BREAKDOWN: How Monopolies Sow the Seeds of Their Own Destruction

Today on the Brief:

• A consumer spending rebound
• A new crypto regulatory regime in Europe
• A bitcoin warning from a famed investor

This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Ciphertrace.

Our main discussion:

Tuur Demeester is the managing partner of Adamant Capital, a bitcoin investment firm that earlier this year published “The Bitcoin Reformation.”

In this conversation, he and NLW discuss:

• The four preconditions for a reformation, and how they apply today
• How hyperinflation contributed to the French Revolution
• Why inflation is becoming a more significant threat today
• How bitcoin memes function like unifying doctrines from past revolutions
• Why millennials could be the Greatest Generation 2.0

Find our guest online:

Twitter: @TuurDemeester

On the web: Adamant Capital