BREAKDOWN: Lyn Alden’s Latest – Why Currency Devaluation Is Inevitable
This week’s “Long Reads Sunday” reading is from macro analyst Lyn Alden and focuses on the inflation vs. deflation debate in historical context. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and N...
20 Sep 202037min
SOB: How Does Kraken's New Crypto Bank Work?
This week Kraken Financial became the first crypto company to receive a banking charter under Wyoming's Special Purpose Depository Institution statute. On this Speaking of Bitcoin episode, Join CEO Da...
20 Sep 202030min
RESEARCH: The ‘Hot Swap’ Plan to Switch Ethereum to Proof-of-Stake Explained
The highly-anticipated launch of Ethereum 2.0 is expected to have little to no impact on users and decentralized applications (dapps) currently operating on Ethereum. But in the years after its launch...
19 Sep 202038min
BREAKDOWN: Why the First US Crypto Bank Is a Big Deal
Kraken became the first crypto exchange to win a U.S. banking license this week. Here’s why that matters. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. On this edition of The Breakdo...
19 Sep 202014min
BREAKDOWN: 'I Didn't Buy It to Sell It. Ever.' MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor on His $425M Bitcoin Bet
The CEO of publicly traded MicroStrategy (MSTR) shares why he started to feel like he was “sitting on a 500-lb block of ice” and how he came to bitcoin as a solution. This episode is sponsored by Cryp...
18 Sep 20201h 21min
BREAKDOWN: Monetary Policy is Finished and Macro Debates Are Boring, Feat. Raoul Pal
A wide-ranging conversation about the state of macro, why central banks can’t really do anything and why private markets are leading the future of money. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitst...
17 Sep 202059min
BREAKDOWN: Governments vs. Networks – The Battle for the Soul of Finance
Governments have significant discretion over economics and finance today, but decentralized network-driven alternatives threaten that control. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Ne...
16 Sep 202018min
BREAKDOWN: The Decade of the Living Dead – How Zombie Companies Are Robbing Tomorrow’s Economy
The percentage of companies that can’t afford to pay the interest on their debt has reached a new all-time high in the wake of central bank intervention. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitst...
15 Sep 202021min
