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PODCAST: Josh Brown on Why Bitcoin Is Like the 1800s Railroad Boom


“In the 1800s we had a bubble in railroads, and almost every one of them went bankrupt,” mentioned “Downtown” Josh Brown, CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management. “But what was left behind in the wake of that financial wreckage were the tracks, and the trains, and the stations, and the expertise to build more.”

That’s the analogy Brown sees with the bitcoin bubble of 2019, as defined in a current episode of Bitcoin Macro, a pop-up podcast sequence that includes audio system from CoinDesk’s upcoming Invest: NYC convention on Tuesday, Nov. 12.

“Eventually the technology [railroads] found a way to be profitable, useful, and became woven into the fabric of our society,” Brown mentioned. “So it’s possible that the crypto investments people made in 2019 were stupid, but that they had the right idea.”

The final six months have seen a rising dialogue between the bitcoin business and leaders in world finance. No longer written off as some ignorable area of interest, more and more individuals are asking: Is bitcoin a macro asset? Is it a safe-haven asset? How will it carry out within the subsequent recession?

Brown is an everyday contributor to CNBC. In this episode of Bitcoin Macro, CoinDesk’s head of technique, Nolan Bauerle, talks with Brown about:

  1. Why bitcoin appears like a protest asset however doesn’t see large quantities of capital flowing into it from turbulent areas.

  2. Why U.S. {dollars} and belongings like Manhattan actual property are nonetheless the highest choices for shifting wealth out of nations.

  3. Why it’s unattainable to understand how bitcoin will react in a recession given the distinctive set of circumstances surrounding the market’s previous 11 years.

  4. Why the bitcoin and crypto areas have veered forwards and backwards between overly optimistic and overly pessimistic.

  5. Why true know-how disruptions are inclined to occur lengthy after their earliest promoters have left the stage.

  6. Why the affect of bitcoin could also be one thing very totally different than the macro, non-sovereign cash narrative in favor right this moment.

Listen to the podcast right here or learn the entire transcript beneath.


 


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