Bitcoin and Inflation: What's the connection?

In the past few months, Bitcoin soared to more than $64,000, then crashed back below $30,000, but where is it going next?

Are we in for another bear cycle lasting years, or are we going to the moon? To figure that out, we have to look at what caused the recent run up.

Brian Brooks is the former Acting Comptroller of the Currency, and current CEO of Binance.US, so he has a particularly insightful perspective that bridges the worlds of traditional finance and crypto.

Renowned economist, George Selgin, is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Cato Institute's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives.

I chat to them both about what's going on with the US dollar money supply right now, and how that might affect your bitcoin holdings.

Edited by Lee Rennie

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