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Dec 2021
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TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast
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Join Marty as he sits back down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss:

- The growth of the global monetary base in Q3 2021

- Bitcoin is the sixth largest base money in the world

- Bitcoin should surpass the Great British Pound around $68,000

- The history of the Bank of England

- Lack of transparency from central banks

- Growing tyranny around the world

- Lessons from history

- much more

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