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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
2019-11-19

Multi-Collateral DAI goes live / Not so privacy coins / Crypto fundraising & M&A

After a huge amount of work, MakerDAO's multi-collateral DAI is live. Only one new token (Brave's BA…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-10-31

Why did Satoshi choose Halloween to publish the bitcoin whitepaper?

11 years ago today, on Halloween 2008, Satoshi shared the bitcoin whitepaper for the first time. The…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-10-31

Bitmain power struggle / Russian crypto intrigue / Don't call it a QE

Today was a quick news briefing: Bitmain power struggles as Jihan Wu pulls a coup to return China b…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-10-30

Mass Adoption - But Of What? And At What Cost?

Times, how they've changed. The surge in bitcoin price and the explosion of China into blockchain ha…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-10-28

Narrative Watch: The New China Narrative, 2019 Edition

China has had an ongoing role in the crypto narrative. For much of the history of the industry, it w…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-10-26

Bitcoin Soars on China President Xi's Blockchain Comments

On Wednesday, Zuckerberg responded to the largely hostile US Congress by reminding them that, if the…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-10-25

Repo Market Madness & Bitcoin Macro / CT Reacts To Libra Hearings / LabCFTC

Most of the world outside crypto twitter that saw a clip of Mark Zuckerberg's testimony would have n…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-10-24

SPECIAL EDITION: An Opinionated Recap Of Zuckerberg's Libra Testimony Before Congress

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress today, nominally about Libra but actually abo…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-10-22

Narrative Watch: 3 Key Battlelines of the Digital Currency Wars

The digital currency wars are getting hotter and hotter, but they're not one dimensional. This narra…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-10-18

Poloniex leaves Circle & the USA / Binance 125x leverage / BIS says BTC failed & stabelcoins a threa…

Circle is spinning out Poloniex and the exchange's new honors want to build away from the US. Is thi…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-10-17

Does Bitcoin Institutionalization Threaten Cypherpunk Values?

Chainalysis recently helped law enforcement take down a child porn ring by tracking btc addresses. T…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-10-15

Is FinCEN going after Telegram around money laundering? / The new, lighter Libra Association

The fallout continues from the crazy last week in Libra, as the Association moves forward without an…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-10-14

Narrative Watch: Regulators Get Rowdy (aka Why You Might Owe Money On BSV)

Last week was apparently "government says get rekt" week in crypto. The SEC kicked things off by dis…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-10-11

BREAKING: Is The Libra Dream Dead? Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, eBay leave Libra

The title says it all. Visa, Mastercard, eBay, and Stripe have joined PayPal in leaving the Libra As…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-10-10

Will there ever be a BTC ETF? / CFTC says ETH a commodity / Binance accepts Alipay/WeChat pay...sort…

The SEC has denied the most recent bitcoin ETF proposal - this time from Bitwise. Some speculate tha…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-10-09

IRS Forks Up New Tax Guidance / DevCon Debates / Senate Pressures Libra

The IRS dropped quite the surprise today: their first new tax guidance since 2014. Unfortunately, it…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-10-09

Narrative Watch | The NBA, Hearthstone & Hong Kong - Why Censorship Resistance Matters

First it was the NBA aggressively distancing itself from comments from Rockets GM Daryl Morey in sup…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-10-02

Libra's shaky membership FUD / Crypto In A Congressional Race / Why BTC volume is growing in Hong Ko…

Libra is back in the spotlight after the WSJ published reports that Visa, Mastercard and others are …
 
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The Breakdown
2019-10-02

SEC vs. EOS: Securities! Settlement! Scandal!

The SEC's $24m settlement with EOS has been all anyone has been able to talk about for the last day …
 
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The Breakdown
2019-09-30

Narrative Watch: Time Preference Transformation - How CT Reacted (Or Didn't) To Last Week's Price Cr…

Last week saw a 20% drop in the price of Bitcoin - much of coming in a short, 30 minute span. What i…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-09-27

Is bitcoin rogue state money? / The impact of Libra on central banks / Fed repo market injections co…

News broke of Venezuela exploring whether they could use bitcoin and ether as reserve assets, prompt…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-09-25

What's behind the BTC price crash? / Does WeWork matter for crypto? / Incognito mode for payments

Bitcoin (and the rest of the markets) absolutely cratered yesterday, with BTC dropping from nearly $…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-09-24

Bakkt launch flop or fly? / Kik kicks the bucket, Kin lives on / SEC testifies before Congress

Much hyped Bakkt has launched, but the volume is...less than massive. What should we think about it?…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-09-23

Narrative Watch - Meme Warfare: 'Bitcoin fixes this' vs. 'ETH is money'

Crypto markets are driven by memes. In point of fact, all markets are driven by memes and narratives…