How STRC Is Generating Real Yield in a World of Fake Money w/ Radu Chichi

How STRC Is Generating Real Yield in a World of Fake Money w/ Radu Chichi

April 3, 2026 · 1h 39m · Episode 653

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The episode discusses the intersection of hard money, credit, and economic elasticity in the context of Bitcoin with guest Radu Chichi.

What happens when a fixed monetary base collides with a world that needs credit to grow? In this conversation, Eric Stacks sits down with Radu Chichi — software engineer, Bitcoin thinker, and author of the essay "Bitcoin Doesn't Need to Stretch" — to unpack one of the most misunderstood debates in the Bitcoin space: the relationship between hard money, credit, and economic elasticity. The conversation covers why mainstream economists and Bitcoin maximalists talk past each other, how Michael Saylor's Strategy is engineering a reflexive flywheel that most people haven't grasped yet, why fractional reserve banking may have a legitimate place on a Bitcoin standard, and how the great demonetization of real estate, equities, and commodities is already quietly underway. This conversation explores the deeper forces shaping human behavior, institutions, and the future of civilization.

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