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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 202033min
LEIGH: Leader to Watch: Elena Giralt Talks Zcash and Feminism
CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen is joined by Elena Giralt, the Electric Coin Company’s product marketing associate known for her research on cryptocurrency usage in Latin America, to talk about how digit...
7 Mar 202023min
BREAKDOWN: FluffyPony on Encryption, Clearview and How Coronavirus Could Impact Privacy
As the Coronavirus took hold in China, officials in the Hubei province tracked potential patients by examining purchase records for cough and flu medicine for the previous month. Welcome to the new f...
6 Mar 202031min
