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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
2020-05-09

Could These Currencies Be Dollar Killers? Feat. Niall Ferguson & More [Money Reimagined - Part 2]

Libra, the Euro, China's DCEP.  Do any of these currencies have a chance at displacing the dollar in…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-05-08

9 Reasons Why Bitcoin Has Never Been Stronger Going Into A Halving

The bitcoin halving is just a few days away and the growing excitement is palpable. On this episode …
 
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The Breakdown
2020-05-07

Surveying the Carnage: How Real Estate, Travel and Music Are Faring During the Crisis

The second order effects of the COVID-19 crisis are here, and they’re painful. In this episode, NLW …
 
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The Breakdown
2020-05-06

Why Crypto Matters for Financial Inclusion, Feat. Celo's Marek Olszewski

Around the world, an estimated 1.7 billion people remain unbanked and lacking access to high quality…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-05-05

Why Buffett’s Bearishness Should End V-Shaped Recovery Talk

One month after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in 2008, Warren Buffett wrote an Op-Ed saying that…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-05-02

The Breakdown Weekly Recap | May 2 2020

The week's episodes in one long run.  Monday | Bitcoin vs. QE Infinity: The 4 Archetypes Of The Hal…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-05-02

Why The Dollar Has Never Been Stronger Or More Set Up To Fail [Money Reimagined Pt. 1]

The first of a 4-part docu-style series on the battle for the future of money. In this first episode…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-05-01

From Corrupt To Broken: An Insider’s Analysis Of The Fed, feat. Danielle DiMartino Booth

Danielle DiMartino Booth is the CEO and Chief Strategist of Quill Intelligence. Before that, however…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-30

When Currencies Fail: A Primer on the Crisis in Lebanon

The Lebanese pound has lost at least 50% of its value since last year. 220,000 people have lost thei…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-29

The Mass Surveillance Machine, Feat. Maya Zehavi

As the COVID-19 crisis rages, it takes on new economic and political dimensions. The frames for many…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-28

Bitcoin vs. QE Infinity: The 4 Archetypes Of The Halving Debate

The bitcoin halving is just two weeks away. While the COVID-19 crisis pushed attention off the momen…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-25

The Breakdown Weekly Recap | April 25

The full week's content in a single convenient long-run episode. Monday | Bearish or Bullish? What …
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-25

Why Bitcoin Is Freedom Money, Feat. Yan Pritzker

Yan Pritzker is the CTO and cofounder of Swan Bitcoin, an automated bitcoin only investing app aimin…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-24

We Don’t Need Big Brother To Beat This Virus

One of the key aspects of most plans to reopen the economy is digital contact tracing. This would be…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-23

The History of the Dollar System From Bretton Woods to QE Infinity, Feat. Luke Gromen

QE infinity. Corporate bailouts. Nudging UBI. The incredible economic phenomena going on now didn’t …
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-22

From Proof of Health to UBI: How Everything Changes Post COVID-19, Feat. Joe McCann

Joe McCann currently works in cloud and AI at Microsoft and has spent decades in tech, crypto, and o…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-21

Bearish or Bullish? What Oil, DeFi Hacks and Cash Hoarding Tell Us About Markets

It’s hard to look at recent news from both crypto and traditional markets and not feel like we’re ge…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-18

The Breakdown Weekly Recap | April 18 2020

The entire week's shows in one convenient episode  Monday | Off Tuesday | The $20,000 Human IPO & 5…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-18

Why Money Is Losing Its Meaning, feat. Jared Dillian

Bitcoiners are particularly sensitive to Fed intervention in markets, but the degree to which the Fe…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-17

Libra vs. China's DCEP? The Battle for the Future of Money Heats Up

This week saw the latest salvos in the battle for the future of money.  Libra announced that it woul…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-16

What the Economy Will Look Like 6 Months From Now, Feat. Ryan Selkis

As week (one million, it seems) of the COVID-19 lockdown plods on, many are wondering what the econo…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-15

The $20,000 Human IPO & 5 Other Stories That Have Nothing to Do With COVID-19

Even as the market tries to make sense of everything happen (or ignores it, depending on your perspe…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-11

The Breakdown Weekly Recap | April 11 2020

The full week's episodes in one convenient file: Monday | How Covid-19's Second Order Effects Could…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-11

Quantitative Tightening and 5 Key Questions for Our Changing World

As we wrap up another crazy week - 6.6m more jobless claims, $2.3T more in stimulus - this episode o…