BCB043_NIK BHATIA: Money of Enemies

Episode notes

Nik Bhatia is the author of the book Layered Money

Nik is incredibly knowledgable in the realms of economics, finance, and monetary history. Layered Money is an incredible resource for those who would like to learn about our current monetary system, and how Bitcoin changes the game.

Nik also authors a research publication called The Bitcoin Layer. This is a great resource for keeping up with Nik’s latest thoughts.

We Cover:

Geopolitics/Russian Conflict

Layered Money

Debt Supercycles

Changing World Order

The Burrito Index

The FED’s juggling act

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ABOUT NICK BHATIA:

Nik Bhatia is a financial researcher, CFA charterholder, and Adjunct Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business where he teaches Applied Finance in Fixed Income Securities. Previously, Nik worked the US Treasuries trading desk for a large institutional asset manager and has extensive trading experience in money markets and interest rate futures. After starting his teaching career, Nik felt the urge to bring his research on both the international monetary system and Bitcoin together as one to write the book Layered Money: From Gold and Dollars to Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies. He has a BA in Social Sciences from University of Southern California and a Master in Finance from IE Business School in Madrid, Spain.

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