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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
2021-03-21

Why Kentucky Is Trying to Become a Crypto Mining Hub

On this week’s Breakdown Weekly Recap, NLW looks at: The beginning of the next institutional bitcoi…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-20

How CBDCs Give ‘Absolute Control’ to Central Banks

Today on the Brief: China-U.S. talks U.S. spending coming back A virtual casino hiring IRL people  …
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-19

Why a Norwegian Billionaire Is Betting on Bitcoin's Positive Environmental Potential

Today on the Brief Followup on the FOMC meeting $3.1M for an anonymous team Could we finally see a …
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-18

Morgan Stanley Is First Big Bank Offering Bitcoin to Wealthy Clients

Today on the Brief: What markets want from the Federal Reserve’s FOMC meeting eToro’s $10B SPAC The…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-17

Ray Dalio on Dumb Dollar Debt, Bitcoin Controls and the Coming Assault on Capitalism

Today on The Breakdown, NLW reviews Ray Dalio’s latest essay, looking at: The six reasons why it do…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-16

Survey: Americans Could Spend Up to $40B in Stimulus Payments on Bitcoin

Today on the Brief: Bitcoin’s $60,000 weekend price brings out the angry bears India’s mixed signal…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-14

The Case for $1M Bitcoin

On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads Layered Money author Nik Bhatia’s recent essay for Coi…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-14

Is This the Beginning of the Next Institutional Bitcoin Wave?

On The Breakdown’s “Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at news of institutional involvement in the bitcoin and…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-13

What the $1.9T Stimulus Means for Bitcoin

COVID-19 sent the money printer into overdrive. With the newly signed $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, t…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-12

A Beeple Artwork Just Sold for $69M: NFT Bubble or Everything Bubble?

Everyone paying attention knew that Beeple’s Christie’s auction was likely going to set a new high w…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-11

Why the CEO of New York Life Just Joined the Board of One of Bitcoin's Fastest-Growing Companies

Today on The Breakdown, NLW catches up on the news from the past few days, looking at: NFTs heating…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-10

The World’s Most Important Geopolitical Fault Lines, Feat. Tracy Shuchart

On today’s episode, NLW is joined by investor and FinTwit star Tracy Shuchart. On the show, they dis…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-09

No, the Digital Dollar Won't Kill Bitcoin

On today’s episode, NLW provides a 101-style overview of central bank digital currencies, looking at…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-08

What Governments Should Do in the Coming Global Monetary Competition

On today’s episode, NLW reads Balaji Srinivasan’s essay “How India Legalizes Crypto.” NLW argues tha…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-07

22% of Goldman Sachs Wealthiest Clients Think Bitcoin Will Reach $100,000+ in 12 Months

On this edition of The Breakdown’s weekly recap, NLW looks at: Whether bitcoin is being caught up i…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-06

Macro 101: Bonds, the Fed and Money Printing, Feat. Delphi Digital’s Kevin Kelly

What are Treasury bonds? Why does it matter how they’re doing? Does the Federal Reserve actually pri…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-05

Bitcoin Isn't Acting Like Stocks, Stocks Are Acting Like Bitcoin

Over the last year there has been a growing correlation between the stock market and bitcoin. Some o…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-04

Are You Really Surprised Elizabeth Warren Doesn't Get Bitcoin?

Today on the Brief: PayPal acquiring Curv for $500 million? Traditional markets are very confused P…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-03

Are NFTs Just This Cycle’s ICOs?

On today’s episode, NLW looks at the explosion of interest in NFTs. Big money, big names, big proble…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-02

Why Citi Thinks Bitcoin Is at a Tipping Point

Today on the Brief: Michael Saylor bought the dip China bans bitcoin mining in Inner Mongolia WallS…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-01

Governments Couldn’t Ban Bitcoin Even if They Wanted To

Today on “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads “Can Governments Stop Bitcoin?” by Alex Gladstein, published…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-02-28

Are Beeple's $6.6M Sale and Christie's Auction a Turning Point for NFTs?

This week on the Weekly Recap, NLW discusses: The price dip Tether’s settlement with the NYAG Coinb…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-02-27

Why Cathie Wood Thinks Bitcoin Could Replace Bonds

Today on the Brief: SEC investigating Elon’s DOGE tweets? U.S. income growth has second biggest mon…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-02-26

Bitcoin Investing Is ESG Investing

In today's episode, NLW looks at how bitcoin fits with the growing trend of ESG (Environmental, Soci…