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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
2022-02-25

15 Key Economic Questions After Russia Invades Ukraine

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, and FTX US. In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-24

Why One Stablecoin Is Being Backed by Bitcoin

  This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, and FTX US.   Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at:…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-23

How Russia’s Escalation in Ukraine Is Impacting Markets

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, and FTX US.   Monday, President Vladimir Putin announce…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-20

How Bitcoin Helps Marginalized Communities Build Generational Wealth

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, and FTX US.   This week on “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW rea…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-19

States Are Proposing Mining Incentives as Big Oil Taps Bitcoin Mining for Environmental Gains

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, and FTX US.   On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NL…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-19

Why a US Senator Just Said the Fed Should Buy Bitcoin

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, and FTX US. On today’s episode, NLW looks at the increa…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-18

Does El Salvador's Bitcoin Adoption Threaten the US Dollar?

Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at three geopolitical situations shaping the bitcoin discourse: …
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-17

JPMorgan Moves Into the Metaverse

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, and FTX US.   On today’s episode, NLW looks at the news…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-16

Bitcoin Fixes This: Canada Protest Edition

  This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, and FTX US.   Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW digs into…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-15

US Treasury Department Won’t Go After Miners, and BlockFi Settles With the SEC

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, and FTX US.   Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW covers a se…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-13

NFTs, Markets and What Happens Next

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, FTX US and MELD.com. On this edition of “Long Reads Sun…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-12

Why This Week's House and Senate Hearings Suggest a New Relationship Between Crypto and US Lawmakers

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, FTX US and MELD.com.   This week saw a hearing on stabl…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-12

The Game Theory Behind Russia's New Crypto Policy

  This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, FTX US and MELD.com. On today’s episode, NLW explores…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-11

What's More Important: BlackRock Trading Crypto or 7.5% Inflation?

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, FTX US and MELD.com. Today Twitter was alight with disc…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-10

As the US Seizes $3.6B in BTC, a Frontline Story From the 2016 Bitfinex Hack, With Zane Tackett

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, FTX US and MELD.com.   Yesterday the U.S. government ar…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-09

Why KPMG's Bitcoin Buy May Be a Bigger Deal Long Term Than Tesla's

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, FTX US and MELD.com. KPMG Canada announced Monday it ad…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-08

Is the Bull Market Back?

At the end of last week, bitcoin reversed a couple months of downward momentum and reclaimed $40,000…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-06

Why Web 3 and Digital Money Should Be Private by Default

On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads:    Bitcoin Protects Privacy and Fights Oppression – …
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-05

Meta Loses a Quarter-Trillion Dollars in Market Cap, Dragging Crypto Metaverse Tokens With It

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus and FTX US.   On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-05

Crypto and the Global Competition for Talent, With CityCoins Contributor Patrick Stanley

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus and FTX US.   Patrick Stanley is the former Head of Grow…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-04

The Battle to Change How the IRS Taxes Mining and Staking

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus and FTX US. Two Tezos stakers sued the IRS to get back t…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-03

India Heading Toward Crypto Legalization?

One of the key themes for 2022 is the relationship between governments and the crypto industry. On t…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-02

Bullish or Bearish? 2022 Markets Started Rough, but It Wasn't Just Crypto

Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at what the first month of the year taught us about what to expe…
 
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The Breakdown
2022-02-01

Unpacking Arizona's Bitcoin Legal Tender Proposal

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.      On today’s episode, NLW looks at a proposa…