BREAKDOWN: Why Money Is Losing Its Meaning, Feat. Jared Dillian
Bitcoiners are particularly sensitive to Fed intervention in markets, but the degree to which the Fed is willing to print to backstop basically all risk is drawing the attention of even normal market ...
17 Apr 202041min
BREAKDOWN: Libra vs. DCEP? The Battle for the Future of Money Heats Up
This week saw the latest salvos in the battle for the future of money. Libra announced that it would be moving away from a single currency that was backed by a basket of national currency to a model ...
16 Apr 202018min
AFRICA: Bitcoin Maximalism, Entrepreneurs and COVID-19 in Zimbabwe (Part 5 of a Six-Part Documentary Podcast Series)
In this episode, we'll join Anita Posch in Zimbabwe as she speaks with Tongayi Choto, a software developer, entrepreneur and a bitcoin maximalist. He founded Afriblocks, a Global Pan-African Freelance...
16 Apr 202039min
BREAKDOWN: What the Economy Will Look Like 6 Months From Now, Feat. Ryan Selkis
As week (one million, it seems) of the COVID-19 lockdown plods on, many are wondering what the economy will look like on the other side. Ryan Selkis is the CEO and founder of Messari. He was one of th...
15 Apr 202049min
BREAKDOWN: The $20,000 Human IPO and 5 Other Crypto Stories That Have Nothing to Do With COVID-19
Even as the market tries to make sense of everything happen (or ignores it, depending on your perspective), crypto keeps on plugging along. Today on The Breakdown @NLW looks at 5 recent crypto storie...
14 Apr 202021min
ANNA: Making Sense of the SEC's Case Against Telegram
Telegram, the popular messaging app, has big plans for its blockchain Telegram Open Network, or TON. It also had one of the biggest token sales in history, followed by a huge legal fight over it. The ...
12 Apr 202045min
RESEARCH: How Miners are Preparing for Lower Block Rewards
How are bitcoin (BTC) miners strategizing for the upcoming halving event in which block reward subsidies will be cut by 50 percent? On this week’s episode of “Bitcoin Halving 2020: Miner Perspectives,...
11 Apr 202033min
BREAKDOWN: Quantitative Tightening and 5 Key Questions for Our Changing World
As we wrap up another crazy week - 6.6m more jobless claims, $2.3T more in stimulus - this episode offers a few key themes and questions for bitcoiners and the crypto-minded to think about over the lo...
10 Apr 202016min
