{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5dd3757ace18715a629f30d9/5e2a549abdf007c3674e7363?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Europe's 'Crypto Prince' Michael | 'A New Financial Crisis Is Coming'","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5dd3757ace18715a629f30d9/1579833119032-780e0e5853a78560fac812bfa752b914.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Prince Michael of Liechtenstein fears we only delayed the Global Financial Crisis, and another financial crisis is looming.</p><p><br></p><p>**</p><p><br></p><p>Bailouts, money printing and negative interest rates may have all helped stave off the inevitable but judgement day is coming.</p><p><br></p><p>\"Well at the moment we are very efficiently kicking down the can along the road,\" he tells Blockchain Journeys. \"That can go on for a while.\"</p><p><br></p><p>He says he expects the European Central Bank will continue to do \"whatever it takes\" with a loose monetary policy allowing countries to increase debt and inflate their way out of it.</p><p><br></p><p>\"At the moment we did a monetary policy for more than 20 years to avoid a crisis.\"</p><p><br></p><p>\"Yeah, so I see a crisis coming up.\"</p><p><br></p><p>[Also in this episode:]</p><p><br></p><p>*How ordinary investors can prepare for the upcoming crisis.</p><p><br></p><p>*Why negative interest rates are \"dangerous\"</p><p><br></p><p>*Issues with the financial system that cryptocurrencies may help with.</p><p><br></p><p>*How he first heard about Bitcoin.</p><p><br></p><p>*Why the tiny country of Liechtenstein - population 38,500 - has become one of the most blockchain and cryptocurrency friendly in the world.</p><p><br></p><p>*How he talked the godfather of Ethereum into moving his new project to Liechtenstein.</p>","author_name":"Andrew Fenton"}