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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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2020-10-28

JPMorgan Launches JPM Coin: Welcome to the Private Currency Era

Today on the Brief: Stocks down; bitcoin up Consumer confidence shaky as baking supplies demand gro…
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2020-10-27

Hedge Funds Failures, Bankruptcies and Pandemic Fatigue

Today on the Brief: Turkey’s real inflation rate 3x official number Hot new DeFi protocol Harvest F…
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2020-10-25

Should We Care if the US Is Falling Behind on CBDCs?

For this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads two selections from CoinDesk’s op-ed section: CBDCs Ar…
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2020-10-25

Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Paul Tudor Jones: A Bet on Bitcoin Is a Bet on Human Ingenuity

On this week’s Breakdown weekly recap, NLW looks at: The initial price action that started the week…
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2020-10-24

Why Fiat is Failing in 2020: Argentina, Turkey, Brazil

Today on the Brief: DOJ crypto enforcement a “disaster” for privacy Ant’s blockchain tools pre-IPO …
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2020-10-23

Monopoly is Un-American: Matt Stoller on Google Antitrust

Matt Stoller works with the American Economic Liberties Project and is the author of “Goliath: The 1…
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2020-10-21

PayPal Adds Bitcoin: Most Bullish News of the Year?

Huge news broke this morning as PayPal announced it would be offering buying, selling and eventually…
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2020-10-21

How Strong Is Bitcoin’s Push Above $12,000?

Today on the Brief: DOJ files biggest antitrust case in two decades against Google  Goldman Sachs’ …
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2020-10-20

A New ‘Bretton Woods’ Moment?

Today on the Brief: Chinese citizens less than impressed with DCEP trial Is Filecoin the “Titanic” …
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2020-10-19

How Stocks, Bitcoin and Other Investments Fare in a 0% Interest Rate World

On this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads: “Capital Allocation & Risk Asset Ramifications in a 0% …
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2020-10-18

Blockchain is a National Security Issue, According to Trump Admin

On this edition of The Breakdown weekly recap, NLW looks at: Growth in the institutional investment…
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2020-10-17

RAC on the First Truly Free Markets for Music and Culture

Today’s Breakdown is a conversation with Andre Anjos – aka RAC, a Grammy Award-winning recording art…
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2020-10-16

Is Crypto Converging With Public Markets?

Today on the Brief: Initial jobless claims rise to highest level since August BTC as a DeFi reserve…
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2020-10-15

A $10B Firm Makes Bitcoin Its Primary Treasury Asset

Today on the Brief:  Bitcoin hashrate at all-time highs Record number of large companies lose money…
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2020-10-14

The IMF, G20 and BIS Gear Up for the Central Bank Digital Currency Era

Today on the Brief: Is the “blue wave” Democrat victory narrative in the presidential election star…
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2020-10-13

What the Stock Market is Predicting Around the Elections

Today on the Brief: Market rally to highest point in six weeks BTC and ETH up in part on Grayscale …
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2020-10-12

Is Bitcoin More Correlated to Stocks or Gold?

Today on Long Reads Sunday, a reading of Lyn Alden’s piece for CoinDesk: “Bitcoin Correlations Depen…
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2020-10-11

A Regulatory Reckoning for the Crypto Industry?

On this week’s Breakdown weekly recap, NLW looks at a cross-section of regulatory news, including: …
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2020-10-10

Cathie Wood: Secrets of the World’s Best Innovation Investor

Forbes called her “the newest superstar investor,” and it’s not hard to see why.  Cathie Wood is rad…
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2020-10-09

The Market Reacts to Square’s $50M Bitcoin Buy

A special breaking edition of The Breakdown follows the market’s reaction to Square’s surprise $50 m…
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2020-10-08

Why Bitcoin Will Become the Reserve Asset for DeFi, Feat. Qiao Wang

Today on the Brief: Stimulus talk shutdown spooks markets House recommends antitrust actions but li…
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2020-10-07

The UK Bans Bitcoin & Crypto Derivatives

Today on the Brief: John McAfee arrested in Spain BTC addresses added spikes to two-year high A new…
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2020-10-06

Are Central Bank Coins the End of Financial Privacy?

Today on the Brief: Markets gain as Pres. Trump’s condition stabilizes SEC Chairman Clayton sees fu…
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2020-10-05

Inflation Is the Cruelest Tax

Today’s Long Reads Sunday selection is “How To Avoid Paying the Cruelest Tax: Inflation” from the Wa…