The Dreaded Federal Reserve Taper Is Coming
Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW examines the upcoming Federal Reserve winding down, or taper, of its support for the markets. This includes scaling back its bond-buying programs, a process that could be...
24 Sep 202113min
Snoop Is Medici? The Mainstream Infiltration Continues
Today on the Brief: BlockFi gets another extension Chainalysis’s secret data honeypot Robinhood crypto finally gets transfers In our main discussion, NLW talks how crypto has mainstreamed over t...
23 Sep 202120min
Did the SEC Really Serve Subpoenas at Mainnet?
Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at reports from Messari’s Mainnet conference that the Securities and Exchange Commission served one of the speakers with a subpoena right before a panel. He discuss...
22 Sep 202114min
Why Is September So Bad for Bitcoin?
Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at the historic weakness in the bitcoin market in the month of September. He examines: The numbers that show how persistent this trend has been Some anecdotal ex...
21 Sep 202114min
Why a CBDC Would Make the Fed’s Job Miserable
A reading of JP Koning’s essay for Coindesk “Are Central Bankers Ready for Payments Theater?” Enjoying this content? SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620...
19 Sep 202111min
Securities Regulators in Texas, New Jersey and Alabama Go After Celsius
On this edition of “The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at: The latest in China’s Evergrande crisis Texas and New Jersey target Celsius on their lending products Bitcoin adoption in Laos A...
19 Sep 202111min
Is China’s Evergrande Crisis a Global Systemic Risk?
Today’s show is a look at one of the most important but under-discussed macro events in the world today: the crisis surrounding China’s massive real estate developer Evergrande. The company’s share pr...
18 Sep 202117min
Laos Does About-Face on Bitcoin to Attract China’s Mining-Ban Refugees
Today’s episode of “The Breakdown” looks at a variety of topics covering the evolving relationships between states and digital currencies, including: Inner Mongolia’s fight to keep crypto mining out...
17 Sep 202111min
