Matthew Mezinskis

Crypto Voices

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Podcast covering diverse trends in Bitcoin and blockchain tech, decentralization, entrepreneurship, cryptoeconomics and liberty. Author note: All authors, whose content is featured on Crypto Voices, are contacted beforehand for permission, regardless of copyright or license such as Creative Commons. If you are an author whose work is reproduced here and you have not heard from Crypto Voices, it's because we couldn't find a way to contact you. However, in this situation your work was already licensed Creative Commons, and it was so great anyway that we just couldn't wait to turn it into audio a...

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Matthew Mezinskis

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PE72: Bitcoin fees, revisited (in perspective) 26.05.2023 7:00

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the seventy-second video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:18 Fees in USD landscape 02:22 TTM issuance % in USD terms 04:03 T...

PE71: How long has Peter Schiff been BEARISH??? 19.05.2023 18:57

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the seventy-first video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:21 Peter's bearish stance 01:28 Gold on left, Bitcoin on right...

PE70: Does gold have a TREND? 18.05.2023 15:58

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the seventieth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:32 Starting at bottom of bear 01:39 Exponential trends straight lines...

PE69: How often is Bitcoin UNDER trend?? 17.05.2023 16:13

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the sixty-ninth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 01:01 First times breaking above & below 03:06 Into and out of crypt...

PE68: What's the BTC price trending at??? 16.05.2023 9:58

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the sixty-eighth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:58 Power trendline all-time 02:05 Working backwards in time 04:17 De...

PE67: Reserves & Recessions... in Canada! 15.05.2023 14:54

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the sixty-seventh video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:35 Base money in banks 01:52 Demand deposits 03:45 Reserve ratio 04...

PE66: Base money in Canada 12.05.2023 24:08

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the sixty-sixth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:40 Physical currency (banknotes) 01:12 Money printing during Covid 01...

PE65: Ordinals & FEES: Macro Bitcoin Perspective 10.05.2023 23:21

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the sixty-fifth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:53 Latest daily average Tx fees (in dollars) 02:00 Non-base money use...

PE64: Ordinals, et al... Bitcoin still BASE MONEY 09.05.2023 16:45

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the sixty-fourth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:35 Daily average transaction fees (in dollars) 01:23 Brief history o...

PE63: Are the Scandics really cashless? 26.04.2023 16:48

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the sixty-third video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:25 Brief history of paper money 02:10 Denmark physical currency suppl...

CV150: Ben Prentice - Economics in one lesson 25.04.2023 58:59

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the one hundred fiftieth podcast episode from Crypto Voices. Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Matthew and Alec interview Ben Prentice, co-creator of the wonderful gold-influenced website 'WTF Happened in 1971?' He is a...

PE62: Bitcoin vs. the FED (II) 24.04.2023 12:11

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the sixty-second video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:38 Review of Fed Balance sheet (Base money) 02:24 BTC market cap vs....

PE61: Bill Clinton and Bitcoin (I) 21.04.2023 15:18

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the sixty-first video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:15 The balance sheet of the Federal Reserve 01:45 Disclaimer 1: Monetary base (Total Fed...

PE60: Reagan, Clinton, and debt: Who was better? (III) 19.04.2023 25:54

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the sixtieth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:20 Review of debt after Vietnam 02:22 Ronald Reagan and US debt 04:25 Bill Clinton and US d...

PE59: USA Public debt - WWI to Vietnam (II) 18.04.2023 15:48

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the fifty-ninth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:20 Review of 1800s during Gold standard 01:50 World War I 05:05 Fed debt holdings before...

PE58: USA Public debt in the 1800s (I) 17.04.2023 16:38

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the fifty-eighth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:25 First congress, first president, first constitution 01:20 Federal reserve ownership...

PE57: Those sweet POWER trendlines on bitcoin price 14.04.2023 13:56

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the fifty-seventh video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:20 Log scale 01:20 Best BTC-fitting trend is power trendline 02:20 2010 power trendlin...

PE56: Austrian Business Cycle Theory & Practice (XI) 13.04.2023 24:11

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the fifty-sixth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 01:10 Fed Funds target rate 04:14 Fed Funds effective rate 05:29 Interest on bank reserves...

PE55: Floored interest rate policy (X) 12.04.2023 24:30

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the fifty-fifth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:55 From discount rate to Discount window 05:25 2006 regulation allowing 'Interest on...

PE54: Where was the hyperinflation in 2008? (IX) 11.04.2023 16:56

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the fifty-fourth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 02:00 Exploding reserves (and balance sheet) 03:20 What happens when supply outstrips dema...

PE53: What was the Greenspan-Bernanke Put? (VIII) 10.04.2023 24:31

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the fifty-third video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 01:45 Review of all-time high rates 03:03 Once the hard work was done... 05:34 Fed begins n...

PE52: Walter Bagehot and central banking (VII) 05.04.2023 21:18

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the fifty-second video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:30 Walter Bagehot 03:20 Bagehot's theory on the lender of last resort 04:56 Great depre...

CV149: Lewis Cohen - Ineluctable Modality of Securities Law 04.04.2023 57:19

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the one hundred forty-ninth podcast episode from Crypto Voices. Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Matthew and Alec interview Lewis Cohen from DLx Law about Bitcoin, crypto, and securities law. He recently co-authored an importa...

PE51: The Fed, the Discount rate, and the Great Depression (VI) 03.04.2023 22:51

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the fifty-first video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 01:00 What does the central bank do? 01:40 How do Fed interest rates compare with history?...

PE50: How much money does the US Treasury have? (V) 31.03.2023 26:26

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/ This is the fiftieth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast. Contents 00:00 Intro 00:58 Weekly balance sheet update 03:30 To be clear: Base money is Notes + Bank reserves 05:50...