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Raoul Pal "Bitcoin Life Raft" and CBDCs - REACTION - E220
Bitcoin & Markets
English - November 02, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsInvesting Business News Tech News blockchain bitcoin btc business crypto cryptocurrency economics eth technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today, I listen along with you to Raoul Pal's recent video The Bitcoin Life Raft and react to it. He is a macro forecaster and concentrates on bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies. I disagree to many nuanced points and I think it is a great learning experience for the audience to step through these ideas together.
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Full show notes: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e220/
5:15 - Introducing the problems faced by the USD systemI agree there's problems, but not the things he lays out. I believe his arguments show he has not considered monetary convergence and has a relatively mainstream understanding of the current system.
9:50 - CBDCRaoul claims the CBDCs are a way to address the problems he has laid out. Again, I disagree that the problems are what he says, and I also disagree that CBDCs can do what he thinks.
The three big problems he lays out:
16:25 - Cash, freedom, and an agreement of nations (Bretton Woods 2.0) 23:15 ENDOriginal video: https://youtu.be/qL2LfVRl3J0?t=315
Full show notes: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e220/
5:15 - Introducing the problems faced by the USD systemI agree there's problems, but not the things he lays out. I believe his arguments show he has not considered monetary convergence and has a relatively mainstream understanding of the current system.
9:50 - CBDCRaoul claims the CBDCs are a way to address the problems he has laid out. Again, I disagree that the problems are what he says, and I also disagree that CBDCs can do what he thinks.
The three big problems he lays out:
16:25 - Cash, freedom, and an agreement of nations (Bretton Woods 2.0) 23:15 END