The Global Financial System Is Structurally Broken | David Dredge
from What Bitcoin Did
David Dredge joins the show for a deep dive into why risk is being dangerously misunderstood across global markets, and why Bitcoin’s recent underperformance may actually be a symptom of structural stress, not failure. David explains why volatility itself isn’t the risk, why leverage is the real accelerant, and how TradFi risk models quietly manufacture systemic blow-ups. We unpack how suppressed volatility, ETFs, options markets, and structured products are changing Bitcoin’s market structure, why leverage is creeping in through Wall Street rather than native crypto venues, and how max pain dynamics emerge when under-capitalised risk builds up. David breaks down why the four-year cycle narrative is breaking down, why Bitcoin’s muted year isn’t about demand weakness, and how positioning ultimately drives outcomes. THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS: IREN ANCHORWATCH BLOCKWARE LEDN BITKEY SWAN FOLLOW: Danny Knowles: https://x.com/\_DannyKnowles or https://primal.net/danny David Dredge: https://x.com/ConvexityDredge
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- 2:38 October 1987 crash and risk management
- 4:36 Defining risk as vulnerability, not predictability
- 6:09 The Sharpe ratio and flawed financial metrics
- 12:40 TradFi and leverage in the Bitcoin system
- 16:40 How large option markets impact Bitcoin
- 25:04 Endogenous risk and the buildup of leverage
- 27:17 TradFi destroys everything
- 30:17 Race car analogy: The key is good brakes
- 35:47 The fiat currency world is frustrating
- 39:34 Moving to a hard money standard
- 41:00 The single biggest weakness in economic policy
- 47:57 The true solution is productivity gains
- 55:18 Eliminate the unrecoverable so that you can pursue the unimaginable
- 58:30 The big risks in the macro world right now
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