The Latest Front in the Crypto Wars Is Binance-Paxos and BUSD
Last week, rumors swirled that Paxos was the next target for regulatory action. On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported the Securities and Exchange Commission was preparing a suit accusing the com...
14 Feb 202315min
Are Ordinals Sneakily a Boon to Bitcoin Security?
On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads: “A Pragmatic View of ChatGPT in a Web3 World” by Jesus Rodriguez “How Bitcoin NFTs Might Accidentally Fix Bitcoin's Security Budget” by George Kalo...
13 Feb 202318min
‘A Paternalistic and Lazy Regulator’: What the SEC-Kraken Staking Settlement Means for Crypto
On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW goes over the latest front in the crypto wars. On Thursday, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a $30 million settlement with Kraken over their ...
11 Feb 202319min
Python Politics Part 2: Operation Choke Point 2.0 Begins
The crypto industry is increasingly facing a U.S. banking system that has been weaponized against it. In this second part of a two-part special, NLW looks at the post-Brian Brooks era at the Office of...
11 Feb 202323min
Python Politics Part 1: The US Government's Slow Squeeze on Crypto via the Banking System
Operation Choke Point was an Obama-era initiative that put political pressure on banks and financial institutions to deny service to out-of-favor industries. Something similar is happening again with ...
10 Feb 202321min
Here Comes ‘Britcoin’
On today’s episode, NLW looks at the news that the U.K. has released a public consultation paper on a digital pound. While the British government hasn’t fully greenlit a U.K. central bank digital curr...
9 Feb 202318min
The Fed’s Hawkish Walk Back
At last week’s FOMC meeting, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell surprised many market watchers with a more doveish than expected FOMC speech and Q&A. On Friday, however, the January non-farm payrolls...
8 Feb 202315min
Would a Genesis/DCG Deal With Creditors End the Crypto Contagion?
Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW catches up on 2022 fallout, including: The White House letter about crypto from last week FTX hearing on whether to appoint an independent examiner Binance temporaril...
7 Feb 202313min
