BREAKDOWN: ‘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.
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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.
This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io.
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
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