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BREAKDOWN: Dylan LeClair on Bitcoin Data Where Macro Meets Micro
The on-chain analyst reveals why understanding bitcoin is a cheat code.
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
Today, NLW kicks off his “Gratitude for Bitcoin” three-part miniseries with Bitcoin Magazin…
00:30:34 |
Wed 24 Nov 2021
BREAKDOWN: What Jerome Powell’s Second Term Means for Bitcoin
The much-memed Fed chairman officially gets a second term with the Biden Administration.
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
This week, after months of speculation, President Joe Biden has named Jero…
00:15:22 |
Tue 23 Nov 2021
BREAKDOWN: Are El Salvador’s Bitcoin 'Volcano Bonds' an End Run Around the IMF?
The $1 billion bond will be tokenized and powered by Blockstream and Bitfinex.
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
Today on “The Breakdown,” a check in on El Salvador, where President Nayib Bukele h…
00:16:48 |
Mon 22 Nov 2021
BREAKDOWN: Are Stablecoins the Path to Continued Dollar Dominance?
A reading of two prescient Nic Carter essays from 2020.
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
In today’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW goes back to read excerpts from two Nic Carter pieces that seem particul…
00:12:52 |
Sun 21 Nov 2021
BREAKDOWN: What Billions of Dollars in Crypto Fundraising Says About the Bull Market
If the good times are over, many have the dry powder to weather the storm.
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
From $400 million to a crypto exchange to $2.5 billion for the biggest crypto fund in hi…
00:12:34 |
Sat 20 Nov 2021
BREAKDOWN: Did ConstitutionDAO Shift the Overton Window on What DAOs Can Accomplish?
More than 17,000 people raised over $40 million, but it wasn’t enough.
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
Last night the crypto community waited with bated breath to see who had won the first printi…
00:17:04 |
Fri 19 Nov 2021
BREAKDOWN: What We Learned From Congress' ‘Demystifying Crypto’ Hearing
Anyone who tells you the U.S. government is going to ban crypto is crazy.
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
Yesterday’s show was a global regulatory roundup, but today’s is all about the U.S. The J…
00:13:30 |
Thu 18 Nov 2021
BREAKDOWN: Will New Anti-Terrorism Rules Help Israeli Crypto Startups? A Global Regulatory Roundup
The state of crypto regulatory news from India to Russia to Brazil.
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
On today’s episode, NLW does a whistle-stop tour of global crypto regulatory news, including:
…
00:15:31 |
Wed 17 Nov 2021
BREAKDOWN: What Drove Bitcoin's Dip Under $60K
As is so often the case, it was a combination of macro news and market structure.
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
Bitcoin has been on a journey over the last 24 hours, from nearly $65,000 all th…
00:15:43 |
Tue 16 Nov 2021
BREAKDOWN: This DAO Is Trying to Buy the Constitution for $20M
A look at one of the boldest experiments in internet financial organizing yet.
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
On Thursday, Nov. 18th, Sotheby’s is auctioning off one of just 13 (or 11, dependin…
00:18:40 |
Mon 15 Nov 2021
SOB: How Far We’ve Come (And How Much Stayed the Same)
Today’s show is from a time before the trillion (or even billion) dollar market cap; Before Vitalik had ever spoken the word Ethereum; Before taproot, segwit, stock-to-flow and the institutional inve…
01:05:18 |
Sun 14 Nov 2021
BREAKDOWN: Crypto Is for the Dissidents and Disenfranchised
A reading of two essays that show the full range of communities connecting to crypto.
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
On this edition of “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads two pieces:
“Why Shouldn’t…
00:14:29 |
Sun 14 Nov 2021
BREAKDOWN: Is Jack Dorsey About to Announce a Bitcoin DeFi Platform?
Or is Square’s TBD launch of its white paper just days after the Taproot upgrade a coincidence?
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
On this edition of “The Breakdown Weekly Recap,” NLW follows up on…
00:14:05 |
Sat 13 Nov 2021
BREAKDOWN: The Politics of Bitcoin
Is the political discourse around crypto getting more sophisticated?
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
On today’s episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at how bitcoin’s place in the political dial…
00:14:14 |
Fri 12 Nov 2021
BREAKDOWN: Why Yesterday Was One of the Most Illuminating Days in Bitcoin’s History
A perfect confluence of macro events and market structure.
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
Yesterday was quite the day. A 6.2% inflation print led to a new bitcoin all-time high. Within hours, …
00:14:53 |
Thu 11 Nov 2021
BREAKDOWN: Inflation Nation – US Sees Highest Price Increase in 31 Years
What it means for markets, the Federal Reserve and bitcoin.
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
New statistics show a 6.2% rise in the consumer price index (CPI) year over year for October. On today’…
00:15:35 |
Wed 10 Nov 2021
BREAKDOWN: Apple CEO Tim Cook Reveals Crypto Holdings as BTC and ETH Hit New All-Time Highs
What on-chain analysts and the community at large thinks is driving the move.
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
Last night both BTC and ETH hit new all-time highs. In today’s episode, NLW explores:…
00:13:57 |
Tue 09 Nov 2021
BREAKDOWN: What Elon Musk's $21B Tesla Sale Gambit Says About Markets
The Saturday tweet about the sale drove synthetic crypto-powered Tesla markets down 7%.
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at why the fracas around Elon Musk’s Tw…
00:15:40 |
Mon 08 Nov 2021
SOB: If Facebook Can’t Run a Global Currency, Who Could?
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
A recent letter addressed to the social media giant from five democratic senators laid it out clearly; There's simply no way Meta (formerly Facebook) will be all…
00:40:19 |
Sun 07 Nov 2021
BREAKDOWN: The End of the Super Bubble vs. WAGMI
A reading of two threads that paint a very different picture of the world.
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
On this week’s ”Long Reads Sunday,” NLW looks at two very different takes on the economy…
00:13:24 |
Sun 07 Nov 2021
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