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CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael J. Casey joins "All About Bitcoin" to discuss the significance of bitcoin in global finance amid recent concerns surrounding the banking industry. Plus, reaction to Balaji Srinivasan accepting a bet proposed by James Medlock that a single bitcoin would be worth $1 million in just 90 days due to hyperinflation in the United States.

Mar 24, 2023

Last weekend, Twitter was ablaze with reactions to former Coinbase Chief Technology Officer Balaji Srinivasan accepting a bet proposed by James Medlock that, due to hyperinflation in the United States, a single bitcoin would be worth $1 million in just 90 days (by June 15, 2023). CoinDesk Senior Research Analyst George Kaloudis breaks down the latest debate.

Mar 24, 2023

Delphi Digital co-founder Tom Shaughnessy reacts to entrepreneur Balaji Srinivasan responding to pseudonymous Twitter pundit James Medlock's tweet betting "anyone $1 million dollars that the U.S. does not enter hyperinflation." "I think he studied a lot of hyperinflation over the years and saw this as probably the best time for his call to action on alerting people [about] the difference between central banks and decentralized currencies," Shaughnessy said.

Mar 20, 2023