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Prediction Held up
Booth: The US Dollar Will Decline Once the Liquidity Crisis Ends
“Right now the US dollar is going up in value because governments around are all trying to get cash. Every company is trying to get cash and the US currency underlies 80% of world trade. It's the only reason it's going up in value right now. It will go down on …”
Jeff Booth Apr 30, 2020 ▶ 23:46 When Will Poor Revolt Against Rich? Is Unemployment Good? Currency Pegged To Bitcoin with Jeff Booth
Insight
Pysh: Lack of currency pegs drives runaway inflationary monetary policy
“The dollar is not pegged and neither is any other fiat currency. They're not pegged. And that's what drives this behavior of this runaway inflationary monetary policy.”
Preston Pysh Apr 22, 2020 ▶ 17:03 Preston Pysh on Bitcoin $200,000, QE at the top, UBI at bottom, $10t+ Fed Balance Sheet?
Assertion Supported
Peterson: Augur does not handle money transmission or fiat conversion
“We don't, we're not actually involved in converting US dollars to anything else. We're, we don't get involved with money transmission or anything like that. We don't distribute ether either.”
Jack Peterson Aug 27, 2017 ▶ 12:00 764: He Raised $5.3m in Token Offering on Etherum Blockchain to help you bet on future events
Disclosure
Peterson: Augur pays team in US dollars converted from crypto
“So we actually for the most part, our payroll is just in, in US dollars. ... But the well, we, so we raised money in cryptocurrency and have, you know, converted some of it to US dollars for payroll.”
Jack Peterson Aug 27, 2017 ▶ 17:38 764: He Raised $5.3m in Token Offering on Etherum Blockchain to help you bet on future events
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