#407: FedNow is not a CBDC with Matthew Mežinskis

<p>Sitting down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q4 2022 Monetary Base update, the banking crisis, CBDCs, and more</p> <p>Follow Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/crypto_voices</p> <p>9:14 - Q4 update, just in time for Q1<br /> 13:32 - Bitcoin price<br /> 22:29 - The results of raising interest<br /> 24:42 - Bond duration risk<br /> 32:30 - QE5<br /> 34:40 - Choke Point 2.0<br /> 38:14 - Balaji's price prediction<br /> 46:53 - FedNow<br /> 55:04 - CDBC destroying big banks<br /> 1:00:09 - US state rights<br /> 1:05:21 - Flaring natural gas<br /> 1:11:00 - Blood in the water, Bitcoin is the way out<br /> 1:19:18 - Custodia Bank<br /> 1:27:17 - Black markets and civil disobedience<br /> 1:31:09 - Monetary base<br /> 1:39:09 - Back to CBDCs<br /> 1:45:33 - Bitcoin's rank in monetary base<br /> 1:47:22 - We're gonna win<br /> 1:59:39 - Gold and Silver<br /> 2:06:19 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">⁠⁠Unchained Capital⁠⁠</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">⁠⁠River⁠⁠</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">⁠⁠Shop Now⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">⁠⁠Website⁠⁠</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">⁠⁠Podcast</a></p>