James Lavish, reformed hedge-fund manager and co-managing partner of the Bitcoin Opportunity Fund and author of The Informationist newsletter, joined Episode 218 of the Julia La Roche Show as Bitcoin crossed the historic $100,000 milestone.

Lavish provides a comprehensive analysis of the current macro environment, explores why "all roads lead to inflation," breaks down MicroStrategy's Bitcoin strategy, and shares his outlook on institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies. He also discusses the widening wealth gap in America and examines the challenges facing the Department of Government Efficiency's ambitious spending cut goals.

Links:

Twitter/X: https://x.com/jameslavish

The Informationist: https://jameslavish.substack.com/

The Bitcoin Opportunity Fund: https://www.bitcoinopportunity.fund/

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction and welcome James Lavish

00:45 Post-election market overview

02:34 Fed policy and bond market reaction

04:56 Labor market and unemployment analysis

06:40 Discussion of economic soft spots

09:27 Wealth inequality and Cantillon effect

12:16 Federal Reserve's policy options

15:05 Understanding unemployment metrics

18:41 Debt and deficit discussion

24:19 Department of Government Efficiency analysis

29:34 Bitcoin breaking $100K milestone

33:24 Bitcoin ETF impact and institutional adoption

38:36 Bitcoin catalysts and outlook

44:18 MicroStrategy's Bitcoin strategy explained

51:13 Corporate Bitcoin adoption outlook

55:18 Closing thoughts and investment approach