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The Breakdown With NLW Episode

The Breakdown With NLW Episode

The EU Has Now Become the Global Crypto Regulatory Leader

The just-passed legislation puts the European Union in a leadership position.
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Nathaniel Whittemore
Nathaniel Whittemore

Episodes

Hasta La Vista, U.S.! Crypto Companies Look Abroad
A Landmark Moment for Crypto in Europe as MiCA Passes
The Case for U.S. Stablecoin Regulation
Congress Grills Gensler on Anti-Crypto Stance
Coinbase Says Without Regulatory Clarity It Will Be Forced to Leave the U.S.
The House Finally Introduces a Stablecoin Bill, but Will Crypto Opponents Even Come to the Table?
The Latest New York Times Bitcoin Mining Hit Piece Is a Monument to Intellectual Laziness
Will Withdrawals Drive a New Institutional Ethereum Narrative?
Sergey Nazarov on Why the World Needs a New Model of (Cryptographic) Trust
An AI Primer for Bitcoiners

An AI Primer for Bitcoiners

Apr 13, 2023, 5:08 p.m.
Inflation Drops Most In 2 Years, but Not Everyone Is Buying It
Bitcoin’s Rally to $30K Being Driven by Good Old-Fashioned Spot BTC Buying
Announcing The Breakdown Network and 'Bitcoin Builders'
Everyone Is Talking About De-Dollarization but Is There Anything to It?
Traders Shifting to Tether and BTC Are Voting Against the U.S.
Are Real-World Assets (RWA) the Next Big Crypto Narrative?
Is Crypto Already Soft-Banned in the U.S.?
Is the Banking Crisis Really Over?
Interpol, Elon-DOGE and the Latest Crypto Controversy
What OPEC's Surprise Oil Production Cuts Have to Do With De-Dollarization
The U.S. Government Attack on Crypto Certainly Seems Coordinated
The USA’s Crypto Loss Is Hong Kong and China’s Crypto Gain
Elizabeth Warren Has Declared War on Crypto
The RESTRICT Act Isn’t About Banning TikTok, It's About Expanding Government Powers
The Evidence for Operation Choke Point 2.0, With Nic Carter
The CFTC Sues Binance, but Is It Regulatory Turf War?
Are Deutsche Bank and Charles Schwab Actually in Trouble or Is It Just Market Fears?
Why We’ll Remember This Banking Crisis as a Turning Point for Bitcoin
Safe Haven From Banks? Bitcoin’s New Narrative Comes Into View
The Fed Hikes, Credit Tightens and Commercial Real Estate Looks Like the Next Problem for Banks
The SEC Finally Picks a Fight With Someone Who Can Fight Back
Just How Sound Is the Global Banking System? Featuring Ram Ahluwalia
The FDIC Is Exploring How to Insure All U.S. Bank Deposits
Was UBS Buying Credit Suisse Just ‘Soft Nationalization’?
Bitcoin Was Created for Times Like These
A Real-Time History of the Crypto Banking Crisis, With Austin Campbell
The 5 Key Bitcoin Building Themes, With Wolf Lightning Accelerator CEO Kelly Brewster
Apparently, U.S. Regulated Banks Are Riskier Than Stablecoins
Is Credit Suisse the Next Banking Domino?
The Banking System Broke; Will That Force a Fed Pivot?
Even Barney Frank Thinks Signature Was Shut Down to Send an Anti-Crypto Message
We Pushed Semiconductors Offshore; Are We Doing the Same to Crypto?
The Government Game Plan: Call Ether a Security, Tax the Crap Out of Bitcoin Mining
The 2nd Biggest Bank Failure In American History: Silicon Valley Bank Is No More
The Real Reasons Silvergate Collapsed
Fed’s Powell Brings the Dog and Pony Show to DC for the Semiannual Monetary Policy Review
Fireworks in the Grayscale Bitcoin ETF Lawsuit as Judge Visibly Rattles SEC Attorney
Are the WSJ Articles on Binance and Tether ‘Trial by Press’?
Crypto’s Center of Gravity Is Shifting Away from the U.S.
The Hole on the FTX Balance Sheet Remains Gaping
With Congress Impotent, Courts Are the Only Option for Fighting SEC Overreach
What the Silvergate Death Spiral Means for the Crypto Industry
The Vise Tightens on SBF as Former FTX Engineering Head Nishad Singh Pleads Guilty
NFT’s Biggest Company Is Coming to Bitcoin Ordinals
Gary Gensler, Bitcoin and the Bad-Faith SEC
Central Bankers Triumphantly Declare Fiat to Have Beaten Crypto
Bank Regulators Say ‘No Operation Choke Point 2.0! Seriously! Believe Us!’
Class-Action Lawsuit Accusing Digital Basketball Cards of Being Securities Allowed to Proceed
5 Takeaways From Coinbase's 'Base' Layer 2 Chain Launch
Is Custodia a ‘Sacrificial Lamb’ to the Fed’s War on Crypto Banking?
Narrative Watch: Hong Kong Nudges Towards Legalizing Crypto Trading for Retail
How to Fight Back Against Rogue Regulators
Why the Newly Proposed Custody Rule Could Represent a De Facto Ban on Crypto
Is the SEC’s Terra Lawsuit Trying to Set Precedent That Stablecoins Are Securities?
Why Bitcoin Rallied 11% on Wednesday
Regulators Only Have Themselves to Blame for Crypto Not Being Better Regulated
Slightly Hot Inflation Print Probably Won’t Change the Fed’s Perspective
The Latest Front in the Crypto Wars Is Binance-Paxos and BUSD
Are Ordinals Sneakily a Boon to Bitcoin Security?
‘A Paternalistic and Lazy Regulator’: What the SEC-Kraken Staking Settlement Means for Crypto
Python Politics Part 2: Operation Choke Point 2.0 Begins
Python Politics Part 1: The US Government's Slow Squeeze on Crypto via the Banking System
Here Comes ‘Britcoin’

Here Comes ‘Britcoin’

Feb 8, 2023, 3:04 p.m.
The Fed’s Hawkish Walk Back

The Fed’s Hawkish Walk Back

Feb 7, 2023, 3:15 p.m.
Would a Genesis/DCG Deal With Creditors End the Crypto Contagion?
Why Crypto Fundraising Could Be in for a Painful Winter
The Tragedy of Lebanon’s Currency Devaluation
Is the Narrative Around ESG and Bitcoin Mining Shifting?
Jerome Powell Finally Believes He Might Actually Get His Soft Landing
A Primer on the Debate Around Ordinal Inscriptions, aka Bitcoin NFTs
Independent Examiner Excoriates Celsius as a Ponzi
Hawks vs. Bulls: The Fed Clashes With Optimistic Investors
Is 2023 the Year the US Gets Serious About Protecting Privacy?
What’s Next for NFTs?

What’s Next for NFTs?

Jan 28, 2023, 9:00 a.m.
Commingling Customer Funds? Binance Under Scrutiny for B-Token Wallet
'We Want to Make Sure America Is the Place for Innovation in FinTech'
Here Comes Nuclear-Powered Bitcoin Mining
Up 40% YTD, Bitcoin Is 2023’s Best-Performing Asset
Does Crypto Have a Banking Problem?
The Future of Crypto Isn’t With Wall Street
What Davos Thinks of Crypto

What Davos Thinks of Crypto

Jan 21, 2023, 9:00 a.m.
Genesis Files for Chapter 11

Genesis Files for Chapter 11

Jan 20, 2023, 3:21 p.m.
Would a Genesis Bankruptcy Actually Be Good for Crypto?
Bitz Who Now? Department of Justice Takes Down Russian Exchange Bitzlato
Bitcoin at $21K: Bull Trap or Ooo Baby We're Back?
The Legacy of Aaron Swartz 10 Years Later
The SEC Sues Gemini/Genesis as SBF Starts a Blog
How Big a Deal Was Binance’s Previous $1B BUSD Collateral Gap?
Will Negative Inflation Prompt a Shift in Fed Policy?
DCG Responds as Gemini Accuses Company of Fraud
The Fed’s Interest Rate Message Is Clear: Get to 5% and Keep It There
The SEC and DOJ Are Reportedly Investigating DCG
Where Bitcoin Mining Goes From Here
Is Political Gridlock Good for Crypto?
The Crypto Reckoning Continues

The Crypto Reckoning Continues

Jan 6, 2023, 5:04 p.m.
The Fed Is Scared of Stock Market Animal Spirits
SBF Pleads Not Guilty; Trial Set for October
On Bitcoin’s 14th Birthday, the Gemini-DCG War of Words Heats Up
Bitcoin Is Optimism, With Alex Gladstein
Mike Dudas on Crypto Community Resilience
Muneeb Ali on the Future of Bitcoin Building
Sam Abbassi on Why Proof of Reserves Matters Now
The New Crypto Policy Blueprint, With Kristin Smith
Why Bitcoin Is Thriving, With Alyse Killeen
The Top 10 Things That Happened in Bitcoin 2022
Ryan Selkis on the Crypto Outlook for 2023
Gary Wang and Caroline Ellison Plead Guilty to Fraud as SBF Lands In US
Why Are a Dead Guy's Crypto Coins Moving?
Elon Bans Journalists, Kills Spaces and Asks if He Should Quit
Audit Firms Don’t Want to Work With Crypto Companies, and That’s a Problem