Why Vodafone’s Defection Won't Matter For Libra
News broke yesterday that the Libra Association had seen it’s 8th high profile defection, this time from the telecom giant Vodafone. In today’s episode of the breakdown, @nlw argues that Association m...
22 Tammi 202018min
Gitcoin's Kevin Owocki on Controversy and the Future of Open Source Funding
Ever since announcing their fourth round of grants, Gitcoin has been a major subject of conversation across the Twittersphere. In addition to all the excited buzz from both technical projects and medi...
21 Tammi 202027min
4 Reasons Crypto Should Care About Davos
The World Economic Forum kicks off today. CoinDesk and The Block both have representatives there. Numerous panels relate to topics around the industry. At the same time, the centralized power structur...
20 Tammi 202022min
The Breakdown Weekly Recap | Jan 18 2020
A single long-form episode with all daily episodes of The Breakdown along with a TL;DR on the week: Monday - Tokenized NBA Contracts & The Hunt For Crypto’s Killer App Tuesday - Mati Greenspan on t...
18 Tammi 20201h 44min
Tyrone Ross On The Next Million Crypto Investors
One man. Three piping hot takes. In this special interview episode of The Breakdown, financial advisor and crypto advocate Tyrone Ross shares his thoughts on: Why Financial Advisors are the key to b...
17 Tammi 202028min
Why ‘Crypto Dad’ Is Building the Digital Dollar Foundation
As Libra continues to spur discussions among regulators around the world, and China’s digital yuan comes ever closer to fruition, the U.S. Federal Reserve seems disinclined to look seriously at a digi...
16 Tammi 202016min
Why DeFi Is Surging As The Market Pumps
Crypto tokens weren’t the only thing that saw a major pump yesterday. The total value locked in DeFi ascended to new heights. While part of this can be explained simply by the rise in ETH price, it al...
15 Tammi 202016min
Mati Greenspan on the Technical and Macro Roots of Bitcoin’s Price Surge
Bitcoin is up more than 8% in the last 24 hours. BSV, meanwhile, is up nearly a whopping 100%. The question is, of course, why? Is it some larger macro context? A pump-and-dump? Or just the crypto mar...
14 Tammi 202018min
