Episode 16 of Hard Money with Natalie Brunell - Headlines this week include intensifying volatility in global financial markets, soaring yields in the bond markets, major selloffs in equities, the Fed’s aggressive stance on hiking rates, rising mortgage rates, the British pound plunging to a record low against the US dollar, the election of ultra conservative Giorgia Meloni as Italy’s new Prime Minister, ruptures in the Nord Stream pipelines likely due to sabotage, Russia granting citizenship to Edward Snowden, Interpol issuing a Red Notice for Terra Luna founder Do Kwon, Alex Mashinsky resigning from Celsius, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s criticism of DeFi, Colorado becoming the first US State to allow the payment of taxes in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, and Bitcoin Magazine’s upcoming conference in Amsterdam.

This week’s guest commentator is James Check aka Checkmate, lead on-chain analyst at Glassnode. And for this week’s Hard Money Special Report, Natalie spoke to Wyoming Senator, Cynthia Lummis about the regulation of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.

Chapters:

00:00:00 “Hard Money” Intro 00:00:35 Bitcoin, Macroeconomic and Political Headlines from this Week 00:11:44 Interview with James Check aka Checkmate, from Glassnode 00:21:46 Special Report: Crypto Regulation featuring Senator Cynthia Lummis 00:28:45 “Hard Money” Outro