Central Bankers Triumphantly Declare Fiat to Have Beaten Crypto
Today on “Long Reads Sunday”: Travis Kling on why we haven’t won yet Cosmo Crixter – An Open Letter to Agustin Carstens Brendan Malone – The real problems of central banking Enjoying this con...
26 Feb 202314min
Bank Regulators Say ‘No Operation Choke Point 2.0! Seriously! Believe Us!’
Apparently all our angry howling worked. This week, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, while nominally spe...
25 Feb 202315min
Class-Action Lawsuit Accusing Digital Basketball Cards of Being Securities Allowed to Proceed
On today’s episode, NLW covers the ruling of a federal judge in New York allowing a class-action lawsuit to proceed against Dapper Labs for allegedly offering unregistered securities. He also covers a...
25 Feb 202314min
5 Takeaways From Coinbase's 'Base' Layer 2 Chain Launch
In this episode, NLW examines Coinbase's announcement of its new layer 2 chain, paying particular attention to: Exchanges moving from layer 1s to layer 2s No token Wall Street not getting ...
24 Feb 202317min
Is Custodia a ‘Sacrificial Lamb’ to the Fed’s War on Crypto Banking?
In a recent tweet, Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell suggested U.S. regulators like it when bad actors beat good actors because it takes down the crypto industry and the bad actors can be jailed later. I...
23 Feb 202316min
Narrative Watch: Hong Kong Nudges Towards Legalizing Crypto Trading for Retail
Hong Kong's securities regulator published proposed rules on Monday for virtual asset trading platforms, fueling the narrative that the next bull market will start in Asia. NLW explores whether the mo...
22 Feb 202317min
How to Fight Back Against Rogue Regulators
Featured on this week’s “Long Reads Sunday”: “Regulating Crypto by Enforcement and Stealth Will Set the US Back” – Michael Casey https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/02/10/regulating...
19 Feb 202319min
Why the Newly Proposed Custody Role Could Represent a De Facto Ban on Crypto
On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at the newly proposed custody rule from the Securities and Exchange Commission. While the rule has broader implications other than crypto, many in the ...
18 Feb 202317min
