Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the one hundred forty-fifth podcast episode from Crypto Voices. Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Matthew and Alec interview Thomas Pacchia, founder and CIO of HODL Capital, and co-owner of the new bar with a Bitcoin flare in Manhattan, PubKey. Thomas talks about what it's like owning a bar, with a family, and working to brin...
Feb 13, 2023•1 hr•Season 7Ep. 26
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the twenty-third installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:22 Money supply "stack" 03:30 M1 - Porkopolis reconstructed 05:30 M1 - Fed Fed discontinued 08:50 M0 - Cash outside bank vaults 09:10 Sight (demand) deposits 10:45 M0 Money vs. M1 Money 13:30 D...
Feb 10, 2023•25 min•Season 7Ep. 25
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the twenty-second installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:26 Vault cash 08:27 Sight (demand) deposits - Fed discontinued 15:25 Components of deposits in USA 17:15 Adjusting for CIPC 19:17 Sight (demand) deposits - Porkopolis reconstructed 24:05 Vault...
Feb 09, 2023•36 min•Season 7Ep. 24
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the twenty-first installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:20 Dollar briefly 01:40 History of "Money Supply" curves 02:50 Total physical currency supply 05:35 Physical currency supply outside bank vaults (M0) 06:50 Physical currency % M0 vs. Total 10:4...
Feb 08, 2023•13 min•Season 7Ep. 23
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the twentieth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:20 Switzerland and CHF briefly 01:10 Dollar best-looking horse in glue factory? 05:55 Switzerland no longer requiring gold holdings 08:38 Linear regression line (70% R-squared) 10:35 1-sigma...
Feb 07, 2023•14 min•Season 7Ep. 22
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the nineteenth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:20 Gold market cap 04:18 Silver market cap 09:03 Bitcoin market cap 09:47 Silver vs. Bitcoin 13:39 Gold exponential trendline (86% R-squared) 14:46 Silver exponential trendline (66% R-squar...
Feb 06, 2023•29 min•Season 7Ep. 21
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the one hundred forty-fourth podcast episode from Crypto Voices. Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Matthew and Alec review the US federal debt (and the limit) throughout the last 120 years. Contents 00:00 Intro 02:00 US national debt history 56:50 Privacy update Links for more info: https://fsapps.fiscal.treasury.gov/dts/file...
Feb 03, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 7Ep. 20
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the eighteenth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 02:13 Current, all-time power trendline (95% R-squared) 06:50 Power trendline through 2010 12:50 Power trendline through 2013 18:35 Power trendline through 2016 26:40 Power trendline through 2...
Feb 02, 2023•32 min•Season 7Ep. 19
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the seventeenth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 01:21 Centralized exchange problems in BTC history 05:20 Power regression trendline (95% R-squared) 07:07 1-sigma bands 07:50 2-sigma bands 08:27 Predictive trend 10:05 Log scale 11:06 Log-lo...
Feb 01, 2023•22 min•Season 7Ep. 18
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the one hundred forty-third podcast episode from Crypto Voices. Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Matthew interviews Mark Yusko from Morgan Creek Capital and Morgan Creek Digital. Superb episode, topic-packed with Mark's stories and thoughts on FTX, SBF, Bernie Madoff, Kevin O'Leary, Sequoia Capital, Jamie Dimon, Davos, the W...
Jan 31, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 7Ep. 17
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the sixteenth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:40 Gold-silver ratio: Prices 02:25 Gold-silver ratio: Ounces (mining) 05:15 Gold-silver ratio: Market capitalization 10:15 Exponential regression trendline (80% R-squared) 11:00 2-sigma move...
Jan 30, 2023•18 min•Season 7Ep. 16
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the fifteenth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:25 Gold-silver ratio: Prices 09:55 Gold-silver ratio: Ounces (mining) 17:15 All-time average (mining ratio) 20:10 Implications for the silver bugs? Here we look at two different gold-silver ...
Jan 27, 2023•26 min•Season 7Ep. 15
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the fourteenth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:30 Gold mining history 06:18 Silver mining history 10:02 Log scale 10:55 Compound annual growth summary 13:35 Industrialization 19:09 Compound annual growth summary Here we look at the cumu...
Jan 26, 2023•20 min•Season 7Ep. 14
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the thirteenth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:50 What is the gold-silver ratio? 03:50 Gresham's Law 05:20 Last thousand years of gold-silver ratio 05:40 Last 50 years of gold-silver ratio 14:50 Power regression trendline (51% R-squared...
Jan 25, 2023•26 min•Season 7Ep. 13
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the twelfth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:17 Silver briefly 04:10 Four basic trendlines 04:20 Exponential trendline on silver price (48% R-squared) 06:22 Hunt brothers 09:25 One sigma around trendline (66th percentile) 12:35 Two sigma...
Jan 24, 2023•24 min•Season 7Ep. 12
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the eleventh video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 01:30 Gold fits exponential trendline (75% R-squared) 02:20 'Brown's Bottom' 04:15 Exponential regression trendline 05:30 Standard deviation basics 06:34 Exponential regression trendline 07:50 O...
Jan 23, 2023•27 min•Season 7Ep. 11
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the tenth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:30 Four basic trendlines 00:58 Power regression formula 02:26 Diagram power trendline linear scale 03:17 Diagram power trendline log scale 05:25 Diagram power trendline log-log scale 07:50 Power...
Jan 20, 2023•32 min•Season 7Ep. 10
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the ninth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:55 Four basic trendlines 01:17 Power regression formula 02:37 Diagram power trendline linear scale 04:01 Power regression trendline 06:24 Mean 08:49 R-squared (70%) 09:48 Predictive trend 11:20 ...
Jan 19, 2023•19 min•Season 7Ep. 9
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the eighth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:20 Bitcoin briefly 01:17 Diagram exponential trendline linear scale 02:47 Diagram exponential trendline log scale 04:03 Exponential regression formula 06:40 Exponential regression trendline 09:...
Jan 18, 2023•21 min•Season 7Ep. 8
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the seventh video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:35 Four basic trendlines 01:02 Gold briefly 03:17 Exponential regression formula 05:27 Diagram exponential trendline linear scale 06:34 Exponential regression trendline 07:50 Mean 08:55 R-squa...
Jan 18, 2023•17 min•Season 7Ep. 7
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the sixth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:39 Four basic trendlines 01:17 Diagram logarithmic trendline linear scale 01:43 Diagram logarithmic trendline log scale 03:17 Trolololo's logarithmic regression 06:50 Logarithmic regression form...
Jan 16, 2023•23 min•Season 7Ep. 6
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the fifth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:20 Gold briefly 01:00 Diagram logarithmic trendline linear scale 02:25 Logarithmic regression formula 06:15 Logarithmic regression line 08:50 Mean 11:20 R-squared (41%) 13:55 Predictive trend He...
Jan 13, 2023•17 min•Season 7Ep. 5
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the fourth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:20 Bitcoin brief history 07:00 Linear regression formula 07:48 Diagram linear trendline linear scale 08:27 Diagram linear trendline log scale 10:55 Linear regression line 13:40 Mean 18:00 R-squ...
Jan 12, 2023•24 min•Season 7Ep. 4
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the third video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:15 Typical linear trendline 05:15 Four basic types of trendlines 05:50 Predictive nature of trendlines 12:03 Linear regression line 16:30 Mean 19:50 R-squared (70%) 21:47 Predictive trend Here w...
Jan 11, 2023•24 min•Season 7Ep. 3
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the second video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:40 Supply and demand 03:59 Compound annual growth rates 10:28 Doubling time 17:05 Right axis time 20:57 Do you need other datasets? 25:17 How to verify the trend is exponential? Here we cover h...
Jan 10, 2023•28 min•Season 7Ep. 2
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the first video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:47 Dollar-gold background 05:40 Federal Reserve opened doors in 1914 13:34 Post-WWII period (Bretton Woods) 18:45 Great Moderation 22:48 Bitcoin era 25:00 What is the deal with CBDCs? Here we co...
Jan 09, 2023•27 min•Season 7Ep. 1
Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Show Sponsor: hodlhodl.com/join/cryptovoices Matthew and Alec interview Paul Sztorc, founder of Drivechain, Bitcoin Hivemind (Truthcoin), and most recently Layer 2 Labs. Paul gives an overview on Layer 2 Labs and what his team is trying to accomplish with their recent $3 million raise. Most know his efforts for years in implementing Drivechain (BIP 300) on Bitcoin, and Bitcoin Hivemind as a sidechain on top of that. He is interested in impleme...
Dec 30, 2022•2 hr 24 min•Season 6Ep. 24
Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Show Sponsor: hodlhodl.com/join/cryptovoices Matthew interviews George Selgin, monetary economist and historian. George gives a look-back at the repo meltdown in September 2019, as well as a deeper overview on the mechanics of the repo market. This has become more important in recent years, compared to the market for bank reserves ("Federal Funds" in US Fedspeak). Why? He goes back to his favorite hobby horse (his term) which is the interest p...
Dec 13, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 23
Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Show Sponsor: hodlhodl.com/join/cryptovoices Matthew and Alec interview Jason Stone, former head of Celsius DeFi division, whistle blower, and venture capitalist. Jason details how he got into crypto investing, the time he spent at Celsius, and how he is dealing with the aftermath (as an ex-contractor who is still owed funds). He also shares some thoughts on the FTX scandal in light of his relationships in the market. Be safe out there, do not...
Dec 08, 2022•59 min•Season 6Ep. 22
Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Show Sponsor: hodlhodl.com/join/cryptovoices Matthew, Alec, and Michel interview Itai Galmor, Chief Revenue Officer at BrandShield. We cover a variety of threats, scams, and cyber attacks lurking in the digital world today. Itai explains how companies like BrandShield can help you minimize and navigate the pitfalls. This interview with Itai adds some interesting perspective on how the battle against scams online is constant, and long with hist...
Nov 11, 2022•57 min•Season 6Ep. 21
