Episode 99 - Is Your Money Safe? The collapse of SVB and Silvergate

Satoshi's Plebs

13-03-2023 • 53 mins

In my opinion the United States banking system is showing great weakness. This weeks collapse of two large banks demonstrates this. These banks collapsed for different reasons but both demonstrate the inherent risks of a fractional reserve banking system.What is going on? What does it mean for you? Is this going to affect the economy or you?

Let's dive in..

News and Links

Missouri Bill to Protect Bitcoin Mining

Wyoming Passes Bill to Prevent Forced Disclosure of Private Keys

Silvergate Bank Closing

US Government Selling Bitcoin?

Block Height at time of recording: 780,574

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Music Credits

Protofunk by Kevin MacLeod

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The following music was used for this media project:

Music: Ethernight Club by Kevin MacLeod

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Artist website: https://incompetech.com

Website

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Podcasting 2.0 Apps available at http://podcastapps.com and Value4Value information page available here: https://value4value.info

I can be reached by email at mcintosh@gen-btc.com and on Twitter at @McIntoshFinTech. My mastodon handle is @mcintosh@podcastindex.social. Looking forward to hearing from you!