About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of the Iran conflict on crypto markets, AI-driven layoffs at Block, and key Bitcoin trading levels.

People in this episode

Host: David Duong

Guest: Colin Basco

Topics covered

• Iran conflict
• crypto markets
• oil shock
• AI-driven layoffs
• Bitcoin trading
• market volatility
• inflation-risk

Keywords

• Iran
• crypto markets
• oil shock
• AI layoffs
• Bitcoin
• market volatility
• inflation
• gold
• Block

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Coinbase, Block

Products: Bitcoin, gold, oil

Places: Iran, Strait of Hormuz

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