Why a $631B Asset Manager Just Changed Its Mind on Bitcoin
The Breakdown
English - December 02, 2020 02:00 - 26 minutes - ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsTechnology Business crypto cryptocurrency bitcoin blockchain Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Christine Lagarde comes down on private stablecoins
Dow closes its best month in 33 years
Our main discussion: AllianceBernstein changes its mind. Yesterday, CoinDesk received access to a private client research report from AllianceBernstein, a global investment giant with more than $631 billion in assets.
In this episode of the Breakdown, NLW reads excerpts from the memo and discusses:
Why, in discussing supply, it conflates bitcoin and other cryptos but still finds limited supply “for all practical purposes”
Why prevailing macro political conditions – particularly the growth of government’s role in business and individual lives – shifted the investment firm’s calculus
Why its greatest long-term concern is government banning something that is actively hindering the application of monetary policy
Today on the Brief: Libra is now “Diem” Christine Lagarde comes down on private stablecoins Dow closes its best month in 33 years Our main discussion: AllianceBernstein changes its mind.
Yesterday, CoinDesk received access to a private client research report from AllianceBernstein, a global investment giant with more than $631 billion in assets.
In this episode of the Breakdown, NLW reads excerpts from the memo and discusses:
Why, in discussing supply, it conflates bitcoin and other cryptos but still finds limited supply “for all practical purposes” Why prevailing macro political conditions – particularly the growth of government’s role in business and individual lives – shifted the investment firm’s calculus Why its greatest long-term concern is government banning something that is actively hindering the application of monetary policy