Why Trump's Money Printer Changes Everything with Scott Melker
The Rollup22 Loka 2025

Why Trump's Money Printer Changes Everything with Scott Melker

Trump's monetary policy changes everything for Bitcoin, gold, and stablecoins.

In this episode, we sit down with Scott Melker (The Wolf of All Streets) to discuss Trump's money printing playbook, why calling market tops is a fool's game, and how stablecoins might finally get Fed master accounts.


We discuss:

- Why Calling Market Tops Is a Fool's Game

- Gold's 30-Year Underperformance vs. Inflation

- The Bitcoin-to-Gold Ratio Breakdown

- Trump's Money Printing Playbook

- Coinbase's $375M Echo Acquisition Strategy

- How Institutional DeFi Is Just Getting Started

- Why Stablecoins Might Get Fed Master Accounts


Full episode links below.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:06 Why Calling Market Tops Is a Fool's Game

01:32 Liquidity Environment & Trump's Fed Plans

03:35 Gold vs Bitcoin: The Correlation Nobody Expected

05:08 Gold's Historical Performance (The 30-Year Underperformance)

06:38 Mean Reversion Trade Analysis

08:35 Relay Ad, Enso Ad, Talus Ad

09:20 Government Debt Strategy (How They'll Print Their Way Out)

10:30 Bitcoin-Gold Ratio Discussion

12:39 Coinbase's Echo Acquisition

16:36 Crowdsourced Fundraising Future

17:19 Fed Payments Innovation Conference (What's Actually Happening)

18:04 Maple & Aave Partnership (Institutional DeFi Is Starting)

21:49 Alvara Ad, Hibachi Ad

22:10 Wall Street Meets DeFi Finally Happening

24:50 Bitcoin As Portfolio Collateral (The Institutional Use Case)

27:16 Money Multiplier & Credit Extension

28:06 Stablecoin Fed Access Plans (Trump's Administration Wildcard)

31:25 Closing Thoughts


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