The Ethereum Merge and Macroeconomic Risks

The long-awaited Ethereum Merge is finally upon us and will happen on September 15th or 16th. The Ethereum protocol is moving to Proof of Stake and moving away from Proof of Work. In this episode, We about go over additional details about the Proof of Stake consensus protocol and our strategies for trading around The Merge. We also go into details about inflation in our current macroeconomic environment and what the Federal Reserve has decided to do in order to reduce inflation to the target of 2% at all costs.

Full show notes:

(03:50) The Merge timeline, broken down

(04:49) Scalability and moving to Proof of Stake

(08:11) What it means to Miners when Ethereum moves to POS

(11:35) Ethereum will go through trials to remain stable

(12:32) How much money we have in Ethereum

(14:32) Paris upgrade before the Merge to POS September 15-16

(16:17) Trading the Ethereum merge

(21:05) Risks to Staking Ethereum

(24:18) Macroeconomic impacts to crypto market

(29:55) Impacts of increasing rates from the Federal Reserve

(34:00) General macro picture and how interest rates are likely to affect crypto markets

(34:45) Inflation impacts and outlook

(35:17) Our outlook on crypto technology

(40:07) Bamboo Story Toilet Paper Product on Amazon

 

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