The 3 Blockers to Powell's Soft Landing
We got our report card today! Inflation surprised to the downside, coming in at 4.9%. NLW explores the reaction and why Powell still has three big barriers to getting his soft landing, including, nota...
10 Mai 202315min
The Next Big Crypto Battle
..it's not BRC20. (At least not yet). Nope, it's the SEC's custody rule which is yet another attempt at a de-facto crypto ban through legal wrangling. The crypto industry, however, is not having it. ...
9 Mai 202317min
Binance Says Lightning Support is Coming After Halting Withdrawals Around Bitcoin Fees
A busy weekend around the crypto space. On today's episode, NLW covers: Tl;DR on BRC-20 Binance halting withdrawals and announcing support for Lightning DOJ targeting Binance around sanctions?...
8 Mai 202318min
The Global Role of Bitcoin
On this week's Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads: Reviving Argentina's Economy: Dollarization and Bitcoin as Catalysts for Change - Carlos Cardenas The Fall of Bitcoin in the Central African Republic: ...
7 Mai 202311min
The End of Consensus Reality with Jon Askonas
One of the jarring but regular experiences of modern life is discovering that someone, perhaps even someone close to you, sees the world and the events that happened in it in a wildly different way fr...
6 Mai 202340min
Venmo and Stripe Ramp Up on Crypto While Coinbase and Gemini Look Offshore
In this Friday edition of the Weekly Recap, NLW looks at the key events this week, including: Biden's DAME tax Coinbase and Gemini opening offshore derivatives exchanges Court orders SEC to respo...
5 Mai 202315min
Regional Bank Turmoil Accelerates as Fed Raises Again with "Hawkish Pause" on Horizon
First Republic failed this week. Did that mean Powell and the Fed would pause their hikes? Absolutely not. NLW covers the "Hawkish Pause" press conference and the 25 bps interest rate raise. Enjoyin...
4 Mai 202314min
Biden's DAME Mining Tax is an Attack on Bitcoin
The White House Council of Economic Advisors yesterday announced the Digital Asset Mining Energy (DAME) excise tax. The proposed 30% tax on "cryptomining" would be a soft ban on mining in the USA acco...
3 Mai 202316min
