Why the Biden Administration Is Increasingly Concerned with China’s Digital Currency
On today’s “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at an underreported story from earlier this week. There are increasingly loud whispers that officials across several agencies, including Treasury, National Securi...
16 Apr 202114min
The Definitive Guide to Coinbase Going Public
On the day of Coinbase’s historic direct listing on NASDAQ, NLW answers your most important questions about the company and its place in the industry. How did Coinbase become successful? What is t...
14 Apr 202122min
The Real Story of Inflation Right Now
There is perhaps no question more debated in macroeconomics than what sort of inflation we’re likely to see in the coming years. Many are convinced that the combination of a growing money supply, expa...
14 Apr 202115min
Coinbase Going Public Is the Bitcoin Bull Market's First Big Test
Coinbase is set to go public via direct listing on Wednesday. In today’s episode, NLW breaks down why this is the current bull market’s first big test, looking at: Mainstream narratives Instituti...
13 Apr 202123min
How Bitcoin Can Help Break Cycles of Poverty
This week’s edition of “Long Reads Sunday” features NLW reading Bradley Rettler’s “The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Get Bitcoin.” It is an argument that, far from being just a speculative tool for the al...
11 Apr 202111min
So, Is This a Bitcoin Supercycle or What?
On this week’s “Weekly Recap,” NLW digs into the theory of the bitcoin supercycle. Are we in the same sort of four-year, halving-driven, boom-bust cycle that has characterized bitcoin so far, or are t...
10 Apr 20219min
Liberty Mutual and State Street Are the Latest Institutions to Join the Bitcoin Party
Today on the Brief: Crypto Climate Accord Robinhood crypto trading The decentralization of venture capital Our main discussion: This week was absolutely chock-full of institutions getting into...
10 Apr 202113min
Is Bitcoin a Chinese Financial Weapon? Peter Thiel Ignites a Geopolitical Debate
Peter Thiel is nothing if not good at igniting controversy. For the last 24 hours or so, Bitcoin Twitter (and really, FinTwit and TechTwit and Politics Twitter as well) have been hotly debating his as...
9 Apr 202120min
