Is the SEC’s Terra Lawsuit Trying to Set Precedent That Stablecoins are Securities?
In today’s episode, NLW breaks down a slew of late-breaking news, including: Terraform Labs and Do Kwon are being sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission Binance US made strange transfer...
18 Feb 202317min
Why Bitcoin Rallied 11% on Wednesday
In this episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW examines the various explanations for Wednesday's 11% increase in BTC’s price, including: Market structure Global liquidity conditions Stablecoin con...
17 Feb 202316min
Regulators Only Have Themselves to Blame for Crypto Not Being Better Regulated
On Tuesday, the Senate Banking Committee held a hearing on the “Crypto Crash.” NLW discusses the opening statements of the ranking committee member and chairman, as well as the regulatory proposals pu...
16 Feb 202317min
Slightly Hot Inflation Print Probably Won’t Change the Fed’s Perspective
On today’s episode, NLW updates on the Paxos situation. Paxos made a statement that it is willing to fight the Securities and Exchange Commission in court over whether BUSD is a security. The main par...
15 Feb 202315min
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
