Crypto Voices

Crypto Voices: Episode 164 Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Alec Harris's havenX: https://thehavenx.com/ This episode was recorded on April 18th, 2024. Matthew and Alec talk about the upcoming Bitcoin halving and Matt breaks down some of his latest charts, featuring the United States M3 Money and the importance of repos and Eurodollars. They also look at the Bitcoin price Power law percentiles. Contents 00:06:14 Intro + Bitcoin Halving 00:08:16 Top Monetary Assets Worldwide 00:20:28 Top Ten Stocks & Bitcoin 00:22:30 NVIDIA Shareholder Meeting 00:24:29 Bitcoin Price 00:25:54 M3 Money 00:33:48 Show Sponsor - Trezor 00:34:38 What's Next for Matt's Charts? 00:35:16 Viability of BRICS 00:40:06 Bitcoin's Adoption 00:42:20 Who Can Carry Cash? 00:48:14 Paraguay and the $100 Bill 00:49:30 Closing Thoughts Show Sponsor: hodlhodl.com/join/cryptovoices Hosts: Matthew Mezinskis, Michel, Alec Harris Music: New Friend Music newfriendmusic.com/ Podcast & videos Bitcoin, privacy, crypto, economics & liberty Thanks for watching!

Crypto Voices: Episode 163 Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Alec Harris's havenX: https://thehavenx.com/ Matthew and Alec talk with Peter Todd about supporting Ukraine, and knowing when to *not* be a contrarian. We run the gamut on global security, focusing on Ukraine, but also Israel, Taiwan, and Bitcoin. Contents 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:45 Idiotic contrarianism 00:04:30 Why aren't we standing up to Russia? 00:10:35 What about NATO? 00:14:06 Why should we protect Ukraine? 00:17:00 Russian liberal cause & Navalny 00:19:47 What about US wars? 00:27:00 What about freezing reserves? 00:34:45 What about Russian disinfo? 00:38:45 What about infrastructure risks? 00:45:02 How to strike back? 00:47:20 What does history tell us about diplomacy? 00:54:53 Russia parallels with Gaza 00:55:31 Russia parallels with China 01:01:40 Russia parallels with Gaza 01:11:40 Other wars show no ambiguity in Ukraine 01:15:37 Bitcoin: On-chain vs. Layers vs. Banks 01:19:10 Closing Thoughts More info on Peter: https://twitter.com/peterktodd Show Sponsor: hodlhodl.com/join/cryptovoices Hosts: Matthew Mezinskis, Michel, Alec Harris Music: New Friend Music newfriendmusic.com/ Podcast & videos Bitcoin, privacy, crypto, economics & liberty Thanks for watching!

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 100 Show Sponsors: trezor.io Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Today, we fact-check the age-old (in Bitcoin terms!!) comparisons that have always been made between Bitcoin and PayPal. You need to simply understand that Bitcoin is basic money, and whatever is happening inside of PayPal, is not. This is also my 100th episode of Porkopolis Economics! As discussed at the video start, please note that from now on these macro and chart-type videos will only continue on YouTube and Rumble. Crypto Voices, our long-form podcast on Bitcoin and privacy with Alec from Halo Privacy and Michel from nodl, will continue to be streamed via the RSS feed as it has since 2017 (via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc.). As always, thank you for watching, and listening! Contents 00:42 The Future of Porkopolis Economics 02:48 Trezor is Sponsoring Porkopolis Economics 04:00 PayPal's comparisons to Bitcoin 06:41 PayPal and Bitcoin's Transaction Payment Volume 09:46 PayPal Mafia 11:32 Issues with PayPal 14:18 Where Bitcoin Stands Out 17:42 Bitcoin and PayPal Market Cap Chart 21:10 The Backing of Bitcoin 22:32 Closing Thoughts Host: Matthew Mezinskis https://porkopolis.io https://twitter.com/crypto_voices Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 99 Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Today, we are looking at the Bitcoin market cap vs. Meta's. Towards the end of the video, I show you where Meta and Bitcoin rank among other top assets. Contents 00:09 Chart Breakdown 01:07 Meta's Market Cap History 0256 Bitcoin's Market Cap History 03:42 Comparing The Two 06:13 Top Assets by Market Cap 08:40 Closing Thoughts Host: Matthew Mezinskis https://porkopolis.io https://twitter.com/crypto_voices Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 98 Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Today, we are following up on last week's United States 10-year Government Bond Yield video. In this video, we are comparing the U.S. 10-year Government Bond Yield to the Federal Reserve ownership of U.S. debt. Contents 00:57 What Does the Fed Control? 02:03 Fed Funds Target Rate 04:21 Who Controls Who? 05:06 Federal Reserve's Ownership of U.S. Debt 06:51 Global Financial Crisis 08:33 All-Time Record High 09:50 Printing Money to Buy Government Debt 11:06 Closing Thoughts Host: Matthew Mezinskis https://porkopolis.io https://twitter.com/crypto_voices Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 97 Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Today, we review the United States 10-year Government Bond Yield, also known as the 10 Year Note. A History of Interest Rates, Fourth Edition (Wiley Finance) by Sydney Homer: https://www.amazon.com/History-Interest-Rates-Fourth-Finance/dp/0471732834 Contents 00:10 Understanding the Bond Yield 02:20 Outside Sources - Good Read 03:08 Mean Over the Last 60 Years 03:32 One Sigma Down | Up 04:54 Two Sigma Down | Up 06:33 Looking at the Extremes 07:28 Closing Thoughts Host: Matthew Mezinskis https://porkopolis.io https://twitter.com/crypto_voices Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 96 Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Today, we review the exponential regression price of silver over the last fifty years. All-time trend coefficients to draw it yourself: Power formula: y = a * EXP (b * x) Coefficients found: y = 3.52 * EXP (0.28% * x) Contents 00:08 Silver Price Trendline and Analysis Intro 01:11 Silver's Historical Price Changes 02:19 Exponential Regression Breakdown 03:40 Understanding Compound Annual Growth Rate 05:11 2030 Prediction 05:35 Closing Thoughts Host: Matthew Mezinskis https://porkopolis.io https://twitter.com/crypto_voices Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 95 Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. All-time trend coefficients to draw it yourself: Power formula: y = a * EXP (b * x) Coefficients found: y = 132.49 * EXP (0.41% * x) Prior videos with further info: Gold original exponential explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFRkS2_ylec Gold with other trendlines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzPKK53w0IY Gold with percentiles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTkkPpCfxWA Contents 00:33 Gold Price Trendline and Analysis Intro 00:46 Exponential Regression Breakdown 03:02 Gold's Historical Price Changes 04:05 Gold's Price Now 04:43 Understanding Compound Annual Growth Rate 07:42 203 Prediction 08:06 Closing Thoughts Host: Matthew Mezinskis https://porkopolis.io https://twitter.com/crypto_voices Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 94 Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Today, we take a look at the Federal Reserve balance sheet and determine how fast it grows. Contents 00:12 Balance Sheet Overview 00:47 Global Financial Crisis and its Effects 02:22 Speed of Growth 03:57 Growth Curve after 2008 05:01 Growth Rate Doubles 05:14 Comparing Regressions 06:11 Closing Thoughts Host: Matthew Mezinskis https://porkopolis.io https://twitter.com/crypto_voices Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 93 Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Today, we review Apple’s market cap versus the value of shares traded using a 40-year graph of the Apple market cap. Contents 00:17 Graph Overview 01:52 Evaluation Notes and What Isn't Going to be Covered 02:37 Value of Shares Traded 04:07 Market Cap 06:50 All Time Average 08:43 Closing Thoughts Host: Matthew Mezinskis https://porkopolis.io https://twitter.com/crypto_voices Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 92 Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Today, we review NATO military expenditure, break down key member nations, and break down the 2% guideline. Contents 00:11 Table Overview 01:42 Quick 30-Member Nation Breakdown 04:46 The 2% Guideline 05:40 Measuring Military Strength and How We Do It 07:41 Expenditure Breakdown and Who Is Following the 2% Guideline 10:10 GDP Overview 12:24 Closing Thoughts Host: Matthew Mezinskis https://porkopolis.io https://twitter.com/crypto_voices Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 91 Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Here we review how to calculate TTM (trailing-12 month!) returns for the S&P 500 over the last 220+ years, how these returns actually look graphically, and what the all-time averages say you "should" be getting from your portfolio. Contents 00:17 Index Overview 01:18 Rolling Trailing Twelve Month Returns 04:23 All Time Average Line 07:43 S&P By The Numbers 09:59 Closing Thoughts Host: Matthew Mezinskis https://porkopolis.io https://twitter.com/crypto_voices Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 90 Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. The video is a continuation of a pervious video. Matthew reviews another trend-line from the S&P500 index. Also explained are the volatility over the years, highs and lows in significant years and the all time trend. Contents 00:19 Index Overview 00:59 All-Time Trend 02:40 From 1971 03:15 Compound Annual Growth Rate 05:37 2-sigma moves 07:56 Where We Are Now & Closing Thoughts Host: Matthew Mezinskis https://porkopolis.io https://twitter.com/crypto_voices Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 89 Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. This video discusses the S&P500 over the last 220 years. Also explained are the volatility over the years, highs and lows in significant decades and the all time trend. The important thing to look at when it comes to long-term returns is compound annual growth, it's a vital statistic to understand. Contents 00:00 Chart Breakdown and Brief S&P 500 History 00:34 S&P Total Return Index 09:21 Exponential Regression 13:22 Compound Annual Growth Rate Host: Matthew Mezinskis https://porkopolis.io https://twitter.com/crypto_voices Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Crypto Voices: Episode 162 Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Alec Harris's havenX: https://thehavenx.com/ Matthew, Alec & Michel talk with Pete Winn, Bitcoin educator extraordinaire. Pete worked formerly at Fedi, the company, as well as contributing to the open source Fedimint, and he is the founder of the educational portal "Bitcoin for Humans." We discuss the amazing benefits at a scale that Fedimints can bring to Bitcoin, as well as some of its criticisms and risks. Contents 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:21 What is Fedimint? 00:13:13 Regulators & Fedimint 00:21:00 Regulating Bitcoin 00:22:09 Protection over Fedimint 00:27:43 Criticism over Fedimint 00:36:13 Lighting Network 00:41:17 Bitcoin for Humans 00:45:30 Scaling and Fedimint 00:49:10 Bitcoin's Fees 00:52:28 Alec's Philosophical Question 00:59:11 Fedimint's Stability Pool 01:06:48 UTXO and the Future 01:09:09 Fedimint and Payment 01:14:43 Closing Thoughts Links for more info: https://bitcoinforhumans.com/ Show Sponsor: hodlhodl.com/join/cryptovoices Hosts: Matthew Mezinskis, Michel, Alec Harris Music: New Friend Music newfriendmusic.com/ Podcast & videos Bitcoin, privacy, crypto, economics & liberty Thanks for watching!

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 88 Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. This video discusses the total compound returns you'd receive from investing in the S&P500 and, crucially, reinvesting all dividends and then holding for the long term. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:34 S&P Total Return Index 02:07 Reinvesting Your Dividends 06:35 Compound Return Figures Host: Matthew Mezinskis https://porkopolis.io https://twitter.com/crypto_voices Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Crypto Voices: Episode 161 Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Alec Harris's havenX: https://thehavenx.com/ Matthew & Alec cover the 11-strong Bitcoin spot ETF launch this week and why it matters. Alec covers the true privacy gaps that exist in your own car. The fellas conclude with a few charts on the long-term trend of BTC priced in 10 different fiat currencies and the US national debt. Contents 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:03 Bitcoin ETF Launch 00:09:38 Bitcoin Market Cap 00:19:04 Coinbase 00:23:44 Bitcoin Over Time 00:27:49 Peter Zeihan 00:35:10 Privacy Review on Cars 00:44:30 The Appearance of Privacy 00:48:28 United States Federal Debt 00:50:16 Closing Thoughts Show Sponsor: hodlhodl.com/join/cryptovoices Hosts: Matthew Mezinskis, Michel, Alec Harris Music: New Friend Music newfriendmusic.com/ Podcast & videos Bitcoin, privacy, crypto, economics & liberty Thanks for watching!

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 87 Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. It's finally here. With yesterday's SEC approval of 11 spot ETFs for Bitcoin investment, it's time to revisit where things stand in terms of Bitcoin's strong power law trendline. Contents 00:00 Intro 01:49 Bitcoin's power trendline 02:49 Analyzing percentile bands 04:31 Power law regression 05:59 Closing thoughts Host: Matthew Mezinskis https://porkopolis.io https://twitter.com/crypto_voices Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the eighty-sixth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money (and sports), from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. This episode breaks down how many bitcoins could be purchased over the years by 100 thousand units of various fiat currencies. There is a trend. Contents 00:00 Intro 01:14 100K dollars in Bitcoin terms 05:03 100L euros in Bitcoin terms 06:04 Turkish lira 07:01 Argentinian peso 08:41 Brazilian real | Chinese yuan | Indian rupee 09:40 Russian ruble 10:26 Closing thoughts Host: Matthew Mezinskis https://porkopolis.io https://twitter.com/crypto_voices Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the eighty-fifth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money (and sports), from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 01:19 Bitcoin market cap 03:41 Bitcoin "Price to sales" ratio 05:42 Miner revenue 07:56 Power Regression 10:17 How much do miners make? 12:20 Two standard deviation 14:49 Closing thoughts Host: Matthew Mezinskis https://porkopolis.io https://twitter.com/crypto_voices Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.