Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell
Dave Collum: The Next Financial Crisis and Debating Whether The State Could Crush Bitcoin
By Natalie Brunell
Ep. 419 · Aired Sep 9, 2025 · 1h 25m · Last boosted Sep 13, 2025
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In this episode of Coin Stories, Natalie Brunell is joined by Cornell organic chemistry professor Dave Collum, a self-described Bitcoin agnostic, to debate markets, inflation, and state power. Topics discussed: The "complacency" bubble within the economy The Fed's playbook and next big crash: can they always print their way out? BRICS nations building an alternative system Gold vs. Bitcoin Why Dave believes "the state" won't allow Bitcoin to thrive What a real reset could look like Dave Collum is a long-time organic chemistry professor at Cornell University known for his commentary on economics and politics, which has recently...
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Great episode…this is one of those episodes that help move family and friends further down the btc path. Keep up the good work
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Dave is an idiot. The US Constitution absolutely does not and never has protected the right to own gold. It says states may only pay their debts in gold and silver. 6102 in no way changed that
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@npub1ahxjq4v0z… you hit the nail on the head when talking about nuance. I call it the marvel effect. Everyone’s a good guy or bad guy. No more grey area.
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While he’s not ENTIRELY wrong… as in I wouldn’t be able to say for certain that the state won’t do a 180 and turn against bitcoin and outlaw it (I agree that if our governments collectively outlaw bitcoin, anyone who owns in will be jailed for 10 years, then we could be in trouble), I think he failed to listen to Natalie’s point of “we are not seeing it”. Bitcoin being embraced by the elites is seen as a negative by…
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Oh boy. You really tried Natalie but he really doesn’t understand bitcoin. And bitcoin is not intuitive. You really have to understand the protocol before you can be confident. He is however right about us not understanding how bad things can get. We are a bit complacent about how violent the state can become (Israel as an example).
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Credit to you @npub1ahxjq4v0z… for getting these types of people onto your show 👏🏻, and for staying patient with them 😌. Fun to hear them dribbling the same FUD, rooted in the old system. Clearly lacking in proper undersanding of Bitcoin and scared to make an educated bet on the future. Dude probably held Blockbuster and Kodak stock all the way down 😜
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Can’t take Dave seriously anymore. He’s been shilling debunked takes regularly.