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May 2019
1h 33m

Saifedean Ammous vs Peter Schiff on Soun...

Dr. Saifedean Ammous
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Saifedean debates Peter Schiff on the merits of Bitcoin vs. gold. THE BITCOIN STANDARD TOOLKIT/SPONSORS NYDIG - https://nydig.com Cyphersafe - https://cyphersafe.io/ OKCoin - https://okcoin.com/ Nodl - https://www.nodl.it/ Coldcard - https://coldcardwallet.com/ CoinBits App - https://coinbitsapp.com/ 
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