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I talk with James Viggiano about recent comments made by the Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
Not soon after we spoke, James shared a clip that went viral of the governor talking frankly about the exorbitant privilege of money printing that the central banks and governments have.
James and I talk about some of the game theory from the perspective of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to defend the Kiwi Dollar and their attempts to talk down inflation, and shift the narrative even as the cost of living crisis continues.
We also talk about the opportunity for what New Zealand could look like on a Bitcoin standard and how that could interface with the legacy financial system.
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James Viggiano on Twitter - https://twitter.com/jamesviggy
James on Nostr - https://nostrudel.ninja/#/u/npub17fd0kcnufx7lyu5dlvaw8rzrr2rahmwkqudmesxk7hfwnr2scmnszjc538
"Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr says stablecoins and cryptocurrencies are not a credible alternative to central bank money" - https://www.interest.co.nz/investing/126348/reserve-bank-governor-adrian-orr-says-stablecoins-and-cryptocurrencies-are-not
Full RBNZ Talk in Vimeo - https://vimeo.com/912104765
The Bullish Case for Bitcoin by Vijay Boyapati - https://vijayboyapati.medium.com/the-bullish-case-for-bitcoin-6ecc8bdecc1
Binance money laundering - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/21/binance-settlement-crypto-exchange
Zapstream - https://www.nostrapps.com/apps/zap-stream
Bitcoin Liquid - https://liquid.net/
The importance of quality research and data - speech by Chief Economist Paul Conway - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0hE4vUSleY
Kōura kiwisaver fund (Invests in Bitcoin) - https://www.kourawealth.co.nz/specialty-growth-funds/crypto-fund
Corrections:
OKC Exchange" refers to "OKX Exchange" used by Galoy.
Invest.co.nz article refers to the above interest.co.nz article.
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