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TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

#638: Q1 2025 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

By Marty Bent

Aired Jul 12, 2025 · 1h 49m · Last boosted Jul 15, 2025

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Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss Bitcoin's power law growth trend, the mathematical inevitability of money printing resumption, geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe, and the philosophical implications of exponential versus power-based growth systems colliding as Bitcoin adoption accelerates. Matthew Mežinskis on Twitter: https://x.com/1basemoney Porkopolis Economics: https://www.porkopolis.io/ STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/ Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/ TFTC Elite (Ad-free & Discord): https://www.tftc.io/#/portal/signup/ Discord: https://discord.gg/VJ2dABShBz Op...

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  • 100 via Fountain
    Really? We're going to play the "if we only spent more money earlier, we would have beat Russia" crap? A non-falsifiable, Russell's Teapot argument where he wants to dictate what another countries population is forced to spend money on? WTF do I care who rules over Donetsk and Luhansk? Get this man a copy of "Provoked". I can't with this BS.
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    I keep forgetting whether he’s from Estonia, Latvia, or Australia.
  • 100 via Fountain
    Great ep, just ignore the geopolitical takes form this American who abandoned his county
  • 100 via Fountain
    Skip the first 13 minutes if you don't feel like hearing Matt's take on Russia 🙄
  • 100 via Fountain
    One thing that allows Apple to grow at the pace it does its its ability to borrow money into existence from banks through bond sales. It literally is taking value from all other players in the system through the Cantillon effect. Stocks and the notion of compound interest on a hard money standard will exhibit a slower rate of growth. The interest rates on the gold standard were 1% under the Bank of England for centuries -- and that's with the existence of fractional reserve lending, something which may or may not exist in a world on the Bitcoin standard. There's no free lunch; for most of us to keep the value of our time and energy, the people who have been benefiting from the theft of it are going to need to stop stealing it.
  • 100 via Fountain
    My son just joined the Marines and I don’t want him going to defend a bunch of nazi/gangsters in Eastern Europe. and if it’s up to Matt he thinks we should send money and send our military to defend his people. This will be the last podcast I ever listen to with him. Maybe you should be on the front lines fighting Matt instead of pushing America to bankrupt itself and send its sons and daughters to fight for you.
  • 100 via Fountain
    Getting an error code when I try to play
  • 100 via Fountain
    I appreciate your analytical takes. But fuck your take on Eastern European politics.
  • 100 via Fountain
    “Not gonna get political” Immediately gets extremely political