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As time goes on, more and more friends and family are asking me about Bitcoin. Most people don't know what money is so that's always a good starting place. Unfortunately, macro economics as a whole is really complicated and I don't understand it so I can't explain it.
Lately, I've been thinking about what Lawrence Leppard and Jack Mallers have been talking about-- the upcoming big print. We're seeing that with the $5T big beautiful bill getting signed tomorrow, but isn't there more ways the money can be debased? From banks themselves? Or maybe it's inflation I'm thinking of.
Jack Mallers has talked about this briefly, something about Bank Capital Buffer. https://www.youtube.com/live/c9_CSMDRPVI?si=gH0LyBnZrovxaAnS&t=2912
I still don't understand yield curves. Would be great to figure out what that is.
Anyway, my question is this. Maybe more of a desire and less of a question. The Bank Capital Buffer rules being relaxed got swept under the rug because it happened at around the same time as when US bombed Iran. Because of that, I don't think a lot of people talked about it, and I think I missed out on having it digested and restated by eloquent podcasters. I'd like to understand the Bank Capital Buffer rules better.
I missed this too. It would be nice to have someone explain it. @denlillaapan, are bank capital buffer rules on your radar?
Yield curves: This is just what we call the relationship between bond yields and bond duration. Longer duration bonds typically have higher rates of return, because investors have to be compensated for locking up their capital for a longer period of time.
"Debasement" is when the monetary unit's underlying value is diminished directly, like when the US stopped using silver in its coins.
"Inflation" is when more units of currency are produced, which reduces the purchasing power of the currency. Banks can inflate the money supply through fractional reserve lending.
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It would be nice to have someone explain it. @denlillaapan, are bank capital buffer rules on your radar? not really. I think I know a thing or two about them, but not directly
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