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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
2019-08-08

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 8.8 | Gaming, Mass Adoption and FUD Fighting

You've heard of the PayPal Mafia, but what about the Magic the Gathering Mafia? Both SkyWeaver and G…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-08-07

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 8.7 | Katherine Wu on KIK vs. SEC / Binance KYC Hack / Year of the DAO?

Katherine Wu joins us as a guest to discuss her full annotation of the 117 page clap back from KIK a…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-08-06

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 8.6 | China, Stonks and Safe Havens

First Trump threatened tariffs. Then China devalued the Yuan. Then Trump declared China to be curren…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-08-05

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 8.5 | Protests & privacy / Global macro Bitcoin / Crypto's Inevitability

A key theme from last week's Senate Banking Committee hearing was the sense that, like it or not, cr…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-08-02

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 8.2 | Q2 Crypto Data Extravaganza!

The Q2 crypto data reports are in, so on this special edition we’re breaking down the most interesti…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-08-02

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 8.1 | UASF at 2 & power in crypto networks / Zcash dev fund / Crypto in the wild

It was the two year anniversary of UASF (and the BCH chain split from BTC), which marked a significa…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-08-01

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.31 | What Fed rate cuts mean for BTC / IEO performance / Funding/M&A Roundup

The Fed cut interest rates today for the first time in Bitcoin's life. This move is interesting dire…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-07-30

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.30 | Recap of Senate Banking Committee Hearing On Crypto Regulation

In their second hearing in 2 weeks, the Senate Banking Committee invited 3 panelists to discuss the …
 
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The Breakdown
2019-07-29

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.29 | Lightning Network vs. surveillance / US Congress response to de-Americaniz…

Weekly countdown of the 5 most important essays and threads from the week before on Long Reads Sunda…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-07-24

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.24 | Encryption Backdoors // Americans Trust BTC More Than Libra // Regulatory …

The US Attorney General has reignited a debate about encryption backdoors for law enforcement. Libra…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-07-23

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.23 | Trontroversy! // Ethereum dev tax? // #IndiaWantsCrypto

Justin Sun canceled his lunch with Warren Buffett this week, claiming kidney stones. Reports today, …
 
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The Breakdown
2019-07-23

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.22 | The "Libra Goes To Washington" Recap [LRS56 Top 5]

From 5 to 1, counting down the most important threads, essays and content from last week. Featuring …
 
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The Breakdown
2019-07-19

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.19 | BitMEX vs. CFTC / Bitcoin legal in China? / Ycash and Friendly Forks

The CFTC's investigation of BitMEX is the latest in string of screws tightening on global exchanges …
 
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The Breakdown
2019-07-18

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.18 | Libra Aftermath - G7, China, and Dalio's dystopia

Libra was a hotbutton issue at the G7 meetings - maybe the one thing they agreed on. Meanwhile, the …
 
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The Breakdown
2019-07-18

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.17 | Libra Hearings Day 2 Recap - House Financial Services Committee

On Day 2 of Libra hearings, Facebook's David Marcus testified in front of the House Financial Servic…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-07-16

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.16 | Libra Hearing Day 1 Recap - Senate Banking Committee

Libra's David Marcus testified before a relatively hostile Senate Banking Committee today. In today'…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-07-16

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.15 | Long Reads Sunday #55 Top 5

Every Sunday, I put together a list of the top tweets, threads and essays shaping the crypto convers…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-07-12

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.12 | Special Edition: Trump Gives Bitcoin A Mainstream Moment

A very Trump-y special edition! On this episode, we look at 1) what happened with Trump’s Bitcoin/Li…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-07-11

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.11 | Comply or Die Token Sales | Turkey and CBDCs | Crypto Startup Studio

On this episode, we discuss: 1) Reg A+ compliant token sales from Blockstack and YouNow and why it's…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-07-10

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.10 | Alt Season Dreams & Nightmares | New Crypto Funding | Mr. Libra Goes To Wa…

We discuss: 1) the chatter around a potential alt season and what makes things different this time a…
 
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The Breakdown
2019-07-10

Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.9.19 | Deutsche Bank layoffs; Does Libra drown the BTC narrative? + more

Deutsche Bank announces 18k layoffs & a photo instafamous memes a tailor with a Bitcoin bag as a fir…