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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
2021-04-14

The Real Story of Inflation Right Now

There is perhaps no question more debated in macroeconomics than what sort of inflation we’re likely…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-04-13

Coinbase Going Public Is the Bitcoin Bull Market's First Big Test

Coinbase is set to go public via direct listing on Wednesday. In today’s episode, NLW breaks down wh…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-04-12

How Bitcoin Can Help Break Cycles of Poverty

This week’s edition of “Long Reads Sunday” features NLW reading Bradley Rettler’s “The Rich Get Rich…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-04-11

So, Is This a Bitcoin Supercycle or What?

On this week’s “Weekly Recap,” NLW digs into the theory of the bitcoin supercycle. Are we in the sam…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-04-10

Liberty Mutual and State Street Are the Latest Institutions to Join the Bitcoin Party

Today on the Brief: Crypto Climate Accord Robinhood crypto trading  The decentralization of venture…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-04-09

Is Bitcoin a Chinese Financial Weapon? Peter Thiel Ignites a Geopolitical Debate

Peter Thiel is nothing if not good at igniting controversy. For the last 24 hours or so, Bitcoin Twi…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-04-08

$400,000 Bitcoin in 2021? The Best of Bloomberg's Latest Bullish Bitcoin Report

Today on the Brief: Coinbase’s monster Q1 numbers 150 million evaporate from the global middle clas…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-04-07

From Dinosaur Altcoins to the Kimchi Premium, 13 Numbers That Tell The Story of Markets Right Now

On today’s episode, NLW provides a whistle stop tour of some of the most interesting and illuminatin…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-04-06

How Will the Coinbase IPO Affect Bitcoin's Price?

Today on the Brief: The 88th anniversary of Executive Order 6102 Former SEC Jay Clayton on bitcoin …
 
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The Breakdown
2021-04-05

The Future of Bitcoin Lies with Renegades and Malcontents

On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads CoinDesk journalist Brady Dale’s “Don’t Follow the Sui…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-04-04

For Bitcoin and Crypto, a Week of Mainstreaming Moments

On this edition of “The Breakdown” Weekly Recap, NLW looks at a set of mainstream moments including:…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-04-02

An Interview With Cathie Wood on Bitcoin, Tesla and Innovation Investing

This episode is a replay of NLW’s conversation with Cathie Wood from October 2020. In it, they discu…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-04-02

Corruption, Leverage and Cheap Money: Archegos and the Fastest Loss of Wealth in History

The financial world has been rocked by the Archegos scandal. A family office managing at least $10 b…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-04-01

Goldman Sachs To Offer Bitcoin to Wealthy Clients, Completely Reversing Course

As the old saying goes: “First they ignore you, then they mock you, then they fight you, then you wi…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-31

PayPal Opens Crypto Payments for Millions of Merchants

Today on the Brief: BTC micro futures coming to CME Michael Jordan is now an NFT investor Bitcoin d…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-30

Visa Just Supercharged Stablecoin Legitimacy

Today’s episode of “The Breakdown” is an extended brief with five different topics: NFTs make it to…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-29

Can NFTs & Crypto Create Cultural Revolutions?

On this edition of “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads David Hoffman’s essay “The Digital Cultural Revolu…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-27

Soros Breaks Into Bitcoin

On this week’s Weekly Recap, NLW: Highlights the four most important happenings around regulation a…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-27

Worried About Bitcoin's Price Action? Here's Why You Shouldn't Be

Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW digs into bitcoin and crypto markets. He argues that despite two weeks…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-26

The Fed Chair and the Treasury Secretary Come Out Against Privacy-Respecting, Anonymous Digital Doll…

Today on the Brief: Fidelity files a bitcoin ETF application Stimmies to China The situation in the…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-25

Bears Fuming as Elon Opens Tesla Purchases With Bitcoin

Today on the Brief: Robinhood IPO incoming Competing bitcoin price predictions  Yellen and Powell’s…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-24

Stablecoins in the Hot Seat: Powell Calls Bitcoin a Substitute for Gold While Fed Says Digital Dolla…

Three major moments over the last couple days help provide insight into the future of the U.S. gover…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-23

When Currencies Fail: ‘Bitcoin’ Google Searches in Turkey Rise 400% as Lira Crashes

Today on the Brief: Nigeria central bank reversing stance on crypto ban?  “The least responsible fi…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-03-21

Hal Finney’s ‘Bitcoin and Me’

On this edition of “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads a BitcoinTalk forum from exactly eight years ago -…