BREAKDOWN: Ben Hunt on Markets and Narratives in the Age of Coronavirus
The week of February 12, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was reaching new all time highs. Meanwhile, China’s quarantine of the 11 million people in Wuhan was three weeks old and expanding to other pa...
11 Mars 202058min
BREAKDOWN: Crypto Fundraising and a Nothing-Is-Safe Haven
Whatever you thought of the uncorrelated or safe haven narratives a few weeks ago, it’s hard to deny that bitcoin and crypto are moving in lock step with equities - even mirroring a small bounce in th...
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BREAKDOWN: What the Market Crash Means for Bitcoin, Feat. Delphi's Kevin Kelly
Bitcoin’s price has cratered, but it’s nothing compared to the broader market havoc. From the Coronavirus scare to an oil price war, a confluence of factors is aligning to make it a very rough Monday....
9 Mars 202033min
LEIGH: Leader to Watch: Elena Giralt Talks Zcash and Feminism
CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen is joined by Elena Giralt, the Electric Coin Company’s product marketing associate known for her research on cryptocurrency usage in Latin America, to talk about how digit...
7 Mars 202023min
BREAKDOWN: FluffyPony on Encryption, Clearview and How Coronavirus Could Impact Privacy
As the Coronavirus took hold in China, officials in the Hubei province tracked potential patients by examining purchase records for cough and flu medicine for the previous month. Welcome to the new f...
6 Mars 202031min
LEIGH: Binance US and Stellar CEOs Debunk Myths for International Women’s Day
CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen is joined by Binance US CEO Catherine Coley and Stellar Development Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon to debunk myths about gender for International Women’s Day. There’s a co...
6 Mars 202029min
BREAKDOWN: Why Bitcoin Mining Might Be the New Business Model for US Power Plants
It was another good day for global crypto, as South Korea votes to formally integrate the industry into the existing financial system, opening the market to new players and potentially improving servi...
5 Mars 202015min
BREAKDOWN: Libra Plus? A New Global Digital Currency Strategy for Facebook
Yesterday, The Information reported that Facebook’s Calibra wallet would be abandoning the backed-by-a-basket-of-currencies Libra for a set of fiat-backed digital currencies for different regions. The...
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