181 - Is Cryptocurrency the silver bulle...

Norway turned North Sea oil into $2 trillion in the bank. Britain turned it into tax cuts, unemployment cheques and a housing bubble. We unpack the tale of two oil finds, why one country nailed it and the other blew it, and what it says about how nations really make, and lose, th ... Show More

250 years on, we ask the question: would America even exist without Alexander Hamilton? We tell the story of the French-speaking outsider who created the dollar, faced down the states, and set the world's biggest economy in motion, before being murdered in one of history's strang ... Show More

Every day that the Irish Financial Service Centre is open, they're selling an Irish business into foreign ownership. Since 2018, overseas acquirers have spent over €100 billion buying up Irish companies. I'm joined by Alan Coleman to look at why this is happening. We look at empl ... Show More

The last few months have made us acutely aware of inflation. We all agree that it's making our lives harder, but economists disagree about what's causing it. A special episode from our friends at Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510289/planet-moneySee pcm.adswizz.com fo ... Show More

Is an inflation spike around the corner – and if so, what effects could that have? To find out, Grant speaks to Jawad Mian of Stray Reflections, Jonathan Pain of the Pain Report, and Peter Boockvar of Bookmark Advisors. Each gives his take on where we are in terms of inflation no ... Show More

On today’s show, Michael J. Casey, CoinDesk's Chief Content Officer,  takes a look at the longer term impacts of inflation, and where bitcoin might fit. Read the full story here. This episode is sponsored by Kava and BCB Group. This episode was edited & produced by Adrian Blust  ... Show More

On today's Martin Luther King Jr. Special, David Z. Morris, CoinDesk's Chief Insights Columnist, takes a look at the intersection of inflation expectations and bitcoin. Read the story here. This episode is sponsored by Kava. This episode was edited & produced by Adrian Blust - ... Show More

Did you know that all the gold in the world would only fit into two Olympic-sized swimming pools? Charlie welcomes alternative assets expert Collin Plume, to discuss the state of the global currency, gold, silver, and crypto markets in the middle of one of the largest inflationar ... Show More

Today on the Brief: Elon Musk saves an SNL flop with a dogecoin satellite  Growing interest in Ethereum  UBS explores offering crypto to wealthy clients Our main discussion:The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg are both running headlines about increasing consumer prices. Fo ... Show More