LTB!: Decentralization Philosophy Part 2 - Does Crypto Still Need Catalysts?
The best Sundays are for long reads and deep conversations. Earlier this week the Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss catalysts and CEOS in the world of blockchain projects, the organizationa...
23 Feb 202054min
LEIGH: 'Pandora's Box, but for Freedom': Author Isaiah Jackson on Bitcoin's Impact
Coindesk reporter Leigh Cuen is joined by Isaiah Jackson, author of “Bitcoin and Black America '' and co-founder of KRBE Digital Assets group, to talk about financial discrimination in the United Stat...
22 Feb 202018min
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 202013min
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 202016min
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 202035min
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 202018min
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 202040min
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 202056min
