BREAKDOWN: Why Bitcoiners Are Rooting for This Latest China Mining Ban to Finally, Actually Be Real
Could new pressure from the CCP remove coal-powered hash power from the bitcoin mix? This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io. This week has been China story after China story in the world of crypto. Inc...
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BREAKDOWN: The Real Story of the Crypto Crash Has Very Little to Do With Elon or China
It wasn’t narrative but market structure that drove yesterday’s big move down. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io. In this episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at the market structure dimension of...
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BREAKDOWN: The Bloodbath-ening – Is This the End of the Crypto Bull Market?
In a sea of red, investors ask whether this is just a bull market pullback or represents a more fundamental bearish turn. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io. In one of the bloodiest days in recent c...
19 Touko 202116min
OPINIONATED: QuadrigaCX – An Exit Scam or Just a Crypto Tragedy
This week, “Opinionated” co-hosts Ben Schiller, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson are talking to Aaron Lammer, author of a podcast series about the now-defunct Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX. This ...
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BREAKDOWN: No, China Didn’t Just Ban Crypto
Despite inflammatory headlines, today’s note from the People’s Bank of China was a reaffirmation of central bank policy from 2017. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io. On today’s episode, NLW provide...
18 Touko 202111min
BREAKDOWN: Bitcoin Is the ‘No Heroes’ Asset
Bitcoin Twitter’s latest skirmish with Elon Musk has as much to say about the nature of power in a social media landscape as it does about bitcoin. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io. If you thought...
17 Touko 202119min
HARD PROBLEMS: Inside Bram Cohen's Proof-of-Work Reinvention
Bitcoin's 'Nakamoto Consensus' changed the world. For the first time ever, strangers on the internet were empowered by a system that allowed them to individually and jointly track who owned which inte...
16 Touko 202156min
BREAKDOWN: Bitcoin Is Much More Than a Speculative Asset
Stories from Nigeria, Sudan and Ethiopia show how bitcoin is being used in the real world. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Bitstamp. This week’s “Long Reads Sunday” is a reading of Alex Glads...
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