#657: China's Gold War with Mel Mattison

Marty sits down with Mel Mattison to discuss his bullish predictions for 2025, the merging of Treasury and Fed policy, China's gold accumulation strategy, and why he believes we're heading toward lower interest rates, higher asset prices, and a potential economic boom despite various geopolitical tensions. Mel on Twitter: https://x.com/MelMattison1 Mel’s website: https://www.melmattison.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:48 - Summer’s over 4:11 - Fed independence myth 9:58 - December bond futures 15:53 - Rate cuts and job market weakness 22:44 - Bitkey & Unchained 24:04 - Market gains but people suffering 29:52 - China's gold accumulation strategy 36:40 - Obscura & SLNT 38:32 - The west doesn’t understand China 45:35 - Opportunituy Cost 46:20 - China's long term perspective 51:07 - Make the west great again 55:52 - Trump/Fed conflict 1:00:20 - Bessent’s national security role 1:16:11 - Housing emergency and MAGA intervention 1:26:20 - Electricity prices 1:32:22 - Bitcoin volatility suppression STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/ Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/ TFTC Elite (Ad-free & Discord): https://www.tftc.io/#/portal/signup/ Discord: https://discord.gg/VJ2dABShBz Opportunity Cost Extension: https://www.opportunitycost.app/ Shoutout to our sponsors: Bitkey https://bit.ly/TFTCBitkey20 Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Obscura https://obscura.net/ SLNT https://slnt.com/tftc Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://tftc.io/ Newsletter tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/ Twitter https://twitter.com/tftc21 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/ Nostr https://primal.net/tftc Follow Marty Bent: Twitter https://twitter.com/martybent Nostr https://primal.net/martybent Newsletter https://tftc.io/martys-bent/ Podcast https://www.tftc.io/tag/podcasts/