Satoshi&#8217;s Plebs

Britain Energy and Food Crisis

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Inflation and Deflation Dec 12, 2022

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The Keynesian economics believe that deflation is bad and "moderate" inflation is good. Austrians believe deflation is a good thing and inflation by money printing is a bad thing. History is proving the Keynesians are probably incorrect. Will the elite listen before it's too late (or do they even care?).

News and Links

SBF Funded The Block

Bitcoin Lightning Privacy Upgrades

Dutch Tulip Farmers using BTC Miners to Heat Greenhouses

Nigeria Limits ATM Cash Withdrawals

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Theory_of_Money_and_Credit

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Sound Money vs Stable Money Dec 05, 2022

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The Austrian and Keynesian economics are diametrically opposed on essentially every main point. Austrian economics call for "sound money" while the Keynesian economist desire "stable money". While they sound the same they are completely different. Let's dive in!

News and Links

Eurozone inflation drops to 10 percent

Kraken Layoffs of 1,100

Alex Gladstein IMF Essay

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Rock Guitar Intro 07 by TaigaSoundProd

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Funky Life by WinnieTheMoog

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El Salvador Bitcoin Volcano Bond

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An Overview of Austrian and Keynesian Economics Nov 28, 2022

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There are two main theories of macro economics - Austrian and Keynesian. Austrian economics developed in the late 1800's Austria while Keynesian economics was developed in the environment of the 1930's Great Depression.

I believe that it's pretty indisputable that the majority of the countries of the world operate under what amounts to Keynesian economics. I believe that these policies are what are bringing us to the brink of a Global Depression.

In today's episode I give an overview of the two economic theories, a bit of history and the major differences between them.

News and Links

Genesis Loan to 3AC

Metamask Logging of Personal Data

Vladimir Putin Asks for Digital Payment System...

Il Capo thread on mental game and time factor

Binance auditor, Armanino LLP

DCG, Genesis and Greyscale

Lyn Alden

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Rock Guitar Intro 07 by TaigaSoundProd

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Funky Life by WinnieTheMoog

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Brazil Freezes Bank Accounts

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The Great Unwinding Nov 21, 2022

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With the abrupt collapse of FTX it is certain to bring more cleansing to the ecosystem. While it can be hard to keep track of who is solvent and who is failing, let's dive in and take look. The next fail whale may be just around the corner. And how is the FTX hacker (possibly) suppressing the price of ETH?

News and Links

Biden calls for Crypto Regulations

Alameda was Frontrunning FTX Token Listing

FTX Failure Impacting Other Corporations

Amazon Layoffs

Fighting Monetary Colonialism with Open-Source Code

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Rock Guitar Intro 07 by TaigaSoundProd

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Funky Life by WinnieTheMoog

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Twitter Files Paperwork to Process Payments

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My Long Term Plans Nov 14, 2022

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Having been in "crypto" for almost a decade has given me a longer term perspective. I have seen exchanges die (not just FTX!), been rug-pulled, lost money to scammers and wasted money on worthless "assets".

This current crypto crisis has me thinking yet again about my long term future with crypto. Join me for the discussion.

News and Links

The Ethics of Money Production

US CPI data YoY: 7.7% Est. 7.9%

Crypto.com accidentally sends 320k Ethereum to Gate.io

Blockfi Stops Withdrawals

Exchanges shifting funds around - to each other?

Special shoutout to Kyrin at the Mere Mortals podcast who became our first supporter to reach the "shrimp" level. Thank you so much for your support!!

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Rock Guitar Intro 07 by TaigaSoundProd

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Funky Life by WinnieTheMoog

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FTX and Alameda Research Go Down in Flames -- a special episode Nov 10, 2022

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A lot has transpired since Sunday night's recording. I thought it would be best to do a shorter special episode to discuss this and the ramifications on the market moving forward.

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Funky Life by WinnieTheMoog

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Bank of England raises interest rates by 75 BPS

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Is Alameda Going to be Celsius 2.0? Nov 07, 2022

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This week's news has Twitter all riled up. And it wasn't just about Elon's taking over. It seems that the FTX Exchange of Sam Bankman-Fried may be a little too cozy with Alameda Research. And Binance will be selling all their FTT tokens.. Is this all related? Will it crash the market? Does it matter?

News and Notes

Bank of England on Recession Fears

Alameda Balance Sheet

Bitcoin Magazine Opinion on Alameda

Opinion on Alameda Solvency

Mining for Groceries in Lebanon

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Rock Guitar Intro 07 by TaigaSoundProd

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Funky Life by WinnieTheMoog

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Erik Voorhees and SBF Debate

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News, Notes and more Regulation Talk Oct 31, 2022

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There was a lot of news this week! It seems we continue the inexorable slide to a worldwide Great Depression. With interest rates spiraling up (and choking off long term capital expenditures) and inflations rates continuing to move higher it's almost inevitable at this point.

The battle for how crypto regulations will develop continues to be fought. You should take the time watch the Youtube session between Erik V and SBF about Sam's draft legislation proposal.

And BTC (as well as the rest of the crypto market) finally makes a move of more than 100 dollars ...

News and Links

Today (October 31) is the 14th anniversary of the day Satoshi Nakamoto published the BTC white paper

BTC White Paper

Italy Inflation hits 12.8% - highest since 1996

Costa Rica lawmaker proposes law eliminating BTC taxes

Egypt’s currency slides 13.5% to a record low against the US dollar, as IMF and Cairo reach a $3 billion loan agreement

German CPI hits 11.6%

Japan spending $200 Billion to counter inflation

UK Lawmaker Committee Approves Stablecoin Regulation Bill

US Q3 GDP rises by 2.6%, the first increase in 2022

World's Largest Public Bitcoin Mining Firm Core Scientific Says It May Run Out of Cash: Halts Debt Payments Amid Solvency Risk

European Central Bank hikes interest rates by 75 BPS to 2%

FTX/SBF working on a new Stablecoin

Credit Suisse cutting 9000 jobs

Bank of Canada hikes 50bps, less than the expected 75bps

A year after Nigeria launched its CBDC, only less than 0.5% of Nigerians are using it

Cashapp enables lightning payments

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Rock Guitar Intro 07 by TaigaSoundProd

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Funky Life by WinnieTheMoog

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Sam Bankman-Fried policy proposal

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Another week - Another Hack and Sam Bankman-Fried's Regulatory Proposals Oct 24, 2022

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The "hack of the week" gives us a chance to discuss both the importance of being safe with your crypto activities as well Sam Bankman-Fried's regulatory proposals.

News and Links

3com/FTX security breach

Erik Voorhees Response to SBF Policy Proposal

EU inflation rises to new ATH of 9.9%

UK inflation returns to double digits (10.1%) as food prices soar

EU wants to shut down bitcoin miners

Turkey detains 543 people based on financial data

Germany to keep three nuclear power plants running until mid-April

Italy inflation reaches 8.9%, the highest it’s seen in 37 years

Tunisia reaches preliminary agreement on $1.9bn IMF loan

Zimbabwe will keep the world’s highest benchmark interest rate of 200%

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Rock Guitar Intro 07 by TaigaSoundProd

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Funky Life by WinnieTheMoog

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