Mike and Matt discuss: - What are bitcoin and cryptocurrencies

• Bitcoin vs Fiat

• Why people are interested in bitcoin and what makes it appealing?

• Why is bitcoin considered digital gold and an inflation hedge?

• Ethereum

• Fiat currencies push people to risk assets - the role of inflation

• What is Bitcoin mining

• Burying money in the backyard

• Mike's bad Bitcoin pun

• Russia's exclusion from SWIFT

• The shifting from trading in US dollars to country specific currencies

• Countries developing their own digital currencies

• Using crypto to avoid sanctions