BREAKDOWN: Davos, CBDCs, and the Rise of Bitcoin Art
That’s a wrap! The World Economic Forum is over, and the key ideas coming out of Davos for our industry are: 1) a continued ‘blockchain, not crypto’ narrative; 2) a believe in the inevitability of cas...
24 Jan 202020min
BREAKDOWN: Will Mass Adoption Be More PayPal or Pornhub?
There is an ongoing debate in the crypto community about where mainstream adoption. One point of view is that it will be the slow steady acceptance of digital assets. On that front, Bakkt president Ad...
23 Jan 202019min
BREAKDOWN: Why High-Profile Defections Aren’t Libra’s Biggest Challenge
News broke yesterday that the Libra Association had seen it’s eighth high-profile defection, this time from the telecom giant Vodafone. In today’s episode of The Breakdown, @nlw argues that Associatio...
22 Jan 202018min
BREAKDOWN: Kevin Owocki on Gitcoin, 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 Jan 202027min
Decentralization Philosophy Part 1 – From Buddha to the Conquistadors
The best Sundays are for long reads and deep conversations. Earlier this week, the Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss decentralization in blockchain projects, the historical context of decen...
19 Jan 202041min
BREAKDOWN: Tyrone Ross on Why Financial Advisors Are Taking Notice Of DeFi
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 br...
17 Jan 202028min
BREAKDOWN: 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 Jan 202016min
BREAKDOWN: Why Crypto's 'Rogue State' Narrative is a Risk to the Industry
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 Jan 202016min
