Central Banks Gone Wild! Feat. Bill Barhydt

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Central Banks Gone Wild! Feat. Bill Barhydt

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Dec 27, 2020

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Bill Baryhdt is the CEO of Abra, a mobile crypto banking app. In this discussion with NLW, Bill talks about the year in bitcoin and why the mass expansion of central bank balance sheets was the most important economic story of the year. Find our guest online: @billbarhydt The Breakdown is produced and distributed by CoinDesk.com

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Dec 27, 2020

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