BREAKDOWN: Citi to Trade Bitcoin Futures?
Citigroup is the latest in a stream of institutional adoption into everything from NFTs to BTC. This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. On this episode of “The Breakdown”: Surveys and reports detailing e...
24 Aug 202111min
BREAKDOWN: Visa Buys a Punk as Bitcoin Returns to $50K
Is it a marketing stunt or the beginning of a wave of institutional interest in NFTs? This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Late Sunday evening, bitcoin pushed above $50,000 for the first time in three ...
23 Aug 202114min
BREAKDOWN: Why Time Is the Ultimate Scarce Asset
A reading of two recent threads from crypto VCs on creator coins, NFTs and more. This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. This week, “Long Reads Sunday” returns to its Twitter roots with a reading of two t...
22 Aug 202116min
SOB: Ethereum, Bitcoin; Hard Fork, Soft Fork: How Decentralized Change Is Made
Ethereum’s London hard fork, also known as EIP 1559, took place on Aug. 5. The backwards-incompatible upgrade reignited community debate over hard forks, soft forks and the best methods – most foolpro...
21 Aug 202134min
BREAKDOWN: Why Is the Fed so Scared of Stablecoins?
Last month’s FOMC meeting minutes show crypto and stablecoins came up for the first time ever as an official topic at a key Federal Reserve meeting. This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. On this editio...
21 Aug 202110min
BREAKDOWN: What's Really Going on With OnlyFans and Payment Censorship
The company is eliminating sexually explicit content after pressure from payment processors. This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. The tyranny of payment processors as moral barometers strikes again. O...
20 Aug 202118min
BREAKDOWN: DeFi Grows in Institutional and Regulatory Importance
SEC Chair Gary Gensler focused on DeFi in a recent interview. This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. First, on the Brief: Banks and bitcoin Coinbase’s cash reserves Brian Quintenz’s CFTC departure ...
19 Aug 202114min
BREAKDOWN: Is Twitter Getting Serious About Decentralized Social Media?
Big Corporate is taking steps to implement decentralized technologies. This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. On this episode of “The Breakdown:” Corporate dips into decentralized media, starting with T...
18 Aug 202115min
