Can NFTs & Crypto Create Cultural Revolutions?
On this edition of “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads David Hoffman’s essay “The Digital Cultural Revolution” from Bankless. The essay argues that culture, more than economics, will be the most important ...
28 Mar 202129min
Soros Breaks Into Bitcoin
On this week’s Weekly Recap, NLW: Highlights the four most important happenings around regulation and central bank digital currencies in the U.S. Updates the macro inflation narrative for a “new no...
27 Mar 202113min
Worried About Bitcoin's Price Action? Here's Why You Shouldn't Be
Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW digs into bitcoin and crypto markets. He argues that despite two weeks of sideways-down price action, there are a set of reasons to be optimistic: Historically bad Marc...
27 Mar 202112min
The Fed Chair and the Treasury Secretary Come Out Against Privacy-Respecting, Anonymous Digital Dollar
Today on the Brief: Fidelity files a bitcoin ETF application Stimmies to China The situation in the Suez Our main discussion: In response to a question from Illinois Democrat Bill Foster during...
26 Mar 202115min
Bears Fuming as Elon Opens Tesla Purchases With Bitcoin
Today on the Brief: Robinhood IPO incoming Competing bitcoin price predictions Yellen and Powell’s latest testimony on economic growth Our main discussion: Elon Musk announced this morning Tes...
25 Mar 202114min
Stablecoins in the Hot Seat: Powell Calls Bitcoin a Substitute for Gold While Fed Says Digital Dollar Prototype Coming in July
Three major moments over the last couple days help provide insight into the future of the U.S. government’s relationship with bitcoin, stablecoins and digital currencies. The first was Federal Reser...
24 Mar 202119min
When Currencies Fail: ‘Bitcoin’ Google Searches in Turkey Rise 400% as Lira Crashes
Today on the Brief: Nigeria central bank reversing stance on crypto ban? “The least responsible fiscal policy of the last 40 years” Scaramucci’s firm files fifth bitcoin ETF application Our mai...
23 Mar 202114min
Hal Finney’s ‘Bitcoin and Me’
On this edition of “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads a BitcoinTalk forum from exactly eight years ago - Hal Finney’s “Bitcoin and Me.” The piece is about the origins of Bitcoin, and more broadly, life’s ...
21 Mar 20218min
