A Mid-Year Bitcoin Check-In
We're halfway through a wild year for Bitcoin and crypto, with treasury companies stacking sats, ETFs finally breaking through, and Robinhood diving deep into tokenization. Amid a noisy debate on mark...
3 Jul 202512min
Robinhood and Kraken Bet Big on Tokenized Stocks
Robinhood just unveiled major plans to offer tokenized stocks—including SpaceX and OpenAI—on their own Ethereum L2 blockchain, potentially reshaping private and public markets. NLW explores how Robinh...
2 Jul 202512min
Trump Eyes Fed Shake-Up as Markets Brace for Cuts
Speculation swirls around who could replace Jerome Powell as Trump hints at naming a new Fed chair early—potentially upending central bank independence. NLW breaks down the leading contenders, market ...
1 Jul 202513min
Is Tokenization the 3rd Leg of this Bull Market?
This Long Read Sunday explores the rise of tokenization in financial markets. NLW reads and analyzes a piece from Galaxy’s Thomas Cowan on how stablecoins, tokenized money market funds, and on-chain s...
1 Jul 202510min
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This Week
In this week’s Friday Five, NLW unpacks a major shift in crypto policy: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been ordered to treat crypto as mortgage-worthy assets—a milestone in crypto’s integration into ...
29 Jun 202522min
Crypto Mortgages Are Here
A sweeping look at crypto's mainstream march. From Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac counting crypto toward mortgage applications to the SEC signaling ETF redemption upgrades and SoFi relaunching crypto serv...
27 Jun 202511min
The Central Banks Strike Back on Stablecoins
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS)—the central bank for central banks—has delivered a major critique against stablecoins, arguing they lack critical features for mainstream adoption. NLW exp...
26 Jun 202511min
Texas Gets to Bitcoin Buying
On today's Breakdown, the big story is Texas becoming the first state to actively build a Bitcoin reserve. Governor Greg Abbott has signed legislation allocating an initial $10 million to the reserve,...
24 Jun 202510min
