Podcast Episodes

The Suspicious Denial of Protego Trust: New York Magazine Finds Evidence of Operation Choke Point 2.0

Operation Choke Point 2.0 refers to the idea that there has been coordinated action by bank regulators to try to force crypto out of the system - som…

2 years, 11 months ago

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First Republic's Failure Shows the Limits of Fed Bank Programs

After an extended ordeal, beleaguered First Republic Bank has been seized and sold to JP Morgan Chase. NLW covers the build up, the specifics of the …

2 years, 11 months ago

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Don't Ban Crypto! The Case for Pro-Innovation Regulation

On this edition of Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads "The Case for Regulating, Not Banning, Crypto" by the Blockchain Association's Kristin Smith. The ar…

2 years, 11 months ago

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Fighting the Regulatory Rugpull

On this edition of the Weekly Recap, NLW breaks down:

Gary Gensler's latest cringey SEC video Coinbase's Wells Notice response  Dual legislative hea…

2 years, 11 months ago

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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, 11 months ago

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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, 11 months ago

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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, 11 months ago

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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 The first part of the show focuses on Binance US's beleagured and now withdrawn…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, 11 months ago

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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, 11 months ago

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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 …

3 years ago

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