BREAKDOWN: Texas and New Jersey Securities Regulators Go After Celsius
A roundup of regulatory and global macro news from the previous week. This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. On this edition of “The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at: The latest in China’s Evergr...
18 Sep 202112min
BREAKDOWN: Is China’s Evergrande Crisis a Global Systemic Risk?
The real estate developer is teetering on the brink of collapse, but what might it bring with it? This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Today’s show is a look at one of the most important but under-disc...
17 Sep 202118min
BREAKDOWN: Laos Does About-Face on Bitcoin to Attract China’s Mining-Ban Refugees
Plus a look at how China is staying vigilant on keeping mining out. This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Today’s episode of “The Breakdown” looks at a variety of topics covering the evolving relationsh...
16 Sep 202112min
BREAKDOWN: Free Markets vs. Investor Protections – The Latest from Warren and Gensler on Crypto
Gensler testified before the Senate yesterday. This is what we learned. This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Today on "The Breakdown," NLW examines SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s testimony yesterday in fron...
15 Sep 202121min
BREAKDOWN: What Billions in Crypto Fund Raises Tells Us About the State of Markets
Steve Cohen, Jump Trading, Bain Capital among those increasing their exposure to crypto. This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. On this episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at an array of recent fund a...
14 Sep 202116min
BREAKDOWN: Of Course Walmart Isn't Accepting Litecoin
A fake press release fools far too many. This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. At 9:30 a.m. ET, a press release from “Walmart Inc” dropped today claiming that the company was partnering with Litecoin t...
13 Sep 202115min
BREAKDOWN: The Timeline for Central Bank Digital Currencies Is Accelerating
A reading of a recent speech from the Bank for International Settlements. This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. A reading of a recent speech by Benoit Cœuré, the head of the BIS Innovation Hub, on “Cen...
12 Sep 202110min
SOB: On National Adoption of Bitcoin
El Salvador’s decision to make bitcoin legal tender shocked the world. Earlier this week the rapidly-developed and adopted bitcoin law went live, kicking off what seems primed to be an era of accelera...
11 Sep 202138min
