Kitco News, Released on 4/10/23

For Part 1 of this interview, CLICK HERE

Larry Lepard, Managing Partner and Founder at Equity Management Associates and Michelle Makori, Lead Anchor and Editor-in-Chief at Kitco News, discuss Operation Chokepoint 2.0, and how the U.S. government is going after cryptocurrencies by choking off crypto’s access to traditional finance. Lepard explains how this helps pave the way for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Lepard discusses his outlook for the U.S. Dollar and provides his short term , 2 year and long term price forecast for the Bitcoin.

0:00 – Anti-crypto legislation
11:00 – Central bank digital currencies
17:49 – Bitcoin price manipulation
20:59 – Threats to Bitcoin
22:36 – Bitcoin reserves in central banks
25:46 – Currency collapse
30:42 – Bitcoin adoption
32:44 – Price forecast

Lawrence W. Lepard founded Equity Management Associates LLC. Currently, he is Managing Partner at Equity Management Associates LLC and Limited Partner at Johns Creek Partners LLC. He is also on the board of Amarillo Gold Corp. and Rise Gold Corp. In his past career he occupied the position of Principal at The Cue Ball Group LLC, Partner at Summit Partners LP, Managing General Partner at Geocapital Partners LLC, Investment Associate at Continental Illinois Venture Corp., Financial Analyst at Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co., Inc. and Financial Analyst of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker). Mr. Lepard received an undergraduate degree from Colgate University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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