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Bitcoin in Asia - Large Scale Mining in Siberia with Igor Runets BIA 13 Jun 09, 2020

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Our guest this week is Igor Runets, founder and CEO of BitRiver (bitriver.farm), a large scale mining data center operator in Russia with over 100MW in the irkustk region of Siberia. Igor founded and ran a traditional data center business Servers.Global out of university focused on setting up cloud infrastructure in more difficult parts of the world for western clients and then found bitcoin while getting his MBA at Stanford and wend on from there to found BitRiver. We talk about his going full steam into bitcoin mining, spending some time in Beijing and then setting up operations in Siberia, the infrastructure and regulatory issues at play for energy access in Russia and the CIS region, trends he is seeing in demand for mining from institutional customers both from Russia and abroad and more.

Igor on Twitter @IgorRunets

(WTF is now FED Watch) - Peace and Violence - FED 9 Jun 04, 2020

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This week, ck and Ansel sit down to discuss the eruption of social unrest stemming from the death of George Floyd.

Topics:
* Why are people angry
* The financial undercurrents
* Where Bitcoin fits in
* What this can mean for the future

Bitcoin in Asia - Building Bitcoin Financial Services in China and Beyond w/ Flex Yang BIA12 Jun 03, 2020

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Our guest this week is Flex Yang, founder and CEO of Babel Finance ( babel.finance) out of Beijing and Hong Kong. Babel Finance provides crypto-backed loans, deposit services, financing, margin trading, and other derivatives services and has grown into one of the largest commercial crypto banks in Asia. With Babel Finance Flex is aiming to build the JP Morgan of Bitcoin, and initially attacked goal by focusing on lending and other financial services targeting Bitcoin miners in China. Prior to entering the Bitcoin space Flex worked in financial services and was a founder of a credit services focused fintech Standard Financial Inclusion in Beijing. He has raised money from some of the most well regarded VCs in China including Zhenfund and Lightspeed. The first twenty minutes or so of this conversation covers Flex’s background and experience with those previous companies and his experience as a founder Beijing, and then we jump into Babel and dig into some of the specific business lines that are being built out around demand from miners, from more institutional players in China and from the dynamic of western companies and Chinese players not being fully connected.

You can find Flex on twitter @moonmanflex.

Topics:
- Building companies in Beijing
- Starting a crypto bank by focusing on servicing miners first
- Risk management as one of the largest lenders in the space
- Rise of Lubian with the trend of big private capital entering mining in China and consolidation
- Derivatives market and new financial products

(WTF is now FED Watch) - The Unemployment Nightmare - FED 8 May 28, 2020

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With Ansel Lindner stepping in, we decided to rebrand the show as FED Watch. FED Watch is a Bitcoin Magazine podcast that focuses on Macroeconomics while acknowledging Bitcoin’s growing role in the future.

This week, ck and Ansel sit down to discuss unemployment around the world.

Topics:

* Unemployment in America

* Teasing out the active labor force participation

* Unemployment globally

* Cracks in China's Power

* The transition to Bitcoin

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Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

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WTF is Happening with the Fed!? - Cracks in Europe - WTF 7 May 22, 2020

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CK and new co-host Ansel Lindner discuss the recent ruling in German courts that deemed QE activity by the European Central Bank to be illegal.

Topics:

German courts said ECB's QE actions were illegal under German law
EU law is supposed to trump German law
German courts give ECB 90 days to stop QE
Real risk of Euro break up
Fun fact: European REPO is already separated by country

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WTF in Happening with the Fed?! - Fiat Money and Intergenerational Conflict? w/ Andy Edstrom - WTF 6 May 16, 2020

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The millennial generation has now experienced 2 major downturns.

How the macro environment has helped older generations unproportionally.

How Housing and Education costs are holding millennials and Gen-Xers down.

How older generations will not feel the pain of their decisions.

Are we experiencing inflation or deflation?

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[Guest] Andy Edstrom on Twitter @edstromandrew

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WTF is Happening with the Fed?! - Is this Inflation? w/ Ansel Lindner - WTF 5 Apr 24, 2020

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WTF is Happening with the Fed!? - Is this Inflation? w/ Ansel Lindner - WTF 5

Colin Harper interview’s Ansel Lindner Bitcoiner and host of the Bitcoin and Markets podcast.

Topics:

The current global situation.
Oil futures going negative.
The difference between debt money, fiat money, and commodity money.
What is the definition of inflation
What is the definition of deflation.
Ansel's strong dollar thesis.

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[Guest] Ansel Lindner on Twitter @AnselLindner & @btcmrkts

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WTF is Happening with the Fed!?: What is MMT? w/ Pascal Hügli. WTF-4 Apr 20, 2020

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This week Colin sits down with Pascal Hügli, head of research at Schlossberg & Co about what is MMT.

Topics:

* Switzerland is not imposing harsh mandates on its people
* What is Modern Monetary Theory
* MMT VS Austrian Economics
* Debt to infinity and beyond
* Central Bank Currencies Coping with the current uncertainty

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[Guest] Pascal Hügli on Twitter @pahueg

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WTF is Happening with the Fed!?: What is QE? w/ Nik Bhatia. WTF-3 Apr 11, 2020

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Colin Harper interview’s Nik Bhatia professor at USC, bitcoiner and researcher at OpenNode & Tantra Labs.

Topics:

What is QE?
The Fed is buying everything!
The Run on Everything
The difference between an economic crisis and a financial crisis.
What is LIBOR OIS.
The Fed has ended price discovery.
Bitcoin as the base money for the future

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[Guest] Nik Bhatia on Twitter @timevaluebtc

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WTF is Happening with the Fed!?: Freeing up Liquidity. WTF-2 Apr 03, 2020

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Following the COVID19 crisis the US government and specifically the Federal Reserve have been incredibly quick to action. Bitcoin Magazine brings you this special in an attempt to explain what the federal reserve is doing and how it affects you. Topics:

Foreign Repo activity
Repo Explained
Discussing MMT and the next stage in Keynesianism.
Potential modifications of the Volker Rule. https://www.thebalance.com/volcker-rule-summary-3305905
When relief? Breaking down the CARES act. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-anatomy-of-the-2-trillion-covid-19-stimulus-bill/
What to pay attention to next?

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