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Feb 2023
1h 14m

The Power to Mint Money

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Today on the show, Ryan and David are Guestless!

The two cover the history of crypto bull markets. What patterns are found in every single bull market? Now that there are three very distinct crypto market cycles, what can we learn from them? Crypto democratizes the ability to mint new assets. How are humans dealing with this newfound superpower? Ryan and David answer all of these questions and so much more.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
10:24 What is Money?
16:40 What is Crypto Doing?
24:40 The Power Patterns
28:20 2013
32:40 Corruption Part of the Cycle
37:15 ICO Mania & Corruption
54:00 2020 DeFi Summer
59:50 NFTs
1:03:20 2023
1:06:00 The Good & The Bad
1:10:05 Closing & Disclaimers

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