Transcript: David Birch podcast

David Birch is the author of The Currency Cold War: Cash and Cryptography, Hash Rates and Hegemony.

The following is a transcript of the podcast episode David Birch on CBDCs and the “currency Cold War” between commentator and author David Birch and GRIP senior reporter Carmen Cracknell.

[INTRO]

Carmen Cracknell: So thank you for joining me David. I saw you speak a few weeks ago at the

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