On today's show, we dive into an excerpt from “The Future of Money,” by author and Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University, Eswar Prasad, as he examines the forces – the rise of bitcoin and stablecoins and foreign currency competition – threatening the dollar’s perch as the world’s reserve currency.

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This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.

This episode was edited & produced by Adrian Blust with music production by Doc Blust & Colin Mealey

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