BTC122: The US Treasury May Need Private Stable Coins w/ Matthew Pines (Bitcoin Podcast)

<p>Preston Pysh sits down with global macro and security intelligence thinker, Matthew Pines to talk about China and its deeply manipulated market conditions, Japan being a major choke point for international interest rates, central bank digital currencies, and many more interesting ideas.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:</strong></p><p>00:00 - Intro</p><p>01:19 - How Matthew Pines became familiar with Bitcoin.</p><p>03:26 - Was the balance of payments between net producers and net consumers a reason why we have so many global issues?</p><p>07:29 - How often do companies Matthew consults with, bring up Bitcoin?</p><p>11:59 - What is the impact China is going to have from a geopolitical standpoint?</p><p>22:43 - How does Japan's interest rates underpin the rates around the world?</p><p>34:44 - How geopolitical decision are extremely complex and not made with just a monetary lens.</p><p>36:32 - What caused the dollar to change course in November?</p><p>49:10 - Why the US Treasury and FED may need private stable coin issuers instead of CBDCs.</p><p>01:00:54 - What is Matthew's take on the BIS and their proclamations against Bitcoin?</p><p>01:10:44 - How do we address Elected Officials to affect change?</p><p><br></p><p><em>Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>BOOKS AND RESOURCES</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/matthew_pines" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Matthew Pines on Twitter</strong></a>.</li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/btcpolicyorg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>BPI Bitcoin Lobbying</strong></a>.</li><li><a href="https://www.ks.group" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>KSG Consulting</strong></a>.</li><li>Matthew's Book: <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/expectation-value-matthew-pines/1143054663" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Expectation Value</strong></a>.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><stron