BREAKDOWN: Why Today's Crypto Exchange Leaders Are Powerful, but Not Inevitable
After settling in to the $10,000 price level, BTC suddenly and rapidly dipped more than 5% in an hour on Wednesday. As the market discusses possible explanations, some floated the unexpected simultane...
21 Feb 202012min
BREAKDOWN: Why We Should Stop Thinking of ‘Crypto’ as a Single Industry
The ‘crypto’ industry is having a hard time fitting everything that’s happening inside that one monolithic term. On this episode, @nlw looks at current news stories from across at least 5 different ca...
20 Feb 202015min
BREAKDOWN: Chainlink's Sergey Nazarov on What DeFi Can Learn From Early Exchange Hacks
The DeFi world continues to dissect the recent attacks on bZx. To most, the amount lost in the attacks is far less relevant than what the attacks suggest about how DeFi applications need to be designe...
19 Feb 202034min
BREAKDOWN: Is It Exploitation Season for DeFi?
Part of what makes DeFi interesting to people is how it takes advantage of open source protocols to enable types of transactions never before available. The problem, however, is that financial structu...
18 Feb 202017min
LEIGH: How Bitcoin Is Used To Promote Human Rights, Feat. Stories from Activists and Refugees
CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen is joined by the Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein and Syrian entrepreneur Moe Ghashim to discuss how cultural context shapes the way people view bitcoin, including...
17 Feb 202039min
LTB!: Mainstream Moments and the CompuServe of Crypto
The best Sundays are for long reads and deep conversations. With the price of bitcoin headed up again, the idea of blockchains and digital currencies has never been more palatable to the mainstream. W...
16 Feb 202055min
RESEARCH: We Think 10-Minute Settlement Is Slow, but That's Crazy, Feat. CoinDesk Research's Noelle Acheson
CoinDesk's Head of Research Noelle Acheson joins Ophelia (Amun's co-founder and president) and Lanre (Amun's researcher) to discuss the advantages, disadvantages and eccentricities of crypto markets, ...
15 Feb 202035min
BREAKDOWN: The Top Narratives Driving Crypto Market Growth, feat. Travis Kling
There’s no denying that 2020 is off to a roaring start. From prices to volume to social media, sentiment is up up up. But what’s driving it? On this special Valentine’s Day episode, @nlw reacts to li...
14 Feb 202018min
