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What Happens When Currencies Fail? Feat. Preston Pysh

Massive and novel government intervention in markets is now a foregone conclusion, but what happens to bitcoin as the dust settles?

Updated Sep 14, 2021, 8:19 a.m. Published Mar 13, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
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Massive and novel government intervention in markets is now a foregone conclusion, but what happens to bitcoin (BTC) as the dust settles?

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Yesterday, the Federal Reserve's New York branch announced more than a trillion dollars in liquidity injections into the market. In the coming weeks, many observers expect trillions of more in stimulus in a variety of exotic new intervention tactics.

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While this will (hopefully) stem the still emerging economic fallout from the pandemic, it creates its own new set of problems. In this episode of The Breakdown, @NLW is joined by “We Study Billionaires” host Preston Pysh to discuss:

  • How bond markets will react to the wave of stimulus
  • The challenge of global coordination for a new Bretton Woods
  • Why in the wake of stimulus some governments might turn to bitcoin
  • The three factors that lead to currency failure

Want more? Earlier this week NLW spoke to Ben Hunt on markets and narratives in the age of coronavirus

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Note: The views expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of CoinDesk, Inc. or its owners and affiliates.

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