What Does The Fed Even Do? - FedWatch 121

Armin Sabouri recently demonstrated how wallet fingerprints can be used to decompose payjoin transactions and recover payment amounts, and in this episode he explains what that means for privacy tools across the board. Shinobi and Armin discuss why standardization efforts like BI ...  Show more

AI is officially a national security issue and Washington is moving fast. The Bitcoin Policy Institute's Zack Cohen, Zack Shapiro, and Ken Egan break down Palantir and Nvidia's sovereign on-prem AI architecture, OpenAI's government-coordinated 5.6 rollout, and reports that Beijin ...  Show more

Stack rejoins me on the show to chat about Bitcoin and the four macro factors to watch:

NLW covers the latest moves in Bitcoin's price, exploring what they say about the larger macro environment for risk assets and the likelihood of changes in Fed policy. Sponsored by: Ledn Need liquidity without selling your Bitcoin? For 6+ years, Ledn has been the trusted choic ...  Show more

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:22 - What is happening between the United States and China with chip manufacturing? 04:55 - Is the FED being weaponized against Russia and China? 23:11 - What should people expect in the energy sector moving forward? 29:54 - Zoltan Pozsar's q ...  Show more

Preston Pysh and Luke Gromen talks about the current events unfolding around the Fed’s current rate hike pause, whether this is it or will they keep on tightening in future meetings. They talk about the energy market, its impact on treasury yields, the Bitcoin shift that’s curren ...  Show more