TGM Classic | Nik Bhatia | Bitcoin as a Digital Version of Gold

On today's episode of The Greatness Machine, Darius chats with Nik Bhatia, financial researcher, CFA charterholder, and Adjunct Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business where he teaches Applied Finance in Fixed Income Securities.  Previously, Nik worked the US Treasuries trading desk for a large institutional asset manager and has extensive trading experience in money markets and interest rate futures.  After starting his teaching career, Nik felt the urge to bring his research on both the international monetary system and Bitcoin together as one to write the book Layered Money: From Gold and Dollars to Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies. You'll discover some of the primary misconceptions people have about Bitcoin. You'll learn how to think of Bitcoin as a digital version of gold. You'll also discover Bitcoin's current market capitalization. Join Darius and Nik for this fascinating and eye-opening discussion. Topics include: Some of the primary misconceptions people have about Bitcoin Seeing Bitcoin as a digital version of gold Bitcoin's current market capitalization And other topics… Connect with Nik: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nik-bhatia-cfa-cmt-b549b858/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/timevalueofbtc  Connect with Darius: Website: https://therealdarius.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dariusmirshahzadeh/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imthedarius/    YouTube: https://therealdarius.com/youtube  Book: The Core Value Equation https://www.amazon.com/Core-Value-Equation-Framework-Limitless/dp/1544506708  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices