If Prices Keep Going Up, We Might Have to Start Calling It Inflation
Today on the Brief: Elon Musk saves an SNL flop with a dogecoin satellite Growing interest in Ethereum UBS explores offering crypto to wealthy clients Our main discussion:The Wall Street Journ...
11 Touko 202114min
CBDCs Aren't About Money, They're About Power
On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads Sune Sorenson’s “China Is Opting Out of US-Run Financial System.” He also discusses recent pieces by Niall Ferguson and The Economist that point to a grow...
9 Touko 202113min
‘My 401(k) is now my 401(k9)': Doge, SNL and Why This Was Quietly a Massive Week for Bitcoin
On this edition of “The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at: Why ETH should have had most of the attention The camps forming around dogecoin and why it’s likely to dump after “Saturday Night Li...
8 Touko 202113min
The Balkanization of Bitcoin: The Next Attack on BTC Is About Mining Provenance
Today on the Brief: Square puts up monster Q1 bitcoin numbers First crypto comments from new SEC Chair Gary Gensler 3 new institutional bitcoin developments Our main discussion: As bitcoin be...
8 Touko 202118min
Are Banks Getting Nervous About Competition From DeFi?
Today on the Brief: MercadoLibre has added bitcoin to its balance sheet Galaxy Digital buys BitGo Debates around the new, improved, real economy Our main discussion: While the last year has s...
6 Touko 202117min
The Biggest Bitcoin News of the Year? NYDIG CEO Explains How Latest Partnership Could Bring Bitcoin to 300M US Bank Accounts
NLW is joined today by Robby Gutmann, CEO of NYDIG. NYDIG is quickly emerging as one of the leading companies helping onboard institutions to bitcoin. This year, it received investment from and annou...
5 Touko 202129min
Is Dogecoin at $0.58 a Triumph or an FU to the Crypto Industry?
NLW asked his Twitter followers about what the success of dogecoin meant to the crypto industry. He got an extremely diverse set of takes. Some see it as a triumph of crypto’s uncontrollability. Some ...
5 Touko 202114min
Why Bitcoin Is Making Some Legendary Investors Emotional
Today on The Breakdown, NLW looks at: Charlie Munger’s and Bill Maher’s weekend comments about bitcoin and why we’re likely to see a lot more of this type of critique the more the bull market heats ...
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