IA Q&A - BTC Plans for August, Reg, Tax Bill, RE Build vs Buy, Olympics and Crypto + so much more

Weekly Q&A

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0:00 What will Bitcoin do in August?
Everyone
BTC Historical August Returns

2:00 How is it that all cryptos move so closely with bitcoin? We all see it happening, and accept it, but how is it logistically possible for so many coins to effectively be tethered to BTC?
Ed B

BTC vs All AltCoins

4:00 You talk about inflation and Cathie Woods talks about deflation – you’ve said that you and her disagree on this point. Elaborate?
Grey Knight
Cathie Expects Deflation... But IA.

5:00 IA POV on Inflation - Deflation
Now We Have Inflation
When you get a 2.5% Raise but Inflation is 15%

Next Stagflation - 6-12 mos from now
Good for bitcoin

Deflation - 18 mos from now
Not good for BTC

7:00 Talk about the new crypto US tax bill for infrastructure.
Everyone

$28B Tax Infrastructure Bill
Veiled as a good thing. Will be modified. Clear lack of understanding of the space.

9:00 What is the best way for crypto become regulated? Do you think they will hammer Bitcoin just to protect their own CBDC like China?
Nguyen B
Best Way to Regulate Crypto

11:00 Your take on China banning crypto (perhaps this a part of the plan) vs China getting hugely military ready to take over Taiwan.
USA is heavily active in the Asian region, how and what effect do you think that this will have on the economic marked, stock and crypto?
Luna S H
China vs BTC and USA

12:00 Is now a good time to build a house? Or wait a year? I own the land outright, so that should be good enough to act as my down payment. It will rent for more than the mortgage.
I'm looking at getting a one-time-close loan if possible just to cover myself in case rates jump in the next year. Thoughts?
Morris
Buying vs Building
PROS
You get what you want
You own the land
New construction has low maintenance
Energy efficient
CONS
Hard to stay within budget
Stress
Mgt challenges dealing with contractors
Cost per sq ft often runs over what it would cost to buy an existing house
Oppty cost of time lost
Oppty cost of investing in BTC
Lawsuits from subs
I have to stress - stress is a killer

14:00 Is it possible with the rise of stable coins that we are going to a future where all large companies such as Google, Amazon, etc will have their own coin and that, in the long term, the classic stock exchange will disappear?
Thijs St

Tokenization of the World

16:00 Fun Q: With just about one week left, which country do you think will top the Olympic Medals Table and is there any correlation to their crypto friendliness?
RuffRuff

Olympic Tally
USA will top the Olympic Medal count. Currently USA and China are tied at 46 medals each with Russia in behind at 37. USA still has 68 medals it’s expected to win, China and Russia have 39 and 33 - USA should crush it. - If current expectations play out, US would still win comfortably with 114, China at 85, Russia at 70. Here are the scenarios for USA not to win
Correlation Between Olympic Medals and Crypto Friendliness

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