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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
2020-02-11

Muneeb Ali Explains Blockstack’s Big Bet on Bitcoin

Last week, Blockstack announced a new proposal through which node operators would be rewarded in bit…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-02-10

On the Frontlines of the SEC Safe Harbor Proposal With CoinList President Andy Bromberg

Last week, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce proposed Rule 195 to give token projects a 3 year safe har…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-02-08

The Breakdown Weekly Recap | Feb 6 2020

The week's full episode run in one long-run, long-drive ready podcast. Monday | Deplatforming, Ether…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-02-07

Kraken’s Dan Held on What’s Different About Bitcoin At $10k This Time

Bitcoin is on a 7 week upward trend. Having already smashed through its $9,000 Vegeta memes, it is n…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-02-06

The Federal Reserve Has Its ‘Come to Satoshi’ Moment

That’s the way Meltem Demirors described Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard’s remarks at Stanfor…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-02-05

What All This VC and M&A Activity Tells Us About The State Of The Crypto Markets

If venture investments and acquisitions provide a window into the sentiment in markets, boy did we g…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-02-04

Are Uncensorable Web Domains Blockchain’s Next Killer App? With Namebase CEO Tieshun Roquerre

As claims of election tampering, fraud, and other dubious activities fly around the botched Democrat…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-02-03

Deplatforming, Ethereum Marketing and Whether Brexit Matters for Crypto

Much of the Crypto Twitter conversation this weekend was dominated by talk of Twitter’s suspension o…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-02-02

The Breakdown Weekly Recap | Feb 1 2020

The full week's episodes in one (plus a bonus TL;DR on ZeroHedge's deplatforming.  Tuesday | Narrat…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-01-31

The Founders of Chainlink and Synthetix on DeFi, Derivatives and 25 New Decentralized Price Feeds

Yesterday Chainlink released price reference data for 25 of its decentralized oracle networks which…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-01-30

The Unsolved Mystery of How to Fund Public Protocols

The best way to fund open source projects remains a question, and one that - in the context of crypt…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-01-29

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Binance US CEO Catherine Coley Announces Staking

In a Breakdown exclusive, Binance US CEO announces that the exchange will begin supporting staking, …
 
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The Breakdown
2020-01-29

Narrative Watch: The Future of Crypto FUD

We’re over $9,000! That means a lot of good things, of course. But any price increase brings with it…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-01-24

The Breakdown Weekly Recap | Jan 25 2020

A single long-form episode with all the week's content + a TL;DR. This week was all about macro fram…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-01-24

Davos Takeaways, CBDCs & the Rise of Bitcoin Art featuring Brekkie von Bitcoin

That’s a wrap! The World Economic Forum is over, and the key ideas coming out of Davos for our indus…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-01-23

Will Mass Adoption Be More PayPal or Pornhub?

There is an ongoing debate in the crypto community about where mainstream adoption. One point of vie…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-01-22

Why Vodafone’s Defection Won't Matter For Libra

News broke yesterday that the Libra Association had seen it’s 8th high profile defection, this time …
 
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The Breakdown
2020-01-21

Gitcoin's Kevin Owocki on Controversy and the Future of Open Source Funding

Ever since announcing their fourth round of grants, Gitcoin has been a major subject of conversation…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-01-20

4 Reasons Crypto Should Care About Davos

The World Economic Forum kicks off today. CoinDesk and The Block both have representatives there. Nu…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-01-18

The Breakdown Weekly Recap | Jan 18 2020

A single long-form episode with all daily episodes of The Breakdown along with a TL;DR on the week: …
 
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The Breakdown
2020-01-17

Tyrone Ross On The Next Million Crypto Investors

One man. Three piping hot takes. In this special interview episode of The Breakdown, financial advis…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-01-16

Why ‘Crypto Dad’ Is Building the Digital Dollar Foundation

As Libra continues to spur discussions among regulators around the world, and China’s digital yuan c…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-01-15

Why DeFi Is Surging As The Market Pumps

Crypto tokens weren’t the only thing that saw a major pump yesterday. The total value locked in DeFi…
 
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The Breakdown
2020-01-14

Mati Greenspan on the Technical and Macro Roots of Bitcoin’s Price Surge

Bitcoin is up more than 8% in the last 24 hours. BSV, meanwhile, is up nearly a whopping 100%. The q…