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Jan 2022
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This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.    On today’s episode, NLW is joined by Nik Bhatia, author of “Layered Money” and The Bitcoin Layer newsletter. They discuss: Bitcoin’s relationship with equities and the TradFi markets Why the Fed is trapped by rates markets Whether privacy is essential to Bitcoin’s success The game theory around n ... Show More
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