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Preston Pysh on Why Currencies Fail

An encore presentation of NLW’s conversation with Preston Pysh recorded on March 12 – the infamous Black Thursday.

Updated Sep 14, 2021, 10:45 a.m. Published Dec 19, 2020, 2:00 p.m. 1 min read
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An encore presentation of NLW’s conversation with Preston Pysh recorded on March 12 – the infamous Black Thursday.

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This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.

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On March 12, as the U.S. government struggled to wrap its head around the emerging COVID-19 pandemic and markets floundered, bitcoin had one of its worst days in history, crashing by thousands of dollars and even hitting below $4,000 on some exchanges.

That evening, NLW and podcaster Preston Pysh recorded a conversation about bitcoin, central banks and what happens when currencies fail. Nine months later, the conversation is as salient as ever.

Find our guest online: @PrestonPysh

See also: Preston Pysh on Why We’ve Entered a Fundamentally New Era of Bitcoin Accumulation

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