What Bitcoin Did, Released on 1/1/24

Lyn Alden is a macroeconomist and investment strategist. In this interview, we discuss the success of Lyn’s book before delving into the complexities of the current economic landscape, including the correlation between global liquidity and asset prices, notably Bitcoin. The conversation covers the bond market, inflation measures, bank insolvency issues, and the impact of fiscal policies on the economy. Lyn also shares insights on Bitcoin’s price cycles.

00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:44 Fed/Macro review
00:15:45 Bonds; banks; bitcoin bull run?
00:27:18 Macro vs elections; wen recession?
00:36:18 High inflation; Bitcoin sentiment
00:46:04 Bitcoin is legitimate; macro forecast

Lyn Alden is the founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy. Lyn has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in engineering management, with a focus on engineering economics and financial modeling. She worked as an electrical engineer at an aviation facility, and over the course of a decade worked her way up from being an intern to being the lead engineer and running the day-to-day operations and finances of the facility, before retiring early at age 33 with financial independence. Since then, Lyn has been a full-time investor and independent analyst. Her latest book is Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better.

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