Talking Fomonomics with Scott Melker

Talking Fomonomics with Scott Melker

Author: Brad Mills May 22, 2020 Duration: 1:31:30
Hope you enjoyed this week’s episode with ex-DJ and Expert Trader Scott Melker. In this episode we talk all about the financial markets of the world. Will the world ever get to a place where Bitcoin explodes while the economies of the world destabilize? Scott shows his probable predictions on what that could mean for the 99% and how that could mean things worse overall. You can find out more about Scott here: Blockworksgroup.io Twitter Instagram Produced by Brad Mills - Twitter, Hamilton - YouTube, Jason Sanderson - Podcast Tech Other Credits: bitconnect theme by schmoyoho, graphics by CryptoScamHub, Magic Internet Money inspired by u/mavensbot, invention of bitcoin & all cryptocurrencies by satoshi nakamoto. Brad Mills is a partner at Xsquared Ventures. All opinions expressed by Brad & his guests do not reflect the opinions of Xsquared Ventures or Xsquared Ventures Management. Investing in cryptocurrencies is high risk and can get you rekt, do not treat any opinion expressed on this show as investment advice, but only as an expression of Brad’s opinion. This podcast is for informational purposes only. Do not attempt to HODL without doing your research first. Timestamps 3:00 - Who is Scott Melker? 7:37 - Scott’s music 9:28 - How lockdown is easier for single people 10:47 - Scotts ADHD throughout his life 12:32 - What got you interested in crypto? 26:10 - The simplest formula to getting rich in the stock market 31:42 - Everything wrong with the stock markets 40:37 - Counter trading the world markets 54:53 - Will Bitcoin decorrelate with the world markets? 1:06:00 - What would happen if we purged all the bad companies?

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