Lyn Alden, founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, and Mauricio di Bartolomeo, cofounder of Ledn, discuss how inflation could affect the digital asset industry.

Show highlights:

• how Mauricio’s upbringing in Venezuela and firsthand experience with inflation led him to Bitcoin
• what a “long-term debt cycle” is and why Lyn thinks the 2020s could be similar to the 1930s and 1940s
• the difference between inflation and hyperinflation
• how inflation changes consumer investing and purchasing decisions
• what the impact of inflation is on Bitcoin
• how Russia’s war on Ukraine will continue to impact inflation
• how rising interest rates will affect Bitcoin and stablecoin adoption
• what type of economic environment is worst for BTC growth
• whether Bitcoin is an inflation hedge
• why Lyn is long-term bullish on stablecoins and Bitcoin
• what effect a global recession would have on Bitcoin
• how global inflation has changed adoption rates for BTC in developing economies
• how Venezuelans use and perceive Bitcoin
• why Lyn and Mauricio are excited about Lightning Network in developing countries
• what Lyn and Mauricio think about El Salvador’s adoption of BTC and its billion dollar BTC bond
• how Ledn, as a lending company, was able to navigate the Celsius/Voyager crash
• how Lyn analyzes the risks associated with firms like BlockFi
• what lessons Lyn and Mauricio have learned in 2022 about digital assets and the economy

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Episode Links Lyn Alden * Twitter: https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact * Website: https://www.lynalden.com/ * Previous Unchained episodes: * + Is Ethereum a Good Investment: https://unchainedpodcast.com/lyn-alden-and-raoul-pal-is-ethereum-a-good-investment/ + Why Bitcoin Now: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-meltem-demirors-and-lyn-alden-on-the-perfect-conditions-for-bitcoin/

Mauricio di Bartolomeo * Twitter: https://twitter.com/cryptonomista * LInkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricio-di-bartolomeo-780284101

Recommended Lyn Reading on Inflation * https://www.lynalden.com/ecb-trapped/ * https://www.lynalden.com/investing-during-stagflation/ * https://www.lynalden.com/may-2022-newsletter/ * https://www.lynalden.com/the-area-under-the-curve/ * https://www.lynalden.com/blockfi/

Ledn Information * https://ledn.io/ * https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/07/01/blockfi-approached-with-ledn-led-funding-offer-amid-ftx-acquisition-talks-report/

El Salvador * https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/02/opinion/bitcoin-el-salvador-bukele-crypto.html?searchResultPosition=1 * https://unchainedpodcast.com/bitcoin-in-el-salvador-why-would-cypherpunks-support-government-mandated-bitcoin-adoption-ep-375/

Inflation * https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1538909209022058498 * https://www.reuters.com/business/imf-cuts-global-growth-forecasts-warns-high-inflation-threatens-recession-2022-07-26/ * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGCxEMgnMco&list=PL9flMWibV82fmwt5vd0YROikG2msYYphX