{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/607879ddfbe1eb33d6525119/641ad9b0c243fb00114407c6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"104: Balaji $1m Bitcoin Bet, Banking Crisis, Ryan Reynold’s Business Empire & GPT-4","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/undefined/1618503523536-c1cbc76bae7a41c0c8e869c960c73991.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Trung &amp; Bilal discuss Balaji's $1m Bitcoin bet, the banking crisis, Ryan Reynolds business empire, Trung’s meme going super viral and GPT-4.</p><p><br></p><p>Timestamps:</p><ul><li>(00:00:00) - Intro&nbsp;</li><li>(00:04:11) - Meme of the Week</li><li>(00:08:50) - The Backstory to Trung’s Tweet</li><li>(00:11:31) - How a meme goes viral</li><li>(00:13:11) - Balaji's Background</li><li>(00:15:28) - Balaji's $1m Bitcoin Bet</li><li>(00:16:55) - Banking Crisis Explained</li><li>(00:21:57) - SVB Post-Mortem</li><li>(00:27:03) - Infinite Money Printing Back?</li><li>(00:32:36) - Swap Lines Explained</li><li>(00:36:32) - Trung's take on Balaji’s Argument</li><li>(00:41:28) - Bilal’s take on Balaji’s Argument</li><li>(00:47:54) - Doing it for the meme?</li><li>(00:50:28) - Hyperbitcoinization?</li><li>(00:53:29) - Ryan Reynolds Business Empire</li><li>(00:55:30) - Van Wilder</li><li>(00:57:06) - Deadpool and Aviation Gin</li><li>(00:59:39) - Fastvertising</li><li>(01:01:08) - Mint Mobile and MVNO Businesses</li><li>(01:04:38) - Wrexham F.C.</li><li>(01:07:26) - Bearly A.I. Plug</li><li>(01:08:00) - GPT-3 vs GPT-4</li><li>(01:09:17 ) - Microsoft Copilot</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>What Is Not Investment Advice?</p><p>Every week, Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi &amp; Trung Phan discuss what they're finding on the edges of the internet + the latest in business, technology and memes.</p><p><br></p><p>Watch + Subscribe on Youtube:</p><p><a href=\"https://youtu.be/oQgsFh5lX_s\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/oQgsFh5lX_s</a></p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe + listen on your fav podcast app:</p><p>Apple: <a href=\"https://pod.link/notadvicepod.apple\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://pod.link/notadvicepod.apple</a></p><p>Spotify: <a href=\"https://pod.link/notadvicepod.spotify\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://pod.link/notadvicepod.spotify</a></p><p>Others: <a href=\"https://pod.link/notadvicepod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://pod.link/notadvicepod</a></p><p><br></p><p>Listen into our group chat on Telegram:</p><p><a href=\"https://t.me/notinvestmentadvice\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://t.me/notinvestmentadvice</a></p><p><br></p><p>Let us know what you think on Twitter:</p><p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/bzaidi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@bzaidi</a></p><p><a href=\"http://twitter.com/trungtphan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@trungtphan</a></p><p><a href=\"http://twitter.com/jackbutcher\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@jackbutcher</a></p><p><a href=\"http://twitter.com/niapodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@niapodcast</a></p><p><br></p><p>Links Mentioned:</p><ul><li>Trung's Meme: <a href=\"http://bit.ly/3FI4LZO\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://bit.ly/3FI4LZO</a></li><li>Balaji's Bitcoin Bet: <a href=\"https://bit.ly/3Ty2lTc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bit.ly/3Ty2lTc</a></li><li>Nongaap's SVB Substack: <a href=\"http://bit.ly/3Twi3hP\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://bit.ly/3Twi3hP</a></li><li>Arthur Hayes's BTFP: <a href=\"https://bit.ly/3ngL1G4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bit.ly/3ngL1G4</a></li><li>Balaji's BitSignal: <a href=\"https://bit.ly/40jb12c\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bit.ly/40jb12c</a></li><li>Noah Smith's Balaji Substack: <a href=\"http://bit.ly/3lxHsLn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://bit.ly/3lxHsLn</a></li><li>Austin Rief's Ryan Reynolds Twitter Post: <a href=\"https://bit.ly/3n6A5uJ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bit.ly/3n6A5uJ</a></li><li>Ryan Reynolds: <a href=\"https://bit.ly/3LH06uQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bit.ly/3LH06uQ</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Bearly A.I. Code: NIA150</p>","author_name":"Bilal Zaidi, Jack Butcher, Trung Phan"}