BREAKDOWN: Are Central Bank Coins the End of Financial Privacy?
As the European Union gets more serious about a digital euro, most central bank digital currencies intend to remove the anonymity of cash. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Nexo.io and Elliptic...
5 Okt 202022min
RESEARCH: Confessions of a Sharding Skeptic
With final preparations for the launch of Ethereum 2.0 soon to be underway, CoinDesk's Christine Kim spoke to Cayman Nava, technical lead at ChainSafe Systems and Alexey Akhunov, an independent resear...
4 Okt 202042min
BREAKDOWN: Inflation Is the Cruelest Tax
A reading of a new piece from the Wall Street Journal that NLW argues shows a shifting mainstream narrative. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Nexo.io and Elliptic.co. Today’s Long Reads Sunday...
4 Okt 202015min
BREAKDOWN: 'The Fed Meetings Are a Dead Spectator Sport' - Best of The Breakdown September 2020
A monthly recap featuring conversations with Luke Gromen, Raoul Pal, Tavi Costa, Sven Henrich, Corey Hoffstein and Michael Saylor. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Nexo.io and Elliptic.co. A r...
3 Okt 202017min
BREAKDOWN: 'Good Reason to Worry' What the BitMEX Indictment Means for DeFi and Bitcoin, Feat. Stephen Palley and Preston Byrne
Crypto legal experts join NLW to discuss the U.S. government’s case against BitMEX and its implications for the broader ecosystem. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Nexo.io and Elliptic.co. To...
2 Okt 202042min
BREAKDOWN: 10 Popular Investing Beliefs We Should Be Questioning
NLW recaps a viral twitter thread asking people which financial conventional wisdom they disagree with. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Nexo.io and Elliptic.co. When popular finance writer Mo...
1 Okt 202018min
BREAKDOWN: DeFi Summer; Bitcoin Fall
The attention may have been with DeFi when it was warm, but as the cold winds of COVID-19 return fears and election volatility blow, bitcoin is resuming narrative dominance. This episode is sponsored ...
30 Sep 202020min
BREAKDOWN: So Now They’re Hacking DeFi Protocols Before They’ve Even Launched?
When the DeFi degens caught wind of a new pre-release Andre Cronje project they piled in, only to get $16 million hacked away in a flash. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io....
29 Sep 202012min
