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The Blind Spot | Episode 3: From Scottish free banking to Voyager crypto (w/Frances Coppola)

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In this episode we are joined by Frances Coppola, a noted freelance commentator on financial markets and crypto, to discuss the failure of crypto lender Voyager. We also ponder what Scotland can learn from the failings of major stablecoins. 2:45 - the crypto collapse chronology 6:30 - Three Arrows 10:00 - Is it 1907 or 1996 in crypto 13:00 - How Sam-Bankman Fried is the new JP Morgan. 18:30 - Nothing new under the sun 21:00 - Crypto's one utility is being a financial flight simulator 27:00- Michael Saylor's mortgage your house to buy bitcoin advice 34:00 - Crypto's Big Bang equivalent 38:00 - Old money vs New money 40:00 - Florida is the new financial centre of the world 45:00 - Voyager's unwinding 50:00 - How FDIC insurance actually works 1:05:00 - Scottish freebanking 1:15:00

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In this episode we are joined by Frances Coppola, a noted freelance commentator on financial markets and crypto, to discuss the failure of crypto lender Voyager. We also ponder what Scotland can learn from the failings of major stablecoins.



2:45 - the crypto collapse chronology

6:30 - Three Arrows

10:00 - Is it 1907 or 1996 in crypto

13:00 - How Sam-Bankman Fried is the new JP Morgan.

18:30 - Nothing new under the sun

21:00 - Crypto's one utility is being a financial flight simulator

27:00- Michael Saylor's mortgage your house to buy bitcoin advice

34:00 - Crypto's Big Bang equivalent

38:00 - Old money vs New money

40:00 - Florida is the new financial centre of the world

45:00 - Voyager's unwinding

50:00 - How FDIC insurance actually works

1:05:00 - Scottish freebanking

1:15:00 - GFC

1:23:00 - The cost of french chateaux

1:25:00 - House building norms

1:27:00 - Energy shortages

1:28:00 - MMT perspectives on resource constraints

1:35:00 - CBDC account money

1:37:00 - What are the options for Scotland

1:41:00 - The UK's own renegade independence movements

1:47:00 - ABBA Avatars and the Metaverse

1:50:00 - Gulliver's travels

1:52:00 - Opium dens
Frances Coppola
I’m Frances Coppola, writer, singer and twitterer extraordinaire. I am politically non-aligned and economically neutral (I do not regard myself as “belonging” to any particular school of economics). I do not give investment advice and I have no investments.Coppola Comment is my main blog. I am also the author of the Singing is Easy blog, where I write about singing, teaching and muscial expression, and Still Life With Paradox, which contains personal reflections on life, faith and morality.

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