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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
2020-04-10

Rebuilding the Resilience Economy feat. Anthony Pompliano

As host of the Pomp Podcast, author of the daily Off The Chain newsletter, and founder partner at Mo…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-09

The Questions We're Not Allowed to Ask, Feat. Hidden Forces' Demetri Kofinas

Demetri Kofinas is the host of Hidden Forces, a popular podcast that examines markets through the le…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-08

Exit Plans, Premature Rallies and Frontline Heroes feat. Ben Hunt

Epsilon Theory’s Ben Hunt joins for a follow up to our pre-lockdown Covid-19 conversation in early M…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-07

How Covid-19's Second Order Effects Could Make Humanity Stronger, feat. Emerson Spartz

Second order effects are things that happen as unexpected outcomes of something else happening. Thes…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-04

The Breakdown Weekly Recap | April 4 2020

The full week's episode, in one convenient file. Monday | Bitcoin, Stablecoins, DeFi and Privacy: H…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-04

Will DeFi Even Matter In A Post-Corona World? Feat. Matt Luongo

Matt Luongo got his start in bitcoin in 2013. In 2016, he watched a pivotal moment where the sound m…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-02

5 Reasons For Cautious Optimism In Crypto

The economic outlook is grim. The jobless claims keep piling up and even the most intransigent state…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-02

How Coronavirus Is Accelerating the End of Globalism, Feat. Peter Zeihan

“Some countries just aren’t going to emerge from the Coronavirus.” Peter Zeihan is one of the world’…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-04-01

‘If You’re Not Radicalized, You’re Not Paying Attention’ Feat. Nic Carter

In this wide-ranging discussion, Castle Island Ventures founding partner and Coin Metrics co-founder…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-03-31

Bitcoin, Stablecoins, DeFi and Privacy: How COVID-19 is Changing Key Crypto Narratives

On January 28th, Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal tweeted “Notable overlap on here between the most alarmi…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-03-28

The Breakdown Weekly Recap | March 28 2020

The full week's episode, in one convenient file.  Monday | Unlimited QE and Why Markets Can’t Pric…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-03-28

Corporate Socialism to Dying for the Dow: 7 Themes That Defined the Week

In this episode of The Breakdown, @NLW reflects on the themes that defined an absolutely wild week i…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-03-27

How BlackRock Ended Up on Both Sides of the Bailout, Feat. Meltem Demirors

The Senate passed $2T in Stimulus. That includes a one time $1,200 check to impacted individuals and…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-03-26

How the U.S.' $2 Trillion Stimulus Will Expose the Monetary System’s Flaws

CoinDesk’s Chief Content Officer Michael Casey and Head of Research Noelle Acheson join for a lively…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-03-25

Cronyism, Zombie Companies and the True Cost of the Corona Crisis, Feat. Morgan Creek's Mark Yusko

Mark Yusko is the founder of Morgan Creek Capital Management. In this wide-ranging conversation, he …
 
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The Breakdown
2020-03-24

Unlimited QE and Why Markets Can’t Price In COVID19

Last October, Ikigai Asset Management’s Travis Kling predicted that Central Banks would have to “jui…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-03-21

The Breakdown Weekly Recap | March 21 2020

The week's episode, in one convenient file. Also including short clips from CoinShares CEO Jean-Mari…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-03-21

State Power & Authoritarianism After Coronavirus featuring Peter McCormack

Peter McCormack is the host of What Bitcoin Did and the Defiance podcast. He recently returned from …
 
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The Breakdown
2020-03-19

Is the COVID19 Fiscal & Monetary Response An Overreaction? Feat. Bruce Fenton

In his daily Coronavirus press briefing today, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said “our main scrambl…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-03-18

Gov't Stimulus Goes BIG and Why Bitcoin Is the Only Truly Free Market, Feat. Dan Tapiero

President Trump and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced a significant slate of upcoming stimu…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-03-17

Can $700B in Quantitative Easing Calm The Markets? Feat. CoinDesk’s Michael Casey and Noelle Acheson

Over the weekend, the Fed decided it couldn’t wait for Wednesday’s planned meeting to act, cutting i…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-03-14

The Breakdown Weekly Recap | March 14 2020

The entire week's shows in one convenient file: Monday | What the Market Crash Means for Bitcoin, F…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-03-14

What Happens When Currencies Fail? Featuring Preston Pysh

Yesterday, the Federal Reserve announced more than a trillion dollars in liquidity injections into t…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-03-13

6 Good Reasons for Bitcoiners to Keep Calm and HODL On

The Coronavirus got really extra real today for markets. A two and a half week selloff was tipped to…