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Hacking Humanity With Bitcoin, feat. Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert

Two of bitcoin's most vocal advocates discuss why this year broke open the floodgates on an aging economic system.

Updated Sep 14, 2021, 10:47 a.m. Published Dec 22, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
Breakdown 2020-12-22 - Max Keiser and Stacey Herbert

Two of bitcoin's most vocal advocates discuss why this year broke open the floodgates on an aging economic system.

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Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert are one of bitcoin's most dynamic duos, producing a variety of content, including the Orange Pill podcast. In this discussion with NLW, they talk about why this year was transformational in terms of how people view the aging economic system, and why 2021 is poised to mint even more new bitcoiners.

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@maxkeiser
@stacyherbert

See also: Raoul Pal on the Coming Transformation of Monetary and Fiscal Policy

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