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