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The Breakdown

A daily analysis of macroeconomics, bitcoin, geopolitics and big picture power shifts, hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore @nlw. The Breakdown is produced and distributed by CoinDesk.
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The Breakdown
2021-09-29

Two Fed Presidents Resign After Embarrassing Trading Revelations

Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW explores traditional financial system actors behaving badly, including…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-28

Did China Finally Ban Bitcoin for Real?

Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at two major recent stories.  Twitter has added bitcoin tipping …
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-26

Is Crypto at a Socio-Regulatory Inflection Point?

This week’s “Long Reads Sunday” returns to the format’s roots with four threads from Twitter: Chris…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-25

Weekly Recap: What Happens When S*** Gets Real

On this edition of “The Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at the heightened state of affairs in the crypto la…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-25

Bitcoin Is the Most Illiquid It’s Ever Been: 12 Numbers That Tell the Current Story of Markets

NLW looks at the current state of crypto markets through numbers, including: Bitcoin illiquid suppl…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-24

The Dreaded Federal Reserve Taper Is Coming

Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW examines the upcoming Federal Reserve winding down, or taper, of its s…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-23

Snoop Is Medici? The Mainstream Infiltration Continues

Today on the Brief: BlockFi gets another extension Chainalysis’s secret data honeypot Robinhood cry…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-22

Did the SEC Really Serve Subpoenas at Mainnet?

Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at reports from Messari’s Mainnet conference that the Securities…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-21

Why Is September So Bad for Bitcoin?

Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at the historic weakness in the bitcoin market in the month of S…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-19

Why a CBDC Would Make the Fed’s Job Miserable

A reading of JP Koning’s essay for Coindesk “Are Central Bankers Ready for Payments Theater?” Enjoyi…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-19

Securities Regulators in Texas, New Jersey and Alabama Go After Celsius

On this edition of “The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at: The latest in China’s Evergrande c…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-18

Is China’s Evergrande Crisis a Global Systemic Risk?

Today’s show is a look at one of the most important but under-discussed macro events in the world to…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-17

Laos Does About-Face on Bitcoin to Attract China’s Mining-Ban Refugees

Today’s episode of “The Breakdown” looks at a variety of topics covering the evolving relationships …
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-16

Free Markets vs. Investor Protections: The Latest from Warren and Gensler on Crypto

Today on The Breakdown, NLW examines SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s testimony yesterday in front of the Se…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-15

What Billions in Crypto Fund Raises Tells Us About the State of Markets

On this episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at an array of recent fund announcements, including: …
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-14

Of Course Walmart Isn't Accepting Litecoin

At 9:30 a.m. ET, a press release from “Walmart Inc” dropped today claiming that the company was part…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-12

The Timeline for Central Bank Digital Currencies Is Accelerating

A reading of a recent speech by Benoit CĹ“urĂ©, the head of the BIS Innovation Hub, on “Central bank d…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-11

Dan Tapiero: Crypto Is the First Truly Global Macro Investment Opportunity of All Time

Dan Tapiero, founder of 10T, returns to “The Breakdown” to discuss: Investing $750 million into gro…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-11

Why Former US Regulators Are Moving Into Crypto

Today on the Brief: NFT volume cools down but interest remains strong Mastercard is acquiring Ciphe…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-10

Ukraine Legalizes Bitcoin

El Salvador made history on Tuesday, Sept. 7, when it became the first nation to make bitcoin legal …
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-09

The SEC Threatens to Sue Coinbase but Coinbase Is Fighting Back

Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW briefly covers yesterday’s bitcoin price crash and why it was driven b…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-08

It’s Bitcoin Day in El Salvador

El Salvador’s bitcoin legal-tender law goes into effect today. NLW looks at the recent controversy s…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-06

Balaji Srinivasan: “Bitcoin at $1,000,000 is a Global Government”

This interview originally aired December 19th, 2020.  Balaji Srinivasan is an angel investor and en…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-09-05

WTF Is A “Metaverse?”

On this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads David Hoffman’s recent essay in Bankless “The Metaverse…