
The Fed's Balance Sheet Jumped $300B Last Week. Is That Inflationary?
NLW is joined by Ram Ahluwalia, CEO of Lumida Wealth Management. In this conversation, they discuss: The fall of Credit Suisse The Federal Reserve’s new Bank Term Funding Program and whether it...
23 Mar 20231h 2min

The FDIC is Exploring How to Ensure All US Bank Deposits
Just a week after backstopping Silicon Valley Bank and Signature, the FDIC is reportedly exploring how they could feasibly cover all US deposits. NLW explores the implications. Enjoying thi...
22 Mar 202315min

Was UBS Buying Credit Suisse Just ‘Soft Nationalization’?
Due to its global systemic importance, Credit Suisse appeared to be in serious trouble last week. In the past weekend, Swiss authorities, along with their counterparts in the US, EU, and UK, hammered ...
21 Mar 202315min

Bitcoin Was Created for Times Like These
On this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads: “Should I Keep My Money in Bitcoin or a Bank?” By Daniel Kuhn “Evaluating Bitcoin as a Store of Value” by Joe Orsini “Bitcoin Was Built for This Momen...
19 Mar 202316min

A Real-Time History of the Crypto Banking Crisis, With Austin Campbell
NLW is joined by Austin Campbell, Adjunct Professor at Columbia University and former banker and stablecoin operator, to discuss the recent crypto banking crisis. They discuss: Why interest rate ri...
18 Mar 202359min

The 5 Key Bitcoin Building Themes, With Wolf Lightning Accelerator CEO Kelly Brewster
Kelly Brewster is the CEO of Wolf, a new Lightning and Bitcoin startup accelerator in New York City. In this conversation, he and NLW discuss five big themes they’re seeing among Bitcoin builders, inc...
18 Mar 202332min

Apparently, U.S. Regulated Banks Are Riskier Than Stablecoins
Stablecoins have long been seen by U.S. policymakers as risky and a potential threat to U.S. financial stability. How ironic, then, that it was the failure of a U.S.-regulated bank in SVB that caused ...
17 Mar 202316min

Is Credit Suisse the Next Banking Domino?
Following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature, markets are holding their breath for more trouble in the banking sector. Wednesday morning, comments from one of the biggest investors in Cr...
16 Mar 202315min




















