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Interview location: Skype Interview date: Fri, 21st September 2018 Following the 2008 market crash, analysts are highlighting new risks for the global economy with rising government debt presenting a risk of a bond crash. The last 12 months have also seen a fall in the value of the local currency in countries such as Iran, Turkey and Venezuela. Data from Local Bitcoin’s highlights that in failing economies, Bitcoin is often seen as a safe haven. Bitcoin is playing an increasingly important role in the global economy with regulators and Wall Street coming to the table. In this episode, I talk with the author of The Bitcoin Standard, Saifedean Ammous and Wall Street veteran, Caitlin Long. We discuss: - The state of the global economy - Keynesian economics - Negative interest rates - Deregulation of the banking industry KYC/AML - The Bank Secrecy Act - Privacy and is it dangerous for Bitcoin - Rehypothecation - Fractional reserve Bitcoin - Implications of Wall Street adoption of Bitcoin - How the Bitcoin revolution will happen - Cross-border payments with Bitcoin - Liverpool winning the Premier League ----- If you enjoy The What Bitcoin Did Podcast you can help support the show my doing the following: Become a Patron and get access to shows early or help contribute Make a tip: Bitcoin: 3FiC6w7eb3dkcaNHMAnj39ANTAkv8Ufi2S QR Codes: Bitcoin | Ethereum | Litecoin | Monero | ZCash | Ripplecoin If you do send a tip then please email me so that I can say thank you Subscribe on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | TuneIn | RSS Feed Leave a review on iTunes Share the show and episodes with your friends and family Subscribe to the newsletter on my website Follow me on Twitter Personal | Twitter Podcast | Instagram | Medium | YouTube If you are interested in sponsoring the show, you can read more about that here or please feel free to drop me an email to discuss options. |