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00:11:39

BREAKDOWN: A Regulatory Reckoning for the Crypto...

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2020/10/10

Between BitMEX action, the U.K.’s derivative ban and the new U.S. Department of Justice enforcement framework, regulations are coming for crypto.This episode is sponsored byCrypto.com,Nexo.ioandElliptic.On this week’s Breakdown weekly recap, NLW looks at a cross-section of regulatory news, including:CFTC and DOJ action against BitMEX and its leadershipThe U.K. Financial Conduct Authority’s ban of crypto derivative products for retail investorsThe DOJ’s new cryptocurrency enforcement

01:20:51

BREAKDOWN: Cathie Wood – Secrets of the World’s Best...

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2020/10/09

Cathie Wood bet early on Bitcoin and Tesla, and her ARK Innovation Fund is up 75% in 2020.This episode is sponsored byCrypto.com,Nexo.ioandElliptic.Forbes called her “the newest superstar investor,” and it’s not hard to see why.Cathie Wood is radically disrupting the way money is allocated. Fighting the rise of passive – what she calls the “greatest misallocation of resources in history” – Wood’s funds are actively managed exchange-traded funds that give investors exposure to public

00:19:30

BREAKDOWN: The Market Reacts to Square’s $50M Bitcoin...

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2020/10/08

Reactions from Bitcoin Twitter and beyond as Square puts 1% of its treasury assets into bitcoin.This episode is sponsored byCrypto.com,Nexo.ioandElliptic.A special breaking edition of The Breakdown follows the market’s reaction to Square’s surprise $50 million bitcoin investment.NLW breaks down the foundations for the investment, including:2020’s alignment between the bitcoin narrative and structural economic realitiesAn increase in bitcoin’s perceived resilienceThe precedent set by

00:41:30

BREAKDOWN: How Bitcoin Could Become the Reserve Asset...

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2020/10/07

Crypto trader, analyst and operator Qiao Wang looks at bitcoin’s macro resilience and why DeFi is here to stay.This episode is sponsored byCrypto.com,Nexo.ioandElliptic.Today on the Brief:Stimulus talk shutdown spooks marketsHouse recommends antitrust actions but likely to get nowhereCBDC trial results from ChinaOur main discussion is with trader and entrepreneur Qiao Wang. In this conversation, NLW and Qiao discuss:Bitcoin’s resilience in the face of a barrage of bad newsWhy DeFi is a

00:17:23

BREAKDOWN: The UK Bans Crypto Derivatives

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2020/10/06

The crypto industry reacts to a big move from the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority.This episode is sponsored byCrypto.com,Nexo.ioandElliptic.Today on the Brief:John McAfee arrested in SpainBTC addresses added spikes to two-year highA new election-market narrative emergesOur main discussion: The U.K. has banned crypto derivatives.Just days after the U.S. announced significant action involving BitMEX, the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority has made its own move to stop crypto

00:21:33

BREAKDOWN: Are Central Bank Coins the End of...

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2020/10/05

As the European Union gets more serious about a digital euro, most central bank digital currencies intend to remove the anonymity of cash.This episode is sponsored byCrypto.com,Nexo.ioandElliptic.Today on the Brief:Markets gain as Pres. Trump’s condition stabilizesSEC Chairman Clayton sees future where all stocks are tokenizedUniswap had more volume than Coinbase in SeptemberOur main discussion: central bank coins and financial privacy.The EU recently released a new research paper on a

00:41:11

RESEARCH: Confessions of a Sharding Skeptic

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2020/10/04

With final preparations for the launch of Ethereum 2.0 soon to be underway, CoinDesk's Christine Kim spoke to Cayman Nava, technical lead at ChainSafe Systems and Alexey Akhunov, an independent researcher and software developer about the kinks in ETH's evolution that still need to be worked out.This episode is sponsored byCrypto.com,Nexo.ioandElliptic.co.The Ethereum blockchain processes aboutthree to four timesas many transactions as Bitcoin. It’s still not enough, however, to meet rising

00:14:51

BREAKDOWN: Inflation Is the Cruelest Tax

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2020/10/04

A reading of a new piece from the Wall Street Journal that NLW argues shows a shifting mainstream narrative.This episode is sponsored byCrypto.com,Nexo.ioandElliptic.co.Today’s Long Reads Sunday selection is “How To Avoid Paying the Cruelest Tax: Inflation” from the Wall Street Journal.NLW argues the piece reflects a changing conversation in mainstream financial circles about the possibility of inflation on the other side of new Federal Reserve policy.See Privacy Policy at

00:16:48

BREAKDOWN: 'The Fed Meetings Are a Dead Spectator...

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2020/10/03

A monthly recap featuring conversations with Luke Gromen, Raoul Pal, Tavi Costa, Sven Henrich, Corey Hoffstein and Michael Saylor.This episode is sponsored byCrypto.com,Nexo.ioandElliptic.co.A recap of September, which NLW calls a transitional month between the post-lockdown excitement of the summer and the growing macro insecurity around second wave fears and election volatility.Featuring some of the most interesting insights from our guests, including:Luke Gromen on the four options for

00:41:29

BREAKDOWN: 'Good Reason to Worry' What the BitMEX...

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2020/10/02

Crypto legal experts join NLW to discuss the U.S. government’s case against BitMEX and its implications for the broader ecosystem.This episode is sponsored byCrypto.com,Nexo.ioandElliptic.co.Today on the Brief:Market reaction to Pres.Trump contracting COVID-19Subpar September jobs reportDecentralized exchanges have third straight 100%+ growth monthOur main discussion explores the ramifications of the recent BitMEX charges.Yesterday, BitMEX was targeted with both civil and criminal

00:17:34

BREAKDOWN: 10 Popular Investing Beliefs We Should Be...

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2020/10/01

NLW recaps a viral twitter thread asking people which financial conventional wisdom they disagree with.This episode is sponsored byCrypto.com,Nexo.ioandElliptic.co.When popular finance writer Morgan Housel asked followers on Twitter to share the commonly held investing beliefs they most disagreed with, the internet responded with vigor.A thousand or so replies later, NLW ranks the top 10 investing ideas we should be questioning, including:Ignoring compounding interest in our 20sBuying homes

00:19:31

BREAKDOWN: DeFi Summer; Bitcoin Fall

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2020/09/30

The attention may have been with DeFi when it was warm, but as the cold winds of COVID-19 return fears and election volatility blow, bitcoin is resuming narrative dominance.This episode is sponsored byCrypto.com,BitstampandNexo.io.Today on the Brief:Coinbase offers severance to employees who want to leave over new politics policyLong-term job cuts hamper any idea of V-shaped recoveryLast chance for a stimulus package before the U.S. presidential electionOur main discussion is a narrative

00:11:30

BREAKDOWN: So Now They’re Hacking DeFi Protocols...

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2020/09/29

When the DeFi degens caught wind of a new pre-release Andre Cronje project they piled in, only to get $16 million hacked away in a flash.

00:20:25

BREAKDOWN: Coinbase’s New Policy – Anti-Woke or Just...

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2020/09/29

CEO Brian Armstrong’s letter has not just the crypto world but the larger world of tech and business talking about the role of corporations in society.This episode is sponsored byCrypto.com,BitstampandNexo.io.Monday, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong published the innocuously titled “Coinbase Is a Mission-Driven Company.”While the post talked a lot about Coinbase’s core mission, its real goal seemed to be to make clear Coinbase would not be engaging with any other social or political issues

00:16:44

BREAKDOWN: Why Bitcoin's Longest Run Above $10,000...

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2020/09/28

Bitcoin has been above $10,000 for even longer than the record 2017-18 run, giving confidence to long term HODLers in the process.This episode is sponsored byCrypto.com,BitstampandNexo.io.Today on the Brief:After four weeks down, bitcoin bounces back on suspicions that recent bearishness was overblownKuCoin exchange gets hacked for somewhere between $150 million and $280 millionJack Dorsey outlines Twitter’s blockchain and bitcoin beliefs during Oslo Freedom Forum appearanceOur main

00:43:48

SOB: The 51% Attack Nightmare Scenario (Isn't That Bad)

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2020/09/27

On this Speaking of Bitcoin episode, join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy & Jonathan Mohan for an in-depth discussion about what’s really at risk when blockchains suffer the dreaded 51% attack.

00:21:34

BREAKDOWN: Understanding the Coming Currency Cold War

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2020/09/27

Will the future of currency be led by the U.S., China, Bitcoin, or some combination we can barely imagine today?This episode is sponsored byCrypto.com,BitstampandNexo.io.This week’s Long Reads Sunday is a reading of “The Currency Cold War: Four Scenarios” by Jeff Wilsner – part of CoinDesk’s Internet 2030 series.In it, Wilsner talks to experts about four scenarios:A multi-currency scenario, where exchange is abstracted away via digital walletsA China-led scenarioA U.S.-led scenarioA

00:35:08

RESEARCH: The One-Way ETH 'Burn' That Will Kick-Start...

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2020/09/26

With the final preparations for the launch of Ethereum 2.0 underway, CoinDesk's Christine Kim spoke with Developers Raul Jordan and Eduardo Antuña Díez about what's left to do.

00:12:01

BREAKDOWN: Why the Stock Market is Poised for Its...

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2020/09/26

Last week saw the third-biggest outflow from stock funds in history, and the dollar is the strongest it’s been since April. Here’s what’s going on.This episode is sponsored byCrypto.com,BitstampandNexo.io.On this edition of The Breakdown weekly recap, NLW looks at the fourth painful week for traditional markets in a row.He discusses the factors contributing to the trouble, including:A normal correction from too-high valuationsThe return of COVID-19 lockdownsThe end of easy recovery

00:51:52

BREAKDOWN: Sven Henrich on the Ever-Weakening...

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2020/09/25

The founder and lead market strategist at NorthmanTrader explains how the Fed has boxed itself in and why our fundamental economic capacity fails to grow.This episode is sponsored byCrypto.com,BitstampandNexo.io.Sven Henrich is the outspoken founder and lead market strategist at NorthmanTrader. Well known for his appearances on CNBC, CNN Business and MarketWatch, Sven is also the host of the Straight Talk podcast.In this conversation, he and NLW discuss:The ever-weakening economic cycleWhy

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