#566: Q3 2024 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast · Dec 18, 2024 · 2h 3m

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 -…