Bitcoin vs. Gold: The U.S. Strategic Pivot Explained | The Bitcoin Policy Hour

Episode #2 of the Bitcoin Policy Hour hosted by the Bitcoin Policy Institute. Geopolitics and policy experts Matthew Pines, Zack Shapiro and Zack Cohen discuss America's Bitcoin and gold strategies in the context of a new monetary order and U.S.-China competition. They game out for what reasons, and with what likelihood, the U.S. may pivot from hoarding gold, to accumulating Bitcoin, and what this could mean for global capital flows and international relations.

Chapters:
00:00 - INTRO
01:10 - Geo-economic Forces & the Dollar Network
06:00 - Triffin's Dilemma Explained
10:50 - Gold as a Geopolitical Hedge
20:00 - U.S. Bitcoin Strategy & National Security
28:10 - Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR) & Budget Neutrality
43:00 - Global Fallout & Bitcoin's Geopolitical Role

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READ: A “Global Economic Reordering:” US-China Competition and Bitcoin as a Tool of US Statecraft, by Matthew Pines: https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/a-global-economic-reordering-us-china-competition-and-bitcoin-as-tool-of-us-statecraft
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