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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
2021-02-25

If You Sell Your Bitcoin, Michael Saylor and Jack Dorsey WILL Buy It

Today on the Brief: Fed Chair Jerome Powell comments on markets and digital currency Cathie Wood’s …
 
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2021-02-24

The Most Conservative Regulator in America Just Settled Its Case Against Tether: Can We Move On Now?

On today’s episode, NLW breaks down the final settlement of the New York Attorney General’s case aga…
 
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2021-02-23

Canada's Bitcoin ETF is Soaring: Is A US Bitcoin ETF Next?

Today on the Brief: Welcome back to the price rollercoaster The latest from China’s digital yuan tr…
 
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2021-02-22

Should the US Federal Reserve Buy Bitcoin?

On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads Alex Treece’s recent essay “Why the US Needs Bitcoin.”…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-02-21

'I Am Not a Cat': The GameStop Hearing Shows How Desperately a New Financial System Is Needed

This week, instead of our normal Weekly Recap, NLW digs into Thursday’s congressional hearings aroun…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-02-20

Bitcoin Is Now a Trillion-Dollar Asset: Where Do We Go From Here?

Bitcoin is officially a $1T asset. As the price surged over $54,000, the total market cap of bitcoin…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-02-19

How 2,000 Years of Monetary History Led Us to Bitcoin, Feat. Nik Bhatia

Nik Bhatia is a financial researcher, a CFA charterholder and an Adjunct Professor of Finance and Bu…
 
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2021-02-18

Coinbase Trades at a $77B Valuation as BTC Heads Towards a $1T Market Cap

Today’s episode of “The Breakdown” analyzes a number of topics across the bitcoin and crypto industr…
 
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2021-02-17

Is $50,000 BTC the Beginning of a Bitcoin Supercycle?

Early this morning, bitcoin reached a new all-time high above $50,000. While the market quickly retr…
 
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2021-02-16

The Mainstream Media Narrative Shifts as Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley Come to Bitcoin

Today on the Brief: A follow-up on celebrity in crypto Dapper Labs and BlockFi raising at multibill…
 
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2021-02-15

Why Comparing Bitcoin to Visa Doesn’t Make Any Sense

This week’s “Long Reads Sunday” is a reading of Nic Carter’s latest essay for CoinDesk “What Bloombe…
 
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2021-02-14

Corporate Crypto Makes Government Bans Less Likely

On this edition of the weekly recap, NLW breaks down the entrance of corporates into the crypto spac…
 
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2021-02-13

Why Jay-Z's Bitcoin Trust Matters

On today’s episode, NLW breaks down: The Miami Commissioners vote to start educating people about b…
 
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2021-02-12

Gradually, Then Suddenly: Mastercard, BNY Mellon, Amazon, Twitter Poised to Join the Bitcoin Party

On today’s episode of The Breakdown, NLW looks at a slew of news from corporates getting into the bi…
 
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2021-02-11

How Nigeria and India Are Dealing With Crypto Bans

On today’s episode, NLW examines two governments' attempts to restrict how their citizens interact w…
 
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2021-02-10

Will Apple Be the Next Fortune 500 to Buy Bitcoin?

Today on the Brief: A shifting inflation narrative Reddit raises $250M and has a $6B valuation  Cas…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-02-09

Elon Musk Buys Bitcoin: Everything You Need to Know About Tesla's $1.5B Purchase

Elon Musk’s Tesla (TSLA) has purchased $1.5 billion in bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset. Addition…
 
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2021-02-08

Wall Street Is ‘The Hunger Games’ With Suits

On this edition of Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads Ben Hunt’s latest essay “Hunger Games” about the lie…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-02-07

A Bitcoiner Is Now on the Senate Banking Committee

On this edition of The Breakdown’s weekly recap, NLW discusses: The state of WallStreetBets The Bit…
 
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2021-02-06

Travis Kling: In the Fed Era, There’s No Such Thing as Market Fundamentals

On today’s episode, NLW is joined by Travis Kling, co-founder and chief investment officer of Ikigai…
 
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The Breakdown
2021-02-05

What We Learned About PayPal's Crypto Strategy This Week

Today on the Brief: Elon Musk back to DOGE trolling Bank of England says to prepare for negative in…
 
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2021-02-04

Michael Saylor’s Mission to Get 1,400 Corporations Into Bitcoin

Today on the Brief: An update on Ant and Jack Ma Bezos stepping down as CEO of Amazon  Miami’s play…
 
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2021-02-03

Is This the End of the Reddit Retail Investor Dream?

WallStreetBets is having a rough day. Its stocks are crashing. Champions from as recently as last we…
 
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2021-02-02

Have the Hedge Funds Infiltrated Reddit’s WallStreetBets?

Today on the Brief: Elon Musk talks bitcoin on Clubhouse India trying to ban crypto? DEXs have best…