Niall Ferguson on Why Bitcoin and China Are Winning the Monetary Revolution
On today’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads Niall Ferguson’s latest Op-Ed for Bloomberg: “Bitcoin Is Winning the COVID-19 Monetary Revolution” In it, Ferguson argues that bitcoin’s sovereignty and “built...
6 Dec 202015min
$50K BTC in 2021? Bloomberg Analysts Join the 'Traditional Onslaught' Driving Bitcoin's Rally
On this edition of the weekly recap, NLW looks at the consolidating narrative of a bitcoin rally that is: Being driven by institutional investors Shifting the center of the industry from East Asia ...
5 Dec 20209min
A ‘Santa Claus Rally’ for the Stock Market?
Today on the Brief: Payrolls report underperforms expectations Spotify looking for crypto director Lame-duck crypto legislation on the way? Our main discussion: Will we see a “Santa Claus ra...
5 Dec 202014min
Why Stablecoins Are the First Battleground of the Coming Crypto Regulation Wars
On Wednesday, three U.S. congressional Democrats announced the STABLE Act, an 18-page bill that would require, among other things, stablecoin issuers to acquire banking charters, get approval from the...
4 Dec 202025min
Josh Brown on Bitcoin’s ‘Respectability Rally’ and Why We’ll See Dow 100,000 in Our Lifetime
Josh Brown is the CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management. He is also the host of “The Halftime Report” on CNBC, author of the “Reformed Broker” blog and host of “The Compound Show” podcast. Most recently...
3 Dec 202032min
Why a $631B Asset Manager Just Changed Its Mind on Bitcoin
Today on the Brief: Libra is now “Diem” Christine Lagarde comes down on private stablecoins Dow closes its best month in 33 years Our main discussion: AllianceBernstein changes its mind. ...
2 Dec 202026min
Bitcoin Hits New All-Time High: What Happens Next?
On this historic day, NLW looks at bitcoin’s punching through its previous December 2017 all-time high. Specifically, he looks at: How different people benchmark the all-time high What drove the l...
1 Dec 202013min
How Bitcoin Gets to $100,000
On this edition of The Breakdown’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads a recent piece by Hong Fang, CEO of OKCoin. In it, Fang provides a set of valuation models and scenarios that plausibly lead to bitc...
29 Nov 202021min
