40 - Choke Point 2.0

38:14 - Balaji's price prediction

46:53 - FedNow

55:04 - CDBC destroying big banks

1:00:09 - US state rights

1:05:21 - Flaring natural gas

1:11:00 - Blood in the water, Bitcoin is the way out

1:19:18 - Custodia Bank

1:27:17 - Black markets and civil…