Governments vs. Networks: The Battle for the Soul of Finance
Today on the Brief: Kraken is the first crypto exchange to become a U.S. bank FTC preparing antitrust lawsuit against Facebook Gold-standard fan Judy Shelton doesn’t have the votes to be confirmed...
17 Syys 202017min
The Decade of the Living Dead: How Zombie Companies Are Robbing Tomorrow’s Economy
Today on the Brief: MicroStrategy increases its bitcoin reserves by $175 million The Oracle-TikTok deal starts to smell fishy The SEC is investigating claims of fraud involving Nikola Corp. Our...
16 Syys 202020min
The Business of Geopolitical Competition
Today on the Brief: Crypto exchange volume sees highest month-over-month increase since February 2018 Uniswap overtakes SushiSwap in total value locked What Coinbase vs. Apple means for the future...
15 Syys 202021min
Is Being the ‘Saudi Arabia of Money’ Good for America?
On this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW looks at recent statistics suggesting that, based on a comprehensive set of measures of well-being, U.S. citizens are worse off than they were a decade ago. One...
13 Syys 202013min
The Raw, Savage Capitalism of Open-Source Competition
On this edition of the Breakdown Weekly Recap, NLW looks at: The “holding pattern economy” – why stocks, jobs and central bank policy seem stuck in place Why Joe Biden’s China plan shows that, no m...
12 Syys 202012min
‘As Toppy as It Gets’: Metals, Bitcoin and Fiat’s Race to the Bottom, Feat. Tavi Costa
Tavi Costa is a portfolio manager at Crescat Capital. In this conversation with NLW, he discusses: The credit exhaustion moment in the engines of global growth The race to the bottom for fiat curre...
12 Syys 202045min
How Monetary Policy Undermined American Resilience
Today on the Brief: Jobless claims slightly exceed expectations at 884,000 ECB keeps policy unchained; euro rises versus dollar Survey: What’s the right way to understand the business and market ...
11 Syys 202015min
‘Absolute Raging Mania’: Famed Investor Druckenmiller Thinks 10% Inflation Is Possible
Today on the Brief: Markets recover slightly but vaccine trade falters as AstraZeneca pauses trials Bitcoin and gold correlation increases sharply around dollar instability Mastercard launches si...
10 Syys 202019min
