#407: FedNow is not a CBDC with Matthew Mežinskis

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Mar 23, 2023•2 hr 9 min

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Episode description

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

Follow Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/crypto_voices

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 disobedience
1:31:09 - Monetary base
1:39:09 - Back to CBDCs
1:45:33 - Bitcoin's rank in monetary base
1:47:22 - We're gonna win
1:59:39 - Gold and Silver
2:06:19 - Wrapping up