Bitcoin Reclaims $30K as the Macro Discussion Shifts From Inflation to COVID-19 to Growth
Bitcoin is up just over 7% in the last 24 hours, following its first close below $30,000 since New Year’s Day. On this episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW proposes possible explanations for this reversal,...
22 Jul 202112min
So THIS Is ‘And Then They Fight You’
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you and then you win.” In this episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW examines crypto’s current “and then they fight you” phase, citing re...
21 Jul 202116min
Will DAOs Break the Power of Venture Capitalists?
In addition to the deep dive into distributed autonomous organizations, or DAOs, and their future in venture capital, today’s “The Brief” covers: Bitcoin futures trading approved for some Bank of A...
20 Jul 202117min
Why Governments Should Invest in Bitcoin Infrastructure
This week’s “Long Reads Sunday” is a reading of “Bitcoin: An Orange New Deal” by Andrew Bailey and Bradley Rettler. -- Enjoying this content? SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast Apple: https://podcasts.apple...
18 Jul 202113min
Paraguay's Leaked Crypto Law: Depressing Dud or Too Early to Tell?
On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW covers: The latest in Binance’s global regulatory troubles Leaked crypto legislation from Paraguay Capital Group’s big bet on MicroStrategy The U.K.’s...
17 Jul 202110min
Square Sets Out to Bring DeFi to Bitcoin
Square has announced a new initiative, titled “TBD,” that CEO Jack Dorsey describes as “focused on building an open developer platform with the sole goal of making it easy to create non-custodial, per...
17 Jul 202113min
BlackRock CEO Seeing No Demand for Crypto
On this episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW addresses recent shifts in institutional and regulatory discussions on crypto, including: How BlackRock CEO Larry Fink sees the state of crypto ShapeShift’s...
16 Jul 202114min
Federal Reserve Vice Chair: ‘We Do Not Need to Fear Stablecoins’
On this episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW analyzes a stablecoin-focused speech from Randal Quarles, vice chair of the Federal Reserve, starting with a primer on developing trends related to the topic, i...
15 Jul 202119min
