Fighting the Regulatory Rugpull
On this edition of the Weekly Recap, NLW breaks down: Gary Gensler's latest cringey SEC video Coinbase's Wells Notice response Dual legislative hearings from Thursday Enjoying this content? ...
29 Apr 202314min
First Republic is a Zombie Bank
All week there has been a high-stakes game of chicken as the Fed, FHLB, FDIC, big banks who pumped $30B into First Republic and FRC itself all try to figure out if this thing can survive. Is it headed...
28 Apr 202316min
Making the Lightning Network Noncustodial with Spiral's Steve Lee [Bitcoin Builders Excerpt]
Bitcoin Builders is The Breakdown Network's new show about the Cambrian explosion of creativity and entrepreneurial energy around Bitcoin and Lightning. In this excerpt from my recent interview with S...
28 Apr 202311min
The Institutions Are Coming Back to Crypto
Deloitte has hundreds of jobs advertised around digital assets. Franklin Templeton just announced a major blockchain project with Polygon. Standard Chartered Bank is betting on $100k BTC in 2023. The ...
27 Apr 202316min
Binance Withdraws Voyager Offer as Coinbase Sues the SEC
Both of today's stories are, on some level, about US crypto politics. The first part of the show focuses on Binance US's beleagured and now withdrawn bid for the Voyager Digital assets. Despite a judg...
26 Apr 202319min
Raoul Pal Previews the Future: AI, Crypto, QE and the next Phase of Human Flourishing or Upheaval
Raoul Pal is the CEO of Real Vision. On this “Paradigm Shift” episode of The Breakdown, NLW and Raoul discuss: Raoul’s concept of “The Everything Code” and “The Exponential Age” Debt monetizati...
25 Apr 20231h 43min
Where Bitcoin Fits as Argentina Faces a Dollar Shortage and 100%+ Inflation
Argentina has one of the highest inflation rates in the world, which some economists are estimating at 133% or more. The Argentine Peso also has one of the highest interest rates in the world. On this...
24 Apr 202319min
The EU Has Now Become the Global Crypto Regulatory Leader
On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads:Why the EU Has MiCA and the US Has Securities Laws Confusion - Daniel Kuhn Is Europe’s MiCA a Template for Global Crypto Regulation - Dea Markova Enjo...
23 Apr 202314min
