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‘As Toppy as It Gets’: Metals, Bitcoin and Fiat’s Race to the Bottom, Feat. Tavi Costa

The Crescat Capital portfolio manager gives his take on the flashing macro warning signals and why it is an explosive moment for gold, silver and (potentially) bitcoin.

Updated Sep 14, 2021, 9:55 a.m. Published Sep 11, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
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The Crescat Capital portfolio manager gives his take on the flashing macro warning signals and why it is an explosive moment for gold, silver and (potentially) bitcoin.

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Tavi Costa is a portfolio manager at Crescat Capital. In this conversation with NLW, he discusses:

  • The credit exhaustion moment in the engines of global growth
  • The race to the bottom for fiat currencies
  • The explosive moment for precious metals
  • Where bitcoin might fit in this larger framework

Find our guest online:
Twitter: @TaviCosta
Instagram: @TaviCostaMacro
Website: https://www.crescat.net

See also: US Stock Market Cap to GDP Ratio Reaches 190%, Eclipsing Dot-Com Bubble High

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