BREAKDOWN: Why High-Profile Defections Aren’t Libra’s Biggest Challenge
News broke yesterday that the Libra Association had seen it’s eighth high-profile defection, this time from the telecom giant Vodafone. In today’s episode of The Breakdown, @nlw argues that Associatio...
22 Jan 202019min
BREAKDOWN: Kevin Owocki on Gitcoin, Controversy and the Future of Open-Source Funding
Ever since announcing their fourth round of grants, Gitcoin has been a major subject of conversation across the Twittersphere. In addition to all the excited buzz from both technical projects and medi...
21 Jan 202028min
Decentralization Philosophy Part 1 – From Buddha to the Conquistadors
The best Sundays are for long reads and deep conversations. Earlier this week, the Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss decentralization in blockchain projects, the historical context of decen...
19 Jan 202042min
BREAKDOWN: Tyrone Ross on Why Financial Advisors Are Taking Notice Of DeFi
One man. Three piping hot takes. In this special interview episode of The Breakdown, financial advisor and crypto advocate Tyrone Ross shares his thoughts on: Why Financial Advisors are the key to br...
17 Jan 202029min
BREAKDOWN: Why 'Crypto Dad' Is Building the Digital Dollar Foundation
As Libra continues to spur discussions among regulators around the world, and China’s digital yuan comes ever closer to fruition, the U.S. Federal Reserve seems disinclined to look seriously at a digi...
16 Jan 202017min
BREAKDOWN: Why Crypto's 'Rogue State' Narrative is a Risk to the Industry
Crypto tokens weren’t the only thing that saw a major pump yesterday. The total value locked in DeFi ascended to new heights. While part of this can be explained simply by the rise in ETH price, it al...
15 Jan 202017min
BREAKDOWN: Mati Greenspan on the Technical and Macro Roots of Bitcoin’s Price Surge | January 14th, 2020
Bitcoin is up more than 8% in the last 24 hours. BSV, meanwhile, is up nearly a whopping 100%. The question is, of course, why? Is it some larger macro context? A pump-and-dump? Or just the crypto mar...
14 Jan 202019min
Narrative Watch: The Hunt for Crypto's Killer App | January 13th 2020
Starting today, accredited investors will be able to part of $13.5m in tokenized bonds connected to the contract of Brooklyn Nets Point Guard Spencer Dinwiddie. The first-of-its-kind offering took mon...
13 Jan 202021min
