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Podcast: Bitcoin & Markets
Episode: Shadow Banking Secrets: Collateral Multiplier - E374
Description: Bitcoin & Markets: Macro, money, geopolitics and news LIKE AND COMMENT!! In this episode, I discuss collateral re-use and collateral multiplier. Similar to Fractional Reserve Banking, collateral rehypothication creates a hyper-elastic environment for US Treasuries, in good times. In bad times, this behemoth takes time to turn, but when it does collateral chains start to shorten and their is a move into the primary market for US Treasuries. This causes rates to at first look like a dollar shortage and turn into a collateral shortage, a certain period prior to credit events or recession. Right now...