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BREAKDOWN: Fortnite vs. Apple and Google Is the Internet's First ‘World War’
August 14, 2020 18:30 - 19 minutes - 18 MBWhat’s truly at stake is the power to shape and profit from the future of digital experiences. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today on the Brief: Jobless claims down and retail sales up The U.S. Federal Reserve is running distributed ledger technology experiments The end of an era, as BitMEX begins KYC Our main discussion: the big battle brewing between Epic Games and Apple/Google. NLW looks at: Why Fortnite got kicked off the Apple and Goog...
BREAKDOWN: Preston Pysh on Why We’ve Entered a Fundamentally New Era of Bitcoin Accumulation
August 13, 2020 18:44 - 1 hour - 93.9 MBThe prominent podcaster and bitcoin advocate joins The Breakdown to explain why we’re seeing a phase shift in the corporate and institutional relationship with BTC. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. The Investor’s Podcast Network cofounder Preston Pysh last recorded with The Breakdown on Black Thursday in March. As NLW and Pysh discussed the potential of future currency crises, bitcoin smashed all the way below $4,000. In the five months since, bitco...
BREAKDOWN: #SupplyGate and the Battle to Frame Crypto’s Next Bull Run
August 12, 2020 18:42 - 29 minutes - 27 MBWhy the ether supply dust-up was about much more than the supply of ether. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today on the Brief: WSJ study finds TikTok was tracking data in a way that broke Android rules The latest Core Inflation statistics MicroStrategy stocks pops 10% after cash to bitcoin announcement Our main discussion: What’s the Ethereum #SupplyGate really about NLW breaks down: The historical narratives bitcoiners and ether advocates ho...
BREAKDOWN: Joe Rogan for Fed Chair! Feat. Hugh Hendry
August 11, 2020 18:24 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBA former hedge fund manager and financial dissident gives his take on what ails the U.S. economy and why the Federal Reserve should be more, not less, irresponsible. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today on the Brief: A public company has switched $250 million in cash reserves to bitcoin The latest in the vaccine rumor trade with Vladimir Putin’s propaganda play Hong Kongers use the stock market to protest Our main conversation is with former h...
BREAKDOWN: The Latest on the Global Economy's Most Contentious Relationship
August 10, 2020 18:40 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBChina and the U.S. trade high-profile sanctions, but the real impact is showing up in banks and on the Hong Kong stock market. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today on the Brief: Grayscale launches national digital asset TV ad campaign Rough times for oil as Saudi Aramco sees 73% decline in revenue Kodak crashes as government grant paused amid allegations of impropriety Our main conversation is a look at the latest skirmishes between the United S...
BREAKDOWN: How the Purpose of Public Markets Has Changed
August 09, 2020 12:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBLong Reads Sunday features excerpts about public and private markets, the new bitcoin bull market, and DJ Marshmello. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. On this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads three pieces: Public Markets Don’t Matter Like They Used To - Matt Levine in Bloomberg A look at how public markets are less and less about accessing new capital and more about narrative and liquidity for early investors. Two Reasons Crypto’s Bull Market Is...
BREAKDOWN: The Mounting Evidence of a New Bitcoin Bull Market
August 08, 2020 12:00 - 10 minutes - 9.76 MBFrom positive price indicators to a new all time high in smallholder addresses, this is the evidence a new bull run might be starting. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. This week’s Breakdown Weekly Recap is all about that vibe you’ve been feeling - that inescapable notion a new crypto bull market is afoot. NLW looks at the evidence: Rising gold price Recirculation of crypto money out of zombie protocols New growth in small holder addresses Deman...
BREAKDOWN: 11 Numbers That Tell the Story of the Economy Right Now
August 07, 2020 18:14 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBFrom the price of coffee to the national debt as a percentage of GDP, these 11 numbers provide a picture of a fast changing global economy. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Mainstream financial media loves reporting the stock market like it's the only economic indicator that matters. On this episode, NLW breaks down 11 numbers that together tell a much more complete story, including: Record price of gold Square’s bitcoin revenue National debt as a...
BREAKDOWN: The History, Present and Future of Central Banks, Feat. George Selgin
August 06, 2020 18:27 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBThe Director of the Cato Institute's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives gives an eye-opening, 200-year history of today’s most powerful economic institution. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today on the Brief: Better news in the jobless claims this week A new bitcoin adoption cycle? Checking on Lebanon Our main conversation is with Dr. George Selgin. Dr. Selgin is a Senior Fellow and director of the Cato Institute's Center for Monet...
BREAKDOWN: Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough on Stagflation, Bitcoin and the Devalued Dollar
August 05, 2020 18:42 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBOne of the realest people in financial media joins for a conversation about where the economy really is and where it’s headed. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today on the Brief: Robinhood doubles quarterly trading revenue Square did $875 billion in bitcoin revenue in Q2 - up 600% YoY ADP report: 167,000 jobs added in July (instead of expected 1.2 million) Our main conversation is with Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough. Before building Hedgeye into...
BREAKDOWN: Can Social Media Be Redeemed? Feat. Bobby Goodlatte
August 04, 2020 18:56 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBAn early Facebook product designer-turned angel investor discusses how social media has changed and whether it can be changed again for the better. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today on the Brief: President Trump wants a cut of the TikTok deal Previewing this week’s COVID-19 vaccine trade Dave Portnoy breaks into bitcoin Our main conversation is with Bobby Goodlatte. Bobby is the founder of Form Capital, a new seed investment firm that focu...
LEIGH: What People Who Aren’t Bullish On Bitcoin Still Like About It
August 04, 2020 12:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBWorking with open source software changes the development process, according to this researcher who interviewed hundreds of technologists across projects. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. There are people who understand bitcoin yet aren’t obsessively bullish on it. (I know, it’s weird. Like, how?) Eghbal, a Protocol Labs alum who is familiar with bitcoin, is among them. She described bitcoin as a rare example of a project growing throughout a decade...
BREAKDOWN: Rage Against the Economic Machine... The Best of the Breakdown July 2020
August 03, 2020 18:30 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBA recap show on wealth inequality, stock markets and taking it back featuring Jill Carlson, Michael Krieger, Daniel Lacalle, George Gammon and more. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today on the Brief: The TikTok-Microsoft Deal The Twitter hacker was 17 A changing of the guard for crypto hedge funds Our main discussion: recapping the best interviews of July 2020 Despite a huge variety of perspectives and experiences, one theme shown through in Br...
BREAKDOWN: For What Future Are We Building Bitcoin?
August 02, 2020 12:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBA reading of Meltem Demirors new essay “Unintended Architecture” asks some key questions about intention setting for the future of Bitcoin. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Bitcoin started as a rebellious, anti-establishment technology. In many parts of the world, and for many people, it remains exactly that. At the same time, however, there is a wave of traditionalists and institutional players moving into the space. Are they buying into the rev...
BREAKDOWN: Previewing the Economic Showdowns Coming This Fall
August 01, 2020 17:00 - 10 minutes - 9.68 MBFrom the size of a second round of stimulus to COVID-19 litigation to reshoring, last week previewed some key issues for the months to come. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. On this week’s edition of The Breakdown Weekly Recap, NLW argues the big story of the week was actually a set of smaller stories that preview the faultlines and economic debates likely to absorb us in the coming months. These include: The Federal Reserve signaling that fiscal ...
LEIGH: Why This Sex Industry Executive Loves Bitcoin
August 01, 2020 13:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBChaturbate executive Shirely Lara is a sex industry veteran who sees bitcoin as a crucial part of her business. The bitcoin-friendly porn executive talks with CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen about bitcoin, sex and feminism. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Chaturbate COO Shirley Lara, one of the most experienced platform executives in the adult content industry, has been keen on bitcoin’s potential since 2018. “We accept 20 different cryptocurrencies ...
BREAKDOWN: What a Professional Trader Thinks of the Fed, Robinhood and Real Estate, Feat. Tony Greer
July 31, 2020 18:42 - 1 hour - 61 MBThe editor of the Morning Navigator newsletter discusses a variety of macro topics and how to trade against a very strange market. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Today on the Brief: The DXY hits a 52-week low Consumers seeking alternatives to cash Bank of England rebuilds settlement system to work with CBDCs Our main conversation is with trader and analyst Tony Greer. In this conversation, he and NLW discuss: The Federal Reserve’s role in increasing in...
BREAKDOWN: The Bond Market Is the Truth Teller No One Heeds, Feat. George Goncalves
July 30, 2020 18:30 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBA veteran bond strategist gives his take on why the bond market has a better read than equities on short-term and long-term macro trends. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Today on the Brief: More bad news from jobless claims and the GDP The big tech hearing was a whole bunch of nothing; watch TikTok instead Robinhood dives into Kodak (but so do illegal insider traders) Our main conversation is with independent bond strategist George Goncalves. We discuss...
BREAKDOWN: How DeFi Could Disrupt Traditional Finance, Feat. Sergey Nazarov
July 29, 2020 18:45 - 1 hour - 75.1 MBToday on the Brief: Big tech goes to Washington The debate on the next COVID-19 relief act heats up More on institutional investors’ move into gold This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. “Imagine a world without counterparty risk.” That was Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov’s answer when asked to describe the true disruption of decentralized finance to a traditional finance audience. On this episode of The Breakdown, Sergey and NLW discuss: Brand-based con...
BREAKDOWN: How Real Is Bitcoin’s Rally? 8 Interpretations of Bitcoin's Massive Surge
July 28, 2020 17:58 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBAs bitcoin retraces slightly after reaching a new 2020 high about $11,000, NLW explores what’s driving the rally and how likely it is to continue. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. It was a beautiful Monday. Bitcoin crashed through $10,000 and got all the way up to a new yearly high of about $11,000 before retracing slightly. As with any dramatic price action, people were quick to start giving their interpretations of why it happened. In this episode, NLW...
BREAKDOWN: SPACs 101... A Bubble, the Future or Both?
July 27, 2020 18:10 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBA primer on, and critical look at, one of Wall Street’s hottest trends: special purpose acquisition companies. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Special purpose acquisition companies have been around since the 1990s, but have seen a significant uptick in popularity in recent years. Companies like Virgin Galactic, Draft Kings and Nikola have changed SPAC’s reputation from a tool for second- and third-tier private equity shops to win fees to a legitimate alterna...
ANNA: The Future for Unregulated Bitcoin Exchanges
July 26, 2020 18:00 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBTo KYC or not to KYC? In this episode, CoinDesk’s Anna Baydakova talks to Hodl Hodl and Bisq, two non-custodial, no-KYC bitcoin exchanges. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. One year ago, the Financial Action Task Force, the global anti-money laundering watchdog, ruled that crypto transactions data should be controllable, and ever since the question has been not if you KYC your users but how you do it. However, not all bitcoiners have surrendered to this norm. ...
BREAKDOWN: Is this China’s Century or the US’s? Maybe It’s Both
July 26, 2020 13:00 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBThis Long Reads Sunday is a reading of Adam Tooze’ recent review of four books on the growing conflict between the U.S. and China. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. This week on Long Reads Sunday, our selection is “Whose Century?” by Adam Tooze in the London Review of Books. Nominally a review of four recent scholarly works on the conflict between the U.S. and China, Tooze main argument is that the central problem with viewing this as a new Cold War is the id...
LEIGH: What Sex Workers Want To Do With Bitcoin
July 25, 2020 18:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBBeyond Crypto, OnlyFans Star Savannah Solo Talks About Money Sex workers are starting their own businesses and working online, thanks to social media, according to this adult content creator. In this audio interview, CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen and OnlyFans performer Savannah Solo talk about fintech and the sex industry. From distribution platforms to Twitter and bitcoin, she helps break down what sex workers really need from digital tools. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and C...
BREAKDOWN: As Economic Indicators Get Worse, the US Revs Up the Next Multi-Trillion Stimulus
July 25, 2020 13:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBThe Breakdown Weekly Recap covers growing US-China tensions, worsening job numbers and the next casual $1T-$3T in stimulus. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. This week on the Breakdown Weekly Recap, NLW covers: A terrible week for U.S.-China tensions, with dueling consulate closures and a strikingly hawkish speech from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Worsening economic indicators, particularly around jobless claims which saw their first weekly rise in fou...
BREAKDOWN: Could the European Recovery Plan Actually Break Europe Apart?
July 24, 2020 17:56 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBThe EU’s Recovery Plan agreement has been widely hailed, but some argue that it is taking Europe down a dangerous path. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Today on the Brief: Which industries are recovering the best China retaliates against U.S. after consulate shutdown Dollar heads toward its worst month since 2018 Our main discussion features returning guest Tuomas Malinen, CEO of GnS Economics. In this discussion, Tuomas and NLW discuss: An outline of...
BREAKDOWN: Will Big Tech Enable or Destroy Small Business? Feat. Sahil Bloom
July 23, 2020 18:46 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBMore than 50% of COVID-19 related business closures in the US are now permanent. Can tech platforms provide a new avenue for small biz entrepreneurship? This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Today on the Brief: Disappointing jobless claim numbers with first increase in 4 months US banks now allows to custody crypto Senate hears arguments for a digital dollar in the context of US-China economic competition Our main conversation with Sahil Bloom Sahil Bloom is a...
BREAKDOWN: A Simple Explanation of DeFi and Yield Farming Using Actual Human Words
July 22, 2020 19:06 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBA primer on yield farming, liquidity mining, automated market making and all the other terms shaping the brave new world of decentralized finance. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Today on the Brief: US Gov’t forces China’s Houston consulate to close US previously-owned housing market grows 20.7% May to June Insider stock selling reaches record levels Our main discussion: DeFi 101 Today’s episode of The Breakdown is a primer for anyone who has lost track ...
BREAKDOWN: What's Behind the Fed's New Push to Promote Inflation?
July 21, 2020 18:09 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBWhy the Fed’s strategy on inflation is changing and why the definition used by America’s central bank may be hurting regular people. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Today on the Brief: EU leaders agree on $2 billion stimulus package LinkedIn job cuts show weakness in the professional sector Has DeFi jumped the shark? Our main discussion: The Fed’s changing inflation strategy University of Oregon professor and Bloomberg columnist Tim Duy recently penned ...
BREAKDOWN: What Is GPT-3 and Should We Be Terrified?
July 20, 2020 18:44 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBThe internet is alive with demos of what the latest artificial intelligence language model can do. Should we be nervous? This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Today on the Brief: Mastercard, Standard Chartered and PayPal all deepen their engagement with crypto Japan inches closer to a central bank digital currency The real estate “doom trade” opens up Our main discussion: GPT-3 Generative pertained transformer-3 – or GPT-3 as it’s better known – absolutely too...
BREAKDOWN: Are Stablecoins Eurodollars 2.0? Long Reads Sunday
July 19, 2020 17:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBLong Reads Sunday features two essays previously published on CoinDesk that show the trajectory of stablecoins in the global economy in 2020. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. On this week’s Long Reads Sunday, we look at two essays about stablecoins previously published on CoinDesk. The first is called “USD Stablecoins Are Surging, but Zero Interest Rates Complicate Business Model” by Hasu and was one of the first pieces to recognize that demand was coming no...
RESEARCH: The Origins of the World's Oldest Bitcoin Metric, Explained
July 19, 2020 12:03 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBBitcoin days destroyed (BDD) was first introduced as a concept back in 2011. At the time, it had only been two years since the creation of the world’s first cryptocurrency, bitcoin. Individuals were already beginning to innovate ways to measure on-chain transaction activity and value. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. As the first cryptocurrency metric to be created, BDD was quickly followed by a plethora of other unique metrics including unspent transaction o...
The Origins of the World's Oldest Bitcoin Metric, Explained
July 19, 2020 12:03 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBBitcoin days destroyed (BDD) was first introduced as a concept back in 2011. At the time, it had only been two years since the creation of the world’s first cryptocurrency, bitcoin. Individuals were already beginning to innovate ways to measure on-chain transaction activity and value. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. As the first cryptocurrency metric to be created, BDD was quickly followed by a plethora of other unique metrics including unspent transaction o...
BREAKDOWN: Social Media Is Democracy's Faultline... The Breakdown Weekly Recap
July 18, 2020 13:00 - 10 minutes - 9.96 MBFrom PayPal crypto confirmed to action in central bank digital currencies, these were six themes shaping the week. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. On this edition of the Weekly Recap, NLW explores: No-volatility bitcoin and DeFi’s big quarter An uptick in central bank currency action PayPal crypto confirmation A China-U.S. rhetoric flare up Social media as democracy’s fault line In Fed World, is the narrative trade the only trade? This week on The Brea...
BREAKDOWN: What If the Too-Strong Dollar Is a Solved Problem? Feat. Jon Turek
July 17, 2020 19:15 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBFinance writer Jon Turek argues that between Federal Reserve swap lines, Europe stabilization and a few other factors, the strong dollar problem may be (temporarily) solved. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Today on the Brief: The latest information in the Twitter hack Thailand starts using its central bank digital currency Treasury Secretary Mnuchin calls on Congress for more funds Our main conversation is with Jon Turek, author of “Cheap Convexity.” I...
BREAKDOWN: No, the Twitter Hack Wasn't About Bitcoin
July 16, 2020 19:10 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBThe motivations and implications of a hack that had everyone from Coinbase to Kanye shilling a scam for bitcoin. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Today on the Brief: Adjustment to bank profits in anticipation of growing debt delinquency The lowest decrease in jobless claims since March A boost in retail spending Today’s main discussion: The Great Twitter Hack, feat. Dr. Tom Robinson, chief scientist and co-founder of Elliptic Wednesday, at around 2:1...
BREAKDOWN: A Primer on the US and China’s 'New Cold War'
July 15, 2020 19:12 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBNo geopolitical relationship will shape the world over the coming decade as much as that of the U.S. and China. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. A day after President Trump signed the Hong Kong Autonomy Act enabling sanctions on those that threaten the autonomy of China (and the companies that do business with them) and the UK worked to ban Huawei 5G infrastructure, this episode of the Breakdown looks at the key faultlines and issues that have that relationsh...
BREAKDOWN: Why Are Execs of Bankrupt Companies Being Rewarded With Millions?
July 14, 2020 18:51 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBToday on the Brief: A followup on Tesla, corporate earnings and PayPal’s crypto ambitions New COVID-19 shutdowns in California Small businesses on the brink This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Our main conversation: Bloomberg has reported recently bankrupt companies including J.C. Penney and Hertz had provided executives with more than $131,000,000 in bonuses. On this episode of The Breakdown, NLW examines: The logic behind these bonuses Why that logic ...
BREAKDOWN: The Real Story Behind $TSLA's Rally
July 13, 2020 17:00 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBToday on the Brief: Wall Street quarterly earnings season opens Investor flock to higher-yielding Chinese government bonds Bitcoin whales go down but other types of HODLers go up This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Our main conversation: What the hell is going on with $TSLA? Elon Musk is now richer than Warren Buffett. A year ago, Tesla wasn’t as valuable as Ford or GM. Now it’s more than 25% of the value of the auto market as a whole. In this episode, NLW ...
BREAKDOWN: Does COVID-19 Have The World Rethinking Dollar Supremacy?
July 12, 2020 17:00 - 9 minutes - 8.86 MBOn this episode of Long Reads Sunday, we look at Professor Stephen S. Roach’s piece “The Covid Shock To The Dollar.” This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. In it, he argues: Americans have been squandering their savings potential Because of this, we are forced to borrow surplus savings from abroad We have usually been able to do this on favorable terms That window may be coming to a close There could be a 35% drop in the dollar over the next 2-3 years See Pri...
LEIGH: What a Bitcoin Researcher Says About Lightning
July 12, 2020 12:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBIn this audio interview, CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen and Chaincode Labs researcher Clara Shikhelman talk about bitcoin and what attracted them to it. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. As a cofounder of the Israeli Women in Mathematics Association, Shikhelman has been researching complex math problems for nearly a decade. But she said bitcoin offers especially interesting puzzles to solve because this technology may have the potential to change the world. She’s one o...
BREAKDOWN: The Mixed Signals Economy on The Breakdown Weekly Recap
July 11, 2020 13:00 - 10 minutes - 10 MBOn The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap, NLW explores: This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. The final tally on the TikTok Doge viral campaign The growing geopolitical tension between China and the US and where it’s manifesting Positive economic indicators in reduced jobless claims Negative economic indicators in growing COVID-19 cases and deaths Why bitcoin is sideways Why Treasury yields are down Why gold is up See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...
BREAKDOWN: You Can’t Fight Outrage Culture With More Outrage, Feat. Michael Krieger
July 10, 2020 17:20 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBToday on the Brief: Hong Kong re-closes schools based on COVID-19 growth Coinbase explores direct U.S. exchange listing China starts selling stock, easing massive rally This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Our main conversation is with Liberty Blitzkrieg creator and editor Michael Krieger. Michael announced just before recording that he is done publishing on the LB site. He and NLW discuss: How Michael became disaffected while working on Wall Street during th...
BREAKDOWN: Inequality, Social Chaos, Bankruptcy Rallies: The Best Insights From FinTwit June 2020
July 09, 2020 18:14 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBToday on the Brief: Slight good news in new and continuing jobless claims Record corporate equity and debt sales during the crisis USDC freezes $100k This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Our main conversation: Introducing the Macro Media Index. The Macro Media Index is a monthly summary of the best macroeconomic tweets, essays, podcast and videos from around the internet. In this inaugural edition, NLW looks at a few key themes: The disconnect between the ...
BREAKDOWN: TikTok Doge Is Everything About 2020 Finance In One Story
July 08, 2020 18:34 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBThis episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. What’s old is new again! What happens when you combine a mostly hibernating memecoin with the world’s most powerful (and controversial) meme platform, and throw in a new generation of daytraders that have become convinced that they can drive the price of anything up? The great TikTok Doge pump of 2020, of course. In this episode, NLW breaks down: The history of Dogecoin How TikTok became one of the most popular, influenti...
BREAKDOWN: Central Banks Cannot Print Jobs: Understanding Real Economic Recovery, Feat. Daniel Lacalle
July 07, 2020 22:38 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBToday on the Brief: Social media apps get caught in geopolitical tensions Pitchforks around the Paycheck Protection Program Brazil blocks Binance This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Our main discussion is with Daniel Lacalle. Daniel is chief economist at Tressis and is the author of numerous books including “Life in the Financial Markets,” “Escape from the Central Bank Trap” and his most recent, “Freedom or Equality.” He has been named one of the 100 most in...
BREAKDOWN: China Stocks Surge and NYC Real Estate Craters... 5 Stories Shaping Markets Today
July 06, 2020 18:31 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBThe story of the economy as told by five macroeconomic indicators including Chinese stocks, New York City real estate, coronavirus cases and more. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. In this extended Brief, NLW tells the story of the economy through five themes: China stocks surge – but how much is it driven by Chinese state-sponsored media hype? A tale of two cities – real estate in New York City and Hong Kong are telling very different stories A global curre...
LEIGH: What Artists Love About Crypto
July 05, 2020 12:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBIn this audio interview, CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen and Blockade Games co-founder Marguerite deCourcelle talk about bitcoin’s impact on artistic careers. From collecting unique, interactive pieces to designing video games, Cuen and deCourcelle explore how crypto could redefine modern art. Bitcoin is money but blockchain technology can also be used in a wide variety of art projects. Perhaps the best known variety of blockchain-based visual art is non-fungible tokens (NFTs). For examp...
BREAKDOWN: It’s Time for a Revolution in Financial Education, Feat. Tyrone Ross
July 04, 2020 12:44 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBTo decrease wealth inequality, one passionate financial adviser argues why financial education needs different content, from different voices, delivered through different channels. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Financial education and financial literacy are at crisis levels in this country. Financial advisers spend billions on advertising but a fraction of that on education. The resources that are available tend to be inaccessible and not designed for the ...
BREAKDOWN: Here’s How to Expand Who Contributes to Bitcoin Core
July 03, 2020 17:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBA Bitcoin Core dev and her exchange partner discuss Bitcoin and privacy and how to incentivize more developers to contribute to the protocol. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. OKCoin and BitMEX recently came together to provide a $150,000 grant to Bitcoin Core developer Amiti Uttarwar. In this conversation, Amiti and OKCoin CEO Hong Fang discuss: Why OKCoin believes it is essential for companies in the space to support Bitcoin Core development How OKCoin a...