Jack Dorsey Is Building a Decentralized Exchange for Bitcoin
Today on the Brief: NFTs have a monster month Centre's global network of stablecoins The Cuban government to recognize crypto Our main discussion:In July, Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter and pay...
31 Aug 202113min
The Weaponization of the Banking System
On this edition of Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads Nic Carter’s latest for CoinDesk “OnlyFans Shows How the Banking System Is Politicized.” The piece provides the history of Operation Choke Point and ho...
29 Aug 202111min
The Race for Stablecoin Transparency
On this week’s Weekly Recap, NLW breaks down the recent history of stablecoins and contextualizes recent news from Tether, Circle and Paxos. Could stablecoin providers be positioning themselves to be ...
28 Aug 202113min
What Jerome Powell Said at Jackson Hole
The Kansas City Fed’s annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium is sort of like TED for Central Bankers. In the lead-up to this year’s event, the conversation has been totally focused on whether or not F...
28 Aug 202111min
The World Economy's 'Transitory' Supply Chain Issues Don't Seem so Transitory After All
First, on the Brief: Bitcoin hash power coming back online A new millionaire testing out crypto An emerging music tokenization platform Bitcoin saw a significant drop in hashrate after China’s m...
27 Aug 202115min
Why the Crypto Industry Doesn't Trust the Treasury
First, on the Brief: OnlyFans’ reversal of its decision to ban sexuually explicit content Budweiser’s NFT Twitter profile picture The U.K.’s warnings to Binance Last week, OnlyFans announced it ...
26 Aug 202113min
Citi to Trade Bitcoin Futures?
On this episode of “The Breakdown”: Surveys and reports detailing expected institutional adoption Citigroup to trade on the CME Global perception of crypto, CBDCs NFT and DeFi on the rise Bitcoi...
25 Aug 202110min
Visa Buys a Punk as Bitcoin Returns to $50K
Late Sunday evening, bitcoin pushed above $50,000 for the first time in three months. Overall BTC is up 46% in the last 30 days. NLW explores arguments that this move has been spot driven and connecte...
24 Aug 202113min
