Macro Musings with David Beckworth

Matthew Pines on the Future of Money, AI, and Monetary Policy


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Matthew Pines is the executive director of the Bitcoin Policy institute. Matthew returns to the show to discuss the future of Bitcoin as a strategic reserve, US stablecoin regulation, geopolitics under Trump, monetary policy at the Fed, and much more.

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Recorded on May 16th, 2025

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:54 - Matthew’s Career Path and BPI

00:03:28 - Bitcoin and National Security

00:06:41 - Bitcoin Policy Summit

00:09:24 - State of Crypto Legislation

00:13:13 - Geoeconomics

00:24:17 - The Dollar’s Future

00:31:56 - Stablecoin Use Cases

00:39:29 - Future of Money

00:45:50 - Future of Monetary Policy

00:52:27 - Outro

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