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Chad Cascarilla - Blockchain’s Carpenter - [Joys of Compounding, EP.26]
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Chad Cascarilla - Blockchain’s Carpenter - [Joys of Compounding, EP.26]

21 insights saved from this episode by @money
  1. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    Shorting the riskiest securitization slice cost about 1% annually, versus roughly 25–40% for shorting underlying equity.
  2. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    Some critical financial institutions depend on three elderly specialists who understand obsolete systems, creating a terrifying continuity risk.
  3. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    Smartphones reach about 85% of the world. Bank accounts reach only about 65%, despite centuries of financial infrastructure.
  4. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    Information technology erased retail-wholesale spreads across most industries. Finance kept its spread.
  5. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    People want dollars available 24/7, settled instantly, free to use, and programmable. Stablecoins can provide all four.
  6. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    A cheap, contained securitization short created an unusually asymmetric trade worth scaling through dedicated funds.
  7. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    DeFi creates global capital pools where people in different countries can access the same lending rates regardless of identity or location.
  8. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    To understand a financial crisis, follow who funds risky assets, not merely the assets or public equity.
  9. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    Meditation and Tai Chi can make self-examination unavoidable, challenging your usual assumptions about reality.
  10. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    Blockchain is a database nobody controls, allowing information and ownership to move without a mandatory intermediary.
  11. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    A major regulatory shift could push blockchain and crypto from the fringes into traditional finance at unprecedented scale.
  12. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    Regulatory hostility constrained regulated crypto while unregulated growth built innovation that could move into traditional finance if restrictions ease.

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