Podcast Episodes

Will Coinbase's Launch of BASE Ignite the Crypto Builders?

Coinbase has launched BASE to much fanfare and excitement. The skeptics ask how much it will be about memecoins and speculation vs real utility, but …

2 years, 7 months ago

Did the Fed Just Institutionalize Operation Choke Point 2.0?

On the same day that bitcoin surged more than 3%, the Federal Reserve released some new guidance for banks it regulates around interacting with crypt…

2 years, 7 months ago

PayPal's Stablecoin is the (Second) Biggest Crypto News Story of the Year

In today's episode, NLW dives deep on PayPal's Announcement, which he argues forms a matched pair with BlackRock's spot BTC ETF application as the ke…

2 years, 7 months ago

Crypto and the Major Questions Doctrine

Coinbase argues that crypto is a "major question" that requires Congress to explicitly authorize the SEC to oversee.

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2 years, 7 months ago

How Stablecoins Could Save the Dollar's Global Reserve Role

On this Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads:

Pass the Stablecoin Bill Now - Austin Campbell

Stablecoins: A Potential Counter to Dedollarization - Yiannis Giok…

2 years, 7 months ago

Worldcoin Iris Scanning Shut Down in Kenya

On this edition of the Weekly Recap, NLW looks at Worldcoin's issues in Kenya; the NYT's weird defense of SBF's leaking of Caroline Ellison's journal…

2 years, 7 months ago

A Primer on LK-99

LK-99 has captured the world's attention for its promise of room-temperature superconductivity. But what does that even mean? NLW provides an overvie…

2 years, 7 months ago

Binance: Too Big to Jail

Semafor is reporting that the DoJ is exploring options other than a full criminal complaint against CZ and Binance for fear that it would cause a ban…

2 years, 7 months ago

Is the US Credit Rating Downgrade a Nothingburger?

NLW explores a range of reactions to Fitch's decision to downgrade US sovereign debt from AAA to AA+ from the political responses to the market respo…

2 years, 7 months ago

Tether Holds More US Government Debt Than Australia

A look at the latest Tether reserve attestation, plus an update on the Curve hack and a new court ruling that rejects the Torres Doctrine from the Ri…

2 years, 7 months ago