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First Republic is a Zombie Bank
All week there has been a high-stakes game of chicken as the Fed, FHLB, FDIC, big banks who pumped $30B into First Republic and FRC itself all try to…
2 years, 10 months ago
Making the Lightning Network Noncustodial with Spiral's Steve Lee [Bitcoin Builders Excerpt]
Bitcoin Builders is The Breakdown Network's new show about the Cambrian explosion of creativity and entrepreneurial energy around Bitcoin and Lightni…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Institutions Are Coming Back to Crypto
Deloitte has hundreds of jobs advertised around digital assets. Franklin Templeton just announced a major blockchain project with Polygon. Standard C…
2 years, 10 months ago
Binance Withdraws Voyager Offer as Coinbase Sues the SEC
Both of today's stories are, on some level, about US crypto politics. The first part of the show focuses on Binance US's beleagured and now withdrawn…
2 years, 10 months ago
Raoul Pal Previews the Future: AI, Crypto, QE and the next Phase of Human Flourishing or Upheaval
Raoul Pal is the CEO of Real Vision. On this “Paradigm Shift” episode of The Breakdown, NLW and Raoul discuss:
Raoul’s concept of “The Everything C…
2 years, 10 months ago
Where Bitcoin Fits as Argentina Faces a Dollar Shortage and 100%+ Inflation
Argentina has one of the highest inflation rates in the world, which some economists are estimating at 133% or more. The Argentine Peso also has one …
2 years, 10 months ago
The EU Has Now Become the Global Crypto Regulatory Leader
On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads:Why the EU Has MiCA and the US Has Securities Laws Confusion - Daniel Kuhn
Is Europe’s MiCA a Templat…
2 years, 10 months ago
Hasta La Vista, USA! Crypto Companies Look Abroad
This week Coinbase was on tour in the U.K. and also announced a new Bermuda license, through which it will supposedly soon announce a new derivatives…
2 years, 10 months ago
A Landmark Moment for Crypto in Europe as MiCA Passes
With the passage of MiCA, Europe has jumped out ahead of the U.S. and other jurisdictions when it comes to regulating crypto.
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The Case for U.S. Stablecoin Regulation
Last year, the first crypto legislation was supposed to be common-sense rules for stablecoins. The two political parties couldn’t come together, howe…
2 years, 10 months ago