Porkopolis Economics: Episode 94 Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Today, we take a look at the Federal Reserve balance sheet and determine how fast it grows. Contents 00:12 Balance Sheet Overview 00:47 Global Financial Crisis and its Effects 02:22 Speed of Growth 03:57 Growth Curve after 2008 05:01 Growth Rat...
Feb 09, 2024•7 min•Season 8Ep. 11
Porkopolis Economics: Episode 93 Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Today, we review Apple’s market cap versus the value of shares traded using a 40-year graph of the Apple market cap. Contents 00:17 Graph Overview 01:52 Evaluation Notes and What Isn't Going to be Covered 02:37 Value of Shares Traded 04:07 Mark...
Feb 06, 2024•9 min•Season 8Ep. 10
Porkopolis Economics: Episode 92 Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Today, we review NATO military expenditure, break down key member nations, and break down the 2% guideline. Contents 00:11 Table Overview 01:42 Quick 30-Member Nation Breakdown 04:46 The 2%...
Feb 05, 2024•13 min•Season 8Ep. 9
Porkopolis Economics: Episode 91 Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Here we review how to calculate TTM (trailing-12 month!) returns for the S&P 500 over the last 220+ years, how these returns actually look graphically, and what the all-time averages sa...
Jan 31, 2024•11 min•Season 8Ep. 8
Porkopolis Economics: Episode 90 Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. The video is a continuation of a pervious video. Matthew reviews another trend-line from the S&P500 index. Also explained are the volatility over the years, highs and lows in significan...
Jan 29, 2024•11 min•Season 8Ep. 7
Porkopolis Economics: Episode 89 Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. This video discusses the S&P500 over the last 220 years. Also explained are the volatility over the years, highs and lows in significant decades and the all time trend. The important th...
Jan 26, 2024•15 min•Season 8Ep. 6
Crypto Voices: Episode 162 Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Alec Harris's havenX: https://thehavenx.com/ Matthew, Alec & Michel talk with Pete Winn, Bitcoin educator extraordinaire. Pete worked formerly at Fedi, the company, as well as contributing to the open source Fedimint, and he is the founder of the educational portal "Bitcoin for Humans." We discuss the amazing benefits a...
Jan 24, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 8Ep. 5
Porkopolis Economics: Episode 88 Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. This video discusses the total compound returns you'd receive from investing in the S&P500 and, crucially, reinvesting all dividends and then holding for the long term. Contents 00:00 I...
Jan 23, 2024•7 min•Season 8Ep. 4
Crypto Voices: Episode 161 Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Alec Harris's havenX: https://thehavenx.com/ Matthew & Alec cover the 11-strong Bitcoin spot ETF launch this week and why it matters. Alec covers the true privacy gaps that exist in your own car. The fellas conclude with a few charts on the long-term trend of BTC priced in 10 different fiat currencies and the US nationa...
Jan 16, 2024•53 min•Season 8Ep. 3
Porkopolis Economics: Episode 87 Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. It's finally here. With yesterday's SEC approval of 11 spot ETFs for Bitcoin investment, it's time to revisit where things stand in terms of Bitcoin's strong power law trendline. Contents ...
Jan 12, 2024•7 min•Season 8Ep. 2
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the eighty-sixth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money (and sports), from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. This episode breaks down how many bitcoins could be purchased over the years by 100 thousand units of various fiat currencies. There is a trend. Contents 00:00 Intro 01:14 100...
Jan 10, 2024•12 min•Season 8Ep. 1
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the eighty-fifth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money (and sports), from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 01:19 Bitcoin market cap 03:41 Bitcoin "Price to sales" ratio 05:42 Miner revenue 07:56 Power Regression 10:17 How much do miners make? 12:20 Two standard dev...
Dec 31, 2023•18 min•Season 7Ep. 105
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the eighty-fourth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money (and sports), from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:15 Bitcoin fee lifetime 03:47 last twelve months Host: Matthew Mezinskis https://porkopolis.io https://twitter.com/crypto_voices Show content is not inves...
Dec 30, 2023•9 min•Season 7Ep. 104
Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the one-hundred-sixty podcast episode from Crypto Voices. Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Matthew and Alec are joined by a special guest: Ian Cain Ian Cain is a co-founder and executive chairman of the QUBIC Labs. Contents 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:16 Who is Ian Cain 00:04:12 Ian in Politics 00:17:06 Crypto in government 00:27:02 Bitcoin | Killer apps 00:31:50 Boston Blockchain ...
Dec 30, 2023•56 min•Season 7Ep. 103
Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the one-hundred-fifty-ninth podcast episode from Crypto Voices. Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Matthew and Alec discuss current world topics, including the devaluation of the Argentinian peso and the Zero Trust Initiative. Also, Alec discusses his newest venture: havenX. Contents 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:16 Argentinian peso devaluation 00:12:05 Alec's havenX 00:17:08 Privacy i...
Dec 29, 2023•43 min•Season 7Ep. 102
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the eighty-third video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money (and sports), from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 01:01 Devaluation of the peso 03:15 Not enough devaluation 04:16 How does Bitcoin fit in? 06:21 Black market price of pesos valued in dollar terms Here, I rev...
Dec 27, 2023•8 min•Season 7Ep. 101
Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the one-hundred-fifty-eighth podcast episode from Crypto Voices. Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Matthew, Alec, and Michel are back together again for some commentary on the markets and issues in the Bitcoin world. Contents 00:00:00 Intro 00:05:30 Crime and Bitcoin 00:08:03 Nationalism in Today's World 00:17:30 Power Regression as of Dec 5th, 2023 00:28:02 Issues in Crypto ...
Dec 19, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 7Ep. 100
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the eighty-second video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money (and sports), from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:59 Scenes from Torino 02:00 Mastering your craft 02:43 Jimmy Connors (5th) 03:15 Ivan Lendl (4th) 04:30 Pete Sampras (3rd) 05:25 Roger Federer (2nd) 06:14...
Nov 24, 2023•11 min•Season 7Ep. 99
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the eighty-first video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:23 Review of regression trendlines 02:22 Review of 2021 boom 03:58 Review of earlier booms 04:37 Review of prior year 05:09 2-sigma down move 07:13 1-sigma moves 08:04 ...
Nov 10, 2023•10 min•Season 7Ep. 98
Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the one hundred fifty-seventh podcast episode from Crypto Voices. Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Matthew interviews Aaron van Wirdum, journalist and editor at Bitcoin Magazine, and author of the upcoming Genesis Book. Contents 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:30 Explaining Bitcoin to others 00:07:12 Hyperbitcoinization 00:10:50 Bitcoin's utility 00:12:41 Physical cash growth 00:22:37 Cash...
Sep 01, 2023•50 min•Season 7Ep. 97
Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the one hundred fifty-sixth podcast episode from Crypto Voices. Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Matthew and Michel interview Henrik Skogstrøm, founder and CEO of Torq (formerly known as LN Capital). The Torq platform is enterprise software for managing capital, channels, and routing nodes in a secure, automated, and trigger-driven way. Contents 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:08 Backgroun...
Aug 22, 2023•54 min•Season 7Ep. 96
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the eightieth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:20 Official dollar price (in ARS) 04:09 Bitcoin price (in ARS) 06:58 Black market dollar price (in ARS) 11:00 Mainstream doesn't call it "black" Here I cover the devaluati...
Aug 16, 2023•14 min•Season 7Ep. 95
Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the one hundred fifty-fifth podcast episode from Crypto Voices. Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Matthew, Alec, and Michel interview Matěj Žák, CEO of Trezor, the oldest Bitcoin hardware wallet manufacturer and champion of open-source tech. Contents 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:08 Background on Trezor 00:02:55 Open-source nature 00:05:12 Trezor clones 00:07:45 Self-custody trends 00:13:...
Jul 21, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 7Ep. 94
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the seventy-ninth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:20 Monetary base value 04:50 Gov. pension fund 13:22 Central bank total assets 14:27 % of pension fund Here I cover the Norwegian central bank's balance sheet. You may...
Jul 19, 2023•18 min•Season 7Ep. 93
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the one hundred fifty-fourth podcast episode from Crypto Voices. Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Matthew and Alec interview Robert Malka, entrepreneur and author, and board member at the Bitcoin Today Coalition. Contents 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:20 Foundations and Bitcoin? 00:05:20 US legislative landscape 00:16:08 US regulator...
Jul 14, 2023•59 min•Season 7Ep. 92
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the seventy-eighth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:20 Price in log scale 00:40 PSR multiple meaning 02:10 PSR for Bitcoin meaning 02:57 PSR multiple 05:16 PSR trendline 06:12 1-sigma bands for PSR 07:43 2-sigma bands ...
Jul 05, 2023•12 min•Season 7Ep. 91
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the seventy-seventh video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:12 All-time daily avg. fees ($) 01:02 BTC fee spike in May 03:40 TTM block reward % of total 07:32 Overall fee trend low % of total Here I review again the Bitcoin f...
Jun 30, 2023•9 min•Season 7Ep. 90
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the one hundred fifty-third podcast episode from Crypto Voices. Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Matthew and Alec interview Kevin Maurer, award-winning journalist and bestselling author of many books on war. We discuss his latest, Damn Lucky, Wagner in Syria, and more. Contents 00:00 Note on Wagner mutiny 03:25 Show intros 0...
Jun 27, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 7Ep. 89
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the seventy-sixth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:24 World population 00:49 CAGR of population over time 01:30 Central bank physical currency (CBPC) 02:06 CAGR of cash over time 02:54 Multiple of cash growth over peop...
Jun 22, 2023•8 min•Season 7Ep. 88
Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the seventy-fifth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 01:44 World population 02:57 CAGR of population over time 06:15 Central bank physical currency (CBPC) 09:13 CAGR of cash over time 13:27 Comparing both metrics Here I rev...
Jun 16, 2023•16 min•Season 7Ep. 87
