BONUS: Rubbish Rallies and Investor Amnesia by the Finance History Guy Jamie Catherwood
After a week where bankrupt Hertz pumped 890%, the question is: what is the historical precedent? Luckily, we have finance history guy Jamie Catherwood to fill us in. In this essay "Rubbish Rallies"...
15 Jun 202015min
The Chad Index Versus Doomer Internet Money: The Breakdown Weekly Recap
The stock market has long been disconnected from the underlying economy, but much of what happened this week - particularly the pumping of bankrupt company stocks - suggests that something new is afoo...
13 Jun 202011min
Avoiding the Narrative Trap: Bitcoin Is More Than an Inflation Hedge
Today on the Brief: Why bitcoin sold off A bank-the-unbanked narrative for the digital dollar It’s Dave Portnoy’s world and we’re all just living in it Today’s main topic: Why inflation isn’t th...
13 Jun 202025min
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
