Natalie Brunell, Released on 4/17/25

Natalie Brunell is joined by Lyn Alden for a wide-ranging conversation on the forces shaping the global financial system and the future of money. Lyn breaks down the complexities of the US dollar’s reserve currency status, its role in persistent trade deficits, and the economic toll on America’s working class. The discussion spans monetary history, policy tradeoffs, the future of manufacturing, and the potential of Bitcoin as a neutral reserve asset in a volatile world.

00:00 Global reserve currency, trade deficits
4:44 Genius Group
5:12 Bitwise Investments
5:42 Bitcoin 2025 Vegas – Women of Bitcoin Brunch
5:50 How money printing hurts working class
10:29 Gold standard and trade deficits
12:47 Are tariffs good?
16:23 What does Trump actually want?
19:44 Revaluing gold
22:33 Wall Street volatility
25:56 Casa, Speed Wallet
26:47 The Bitcoin Way & Coinkite – securing your Bitcoin
27:29 Economic forecast
33:00 Will the US go back on the gold standard?
36:04 Wall Street vs. Main Street
39:35 Real estate future
42:14 Will Americans work in factories?
45:41 What should kids study?
48:24 Bitcoin’s future
51:21 Macro outlook
55:23 Bitcoin price predictions

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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