BREAKDOWN: Can $700B in Quantitative Easing Calm the Markets? CoinDesk's Michael Casey and Noelle Acheson Discuss
Over the weekend, the Fed decided it couldn’t wait for Wednesday’s planned meeting to act, cutting interest rates to nearly 0%. It also announced $700 billion of direct capital injection through the p...
16 Maalis 202024min
LTB!: Consensus Oracles and 'Anything That Can Be Decentralized Will Be Decentralized' 6 Years Later
The best Sundays are for long reads and deep conversations. Last week the Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss a new consensus driven approach to DeFi oracles and to revisit Johnston's Law (an...
15 Maalis 202034min
LEIGH: Udi Wetheimer on Real Bitcoin Use and Cyperpunk Myths
The cypherpunk movement has expanded far beyond the 2,000 people who subscribed to mailing lists in the 1990s. In 2018, Entrepreneur reported there are more than 8,000 posts on Bitcointalk every day, ...
14 Maalis 202059min
BREAKDOWN: What Happens When Currencies Fail? Feat. Preston Pysh
Massive and novel government intervention in markets is now a foregone conclusion, but what happens to bitcoin as the dust settles? Description Yesterday, the Federal Reserve announced more than a t...
13 Maalis 20201h 7min
BREAKDOWN: 6 Good Reasons for Bitcoin HODLers to Stay Calm
The Coronavirus got really extra real today for markets. A two and a half week selloff was tipped to the next level by a major ratcheting up of action from the US government (which still seemed clearl...
12 Maalis 202016min
BREAKDOWN: Ben Hunt on Markets and Narratives in the Age of Coronavirus
The week of February 12, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was reaching new all time highs. Meanwhile, China’s quarantine of the 11 million people in Wuhan was three weeks old and expanding to other pa...
11 Maalis 202058min
BREAKDOWN: Crypto Fundraising and a Nothing-Is-Safe Haven
Whatever you thought of the uncorrelated or safe haven narratives a few weeks ago, it’s hard to deny that bitcoin and crypto are moving in lock step with equities - even mirroring a small bounce in th...
10 Maalis 202014min
BREAKDOWN: What the Market Crash Means for Bitcoin, Feat. Delphi's Kevin Kelly
Bitcoin’s price has cratered, but it’s nothing compared to the broader market havoc. From the Coronavirus scare to an oil price war, a confluence of factors is aligning to make it a very rough Monday....
9 Maalis 202033min
