Podcast Episodes

The Great Bitcoin Market Upsizing

NLW explores how institutional demand (and institutional builders) are significantly upsizing the Bitcoin and crypto markets, and how that trend will…

1 year, 4 months ago

Macro Roils After Surprising Jobs Report (and Bitcoin Follows)

NLW covers the latest moves in Bitcoin's price, exploring what they say about the larger macro environment for risk assets and the likelihood of chan…

1 year, 4 months ago

E. Warren's CFPB Tries Some Midnight Crypto Rulemaking

It wouldn't be an outgoing administration without some last minute political intrigue. This time it's the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (an ag…

1 year, 4 months ago

Is 2025 the Year of Crypto x AI Agents?

A reading and discussion inspired by:

https://www.coindesk.com/opinion/2024/12/24/2025-will-be-the-year-that-ai-agents-transform-crypto

https://www.coi…

1 year, 5 months ago

The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This Week

Turns out it was a very heavily macro-influenced week, with some policy and price action thrown in. NLW and Scott Melker break it down. Recorded live…

1 year, 5 months ago

Macro Jitters Roil the Crypto Markets

Fresh off starting the year at $100,000, Bitcoin (and the rest of crypto) tanked. Some thought it was all about concerns of USG selling their Silk Ro…

1 year, 5 months ago

Is the FDIC Whistleblower Account Real?

Some disturbing allegations about the FDIC coverup about its role in Operation Chokepoint 2.0 are gripping cryptotwitter. But how much credibility is…

1 year, 5 months ago

Crisis Averted: Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Steps Down

A significant conflict was brewing at the Fed. Some suspected that Vice Chair for Supervision Michael S. Barr would try to fight President Trump to s…

1 year, 5 months ago

Operation Chokepoint 2.0 Finally Has Smoking Guns

Updated compliance with a Coinbase FOIA request shows not only how extensive the FDIC's campaign against crypto business was, but also shows how many…

1 year, 5 months ago

2 of the 4 Best Performing Assets of 2024 Were BTC Related

NLW catches up on all the stories from the Holiday, including the outperformance of Bitcoin related assets (and digital asset hedge funds) in 2024.

S…

1 year, 5 months ago