What Governments Should Do in the Coming Global Monetary Competition
On today’s episode, NLW reads Balaji Srinivasan’s essay “How India Legalizes Crypto.” NLW argues that while India’s proposed crypto ban is nominally the focus, the implications are much bigger and hav...
7 Mars 202130min
22% of Goldman Sachs Wealthiest Clients Think Bitcoin Will Reach $100,000+ in 12 Months
On this edition of The Breakdown’s weekly recap, NLW looks at: Whether bitcoin is being caught up in the larger macro volatility The latest NFT shenanigans including a burned IRL Banksy The latest...
6 Mars 202111min
Macro 101: Bonds, the Fed and Money Printing, Feat. Delphi Digital’s Kevin Kelly
What are Treasury bonds? Why does it matter how they’re doing? Does the Federal Reserve actually print money? What’s the difference between quantitative easing and yield curve control? Bitcoin unden...
6 Mars 202151min
Bitcoin Isn't Acting Like Stocks, Stocks Are Acting Like Bitcoin
Over the last year there has been a growing correlation between the stock market and bitcoin. Some of this is attributed to the new traditional participants in bitcoin. Some of it is attributed to bit...
5 Mars 202115min
Are You Really Surprised Elizabeth Warren Doesn't Get Bitcoin?
Today on the Brief: PayPal acquiring Curv for $500 million? Traditional markets are very confused Portnoy launches Buzz exchange-traded fund Our main discussion: NLW looks at the emerging politi...
4 Mars 202114min
Are NFTs Just This Cycle’s ICOs?
On today’s episode, NLW looks at the explosion of interest in NFTs. Big money, big names, big problems? He asks whether non-fungible tokens are this cycle’s initial coin offerings by looking at five...
3 Mars 202118min
Why Citi Thinks Bitcoin Is at a Tipping Point
Today on the Brief: Michael Saylor bought the dip China bans bitcoin mining in Inner Mongolia WallStreetBets moving off Reddit? Our main discussion: Citi’s analysis of bitcoin. February saw a...
2 Mars 202114min
Governments Couldn’t Ban Bitcoin Even if They Wanted To
Today on “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads “Can Governments Stop Bitcoin?” by Alex Gladstein, published recently by Quillette. Gladstein argues that both technical and legal attacks on bitcoin are extrem...
28 Feb 202120min
