Why the Fed Keeps Denying Its Role in Increasing Inequality
Today on the Brief: Three Arrows holds more than 6% of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust New platform for censorship-resistant blogging Coinbase announces new token potentials as anti-surveillance hodlers f...
12 Jun 202026min
Bitcoin, Property Rights, and Why the Old West Says You Should Own Your Socials, feat. Nic Carter
Today on the Brief: A record week for peer-to-peer exchanges in the developing world A digital dollar gets discussed in Congress Previewing the Federal Reserve’s FOMC guidance Our main topic: ...
11 Jun 202033min
What the Stock Market’s ‘Robinhood Rally’ Means for Bitcoin
Today on the Brief: Saudi Arabia injects $13 billion in bank liquidity via blockchain. China’s state TV CCTV says Binance is still allowing crypto trading in China. MakerDAO community greenlights ...
10 Jun 202032min
Why War Reporting Is the Right Mental Model for Today’s Media, Feat. Jake Hanrahan
On today’s episode of The Breakdown, we introduce the Breakdown Brief - a look at three key topics in bitcoin and crypto. Today, the Brief covers: Brave browsers auto adding ref links to Binance.us ...
9 Jun 20201h 17min
The Revolution Will Be Retweeted: The Breakdown Weekly Recap
The Breakdown Weekly Recap looks at the key themes that shaped the week. On this week’s episode, NLW discusses: The modern significance of Tiananmen Square, and why this week’s U.S. protests show wh...
6 Jun 20208min
Everything You Need To Know About The US & China: The Biggest Realignment Since Nixon, Feat. Graham Webster
The U.S.-China relationship has an outsized impact on global economics and politics. As that relationship comes even more into focus in the wake of COVID-19 and a return of trade tensions, this episod...
6 Jun 20201h 27min
The Mirage of the Money Printer: Why the Fed Is More PR Than Policy, Feat. Jeffrey P. Snider
The conventional wisdom is that central banks are the most important economic actors in the world. Markets hang on their every word. Yet, what if that power has less to do with actual monetary polic...
5 Jun 20201h 4min
5 Numbers That Tell the Story of Markets Right Now
Every day that protests continue and the stock market goes up, more people ask what the disconnect between markets and the real economy is. In this episode of The Breakdown, NLW peels back the story o...
4 Jun 202014min
