JPMorgan Launches JPM Coin: Welcome to the Private Currency Era
Today on the Brief: Stocks down; bitcoin up Consumer confidence shaky as baking supplies demand grows 3,400% Bank for International Settlements and Swiss central bank to test CBDC this year Our ...
28 Okt 202013min
Hedge Funds Failures, Bankruptcies and Pandemic Fatigue
Today on the Brief: Turkey’s real inflation rate 3x official number Hot new DeFi protocol Harvest Financial hacked Bitcoin whales hit largest number since 2016 Our main conversation is about th...
27 Okt 202015min
Should We Care if the US Is Falling Behind on CBDCs?
For this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads two selections from CoinDesk’s op-ed section: CBDCs Are Evolution, not Revolution - Benoit Coeure The US Risks Getting Left Behind on CBDCs - JP Schna...
25 Okt 202016min
Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Paul Tudor Jones: A Bet on Bitcoin Is a Bet on Human Ingenuity
On this week’s Breakdown weekly recap, NLW looks at: The initial price action that started the week Debates about whether BTC was thriving at the expense of alts and DeFi The PayPal news News of ...
24 Okt 202014min
Why Fiat is Failing in 2020: Argentina, Turkey, Brazil
Today on the Brief: DOJ crypto enforcement a “disaster” for privacy Ant’s blockchain tools pre-IPO Better news around jobless claims Our main discussion: fiat failures, 2020 edition. In this ...
24 Okt 202014min
Monopoly is Un-American: Matt Stoller on Google Antitrust
Matt Stoller works with the American Economic Liberties Project and is the author of “Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy” as well as the popular Substack newsletter “BIG.” ...
23 Okt 202045min
PayPal Adds Bitcoin: Most Bullish News of the Year?
Huge news broke this morning as PayPal announced it would be offering buying, selling and eventually merchant payments for bitcoin and other cryptos across its network. In this late-breaking Breakdo...
21 Okt 202015min
How Strong Is Bitcoin’s Push Above $12,000?
Today on the Brief: DOJ files biggest antitrust case in two decades against Google Goldman Sachs’ 1MDB settlement LINE’s new CBDC platform Our main discussion: bulls vs. bears as bitcoin pass...
21 Okt 202015min
