Chat_113 - China's Surveillance State, CBDC's, Shifting Paradigms, and the Bitcoin Wildcard with Roger Huang

Published: Sept. 25, 2024, 10:41 p.m.

"Stablecoins are acting in a way where they're bottoms up becoming a country. Countries are trying to reason with it, and the one thing the US is starting to understand is that whatever this thing is, it buys a ton of treasuries.I think what is gonna end up happening is the Western block, for a lack of a better word, they\u2019re putting their eggs in the stablecoin basket."- Roger Huang\nToday we bring on Roger Huang, author of "Would Mao Hold Bitcoin," in a fascinating conversation that spans the intricacies of China's surveillance state, the role Bitcoin played in resistance struggles around the world, the implications of central bank digital currencies, the stablecoin war, and the potential for bitcoin to become a global reserve currency. This one is not to be missed.\nLinks to check out\n\n"Would Mao Love Bitcoin?" (Link:\xa0https://tinyurl.com/yck3t29u)\nCashless: China's Digital Currency Revolution\n\xa0(Link: https://tinyurl.com/487am7bh)\nCarl Schmidt: The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy\xa0(Link:\xa0https://tinyurl.com/4parr6nk)\nThe Network State: How To Start a New Country\xa0(Link: https://tinyurl.com/ykua5b9h)\xa0\n\nGuest Links\n\nRoger on X (Link:\xa0https://x.com/Rogerh1991)\n\nHost Links\n\n\u2060Guy on Nostr \u2060(Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney)\n\u2060Guy on X \u2060(Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann)\nGuy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann)\nGuy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann)\nGuy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann)\n\u2060Bitcoin Audible on X\u2060 (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)\nThe Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room on Keet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3na6v839)\n\nCheck out our awesome sponsors!\n\nGet \u20605% off the COLDCARD\u2060 with code BITCOINAUDIBLE \u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060(Link: https://bitcoinaudible.com/coldcard)\nSwan\u2060: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)