181 - Is Cryptocurrency the silver bulle...

Live from New York, with a radical idea: treat the Irish diaspora as our greatest soft power asset. Every Irish child costs the state about €500,000 to educate, and America pockets the return when they emigrate. So scrap tax for two years for anyone coming home, and give citizens ... Show More

Ireland’s budget surplus is €9 billion, but the Department of Finance reckons €23 billion of the €34 billion in corporation tax is transient AI-boom money. Strip it out and we’re looking at a €13-14 billion deficit, heading for €20 billion by 2029. Meanwhile we’ve just pumped €7. ... Show More

Calouste Gulbenkian never drilled a well, never owned a rig, and still died the richest man in the world. We follow the Armenian fixer from Constantinople who took 5% of everything: the Turkish Petroleum Company, Royal Dutch Shell, even a deal with Stalin paid in Hermitage art. H ... 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