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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
2021-12-11

The Highest Inflation Since 1982

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. November inflation came in at 6.8%, the highest in 39 years. In…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-12-10

Yesterday's Hearing Was Crypto's Most Positive Interaction with the US Government, Ever

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Yesterday the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-12-09

Meet Visa's New Crypto Advisory Unit

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Today’s episode covers a set of topics, including: Visa’s new …
 
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The Breakdown
2021-12-08

Is the Decentralization in DeFi an ‘Illusion’?

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Today’s episode of “The Breakdown” is a grab bag of news storie…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-12-07

Why Bitcoin Crashed

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at the dramatic move downwa…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-12-05

The Innovation at the Heart of the Global Crypto Transformation

  This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.   This week’s Long Reads Sunday is a reading of Dan Jeffries’…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-12-04

Goldman Looking Into Bitcoin-Backed Lending as Jobs Report Disappoints

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.   On this edition of “The Breakdown Weekly Recap,” NLW covers: …
 
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The Breakdown
2021-12-04

20 Predictions About the Future of Money

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. As part of CoinDesk’s Future of Money week, they asked some of …
 
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The Breakdown
2021-12-03

How November Bear Market-Proofed the Crypto Industry

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. On today’s episode, NLW breaks down investor Travis Kling’s re…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-12-02

The Long Strange Journey of Facebook's Libra Project

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. On today’s episode, NLW does a retrospective of Facebook’s libr…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-12-01

Powell and Yellen Talk Stablecoins, Inflation and Debt

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. On today’s episode of ”The Breakdown,” NLW follows up on Twitte…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-11-30

What Jack Dorsey Leaving Twitter Means for Bitcoin

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. On today’s episode, NLW looks at two topics. The first is the m…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-11-28

America and the Metaverse

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW draws from two threads …
 
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The Breakdown
2021-11-27

Alyse Killeen on Why Bitcoin Was Ready for Nation-State Adoption

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. On the final part of his three-part miniseries “Gratitude for B…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-11-26

Dan Held on the Mainstreaming of Bitcoin

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. On part 2 of NLW’s three-part “Gratitude for Bitcoin” miniserie…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-11-24

Dylan LeClair on Bitcoin Data Where Macro Meets Micro

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Today, NLW kicks off his “Gratitude for Bitcoin” three-part min…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-11-24

What Jerome Powell’s Second Term Means for Bitcoin

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. This week, after months of speculation, President Joe Biden has…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-11-23

Are El Salvador’s Bitcoin ‘Volcano Bonds’ an End Run Around the IMF?

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Today on “The Breakdown,” a check in on El Salvador, where Pres…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-11-21

Are Stablecoins the Path to Continued Dollar Dominance?

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. In today’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW goes back to read excerpts fr…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-11-20

What Billions of Dollars in Crypto Fundraising Says About the Bull Market

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Description From $400 million to a crypto exchange to $2.5 bill…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-11-20

Did ConstitutionDAO Shift the Overton Window on What DAOs Can Accomplish?

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Last night the crypto community waited with bated breath to see…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-11-19

What We Learned From Congress' ‘Demystifying Crypto’ Hearing

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Yesterday’s show was a global regulatory roundup, but today’s i…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-11-18

Will New Anti-Terrorism Rules Help Israeli Crypto Startups? A Global Regulatory Roundup

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. On today’s episode, NLW does a whistle-stop tour of global cryp…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-11-17

What Drove Bitcoin's Dip Under $60K

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Bitcoin has been on a journey over the last 24 hours, from near…