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An AI Primer for Bitcoiners

By Nathaniel WhittemoreApr 13, 2023

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Inflation Drops Most In 2 Years, but Not Everyone Is Buying It

By Nathaniel WhittemoreApr 12, 2023

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Bitcoin’s Rally to $30K Being Driven by Good Old-Fashioned Spot BTC Buying

By Nathaniel WhittemoreApr 11, 2023

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Announcing The Breakdown Network and 'Bitcoin Builders'

By Nathaniel WhittemoreApr 11, 2023

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Everyone Is Talking About De-Dollarization but Is There Anything to It?

By Nathaniel WhittemoreApr 10, 2023

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Traders Shifting to Tether and BTC Are Voting Against the U.S.

By Nathaniel WhittemoreApr 9, 2023

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Are Real-World Assets (RWA) the Next Big Crypto Narrative?

By Nathaniel WhittemoreApr 8, 2023

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Is Crypto Already Soft-Banned in the U.S.?

By Nathaniel WhittemoreApr 6, 2023

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Is the Banking Crisis Really Over?

By Nathaniel WhittemoreApr 5, 2023

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Interpol, Elon-DOGE and the Latest Crypto Controversy

By Nathaniel WhittemoreApr 4, 2023

The Breakdown With NLW Episode

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8:53 PM

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2026's biggest crypto exploit: $292 million gets drained from Kelp DAO with wrapped ether stranded across 20 chains

An attacker drained 116,500 rsETH, roughly 18% of circulating supply, from Kelp's LayerZero-powered bridge on Saturday, triggering emergency freezes across Aave, SparkLend, Fluid and Upshift.

8:27 PM

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Why Michael Saylor's Strategy decided to make STRC's dividend bi-monthly

Strategy aim to reduce volatility, enable consistent bitcoin buying, and create the only bi-monthly paying preferred shares in the market.

8:21 PM

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From smelters to servers: Alcoa to cash in on crypto’s thirst for energy

Alcoa is in advanced negotiations to sell its dormant Massena East smelter in upstate New York to Bitcoin mining firm NYDIG.

7:18 PM

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AI is increasingly eating into VC fundings and here is how crypto firms are adapting

AI companies raised $242 billion (80% of global venture funding) in early 2026, with Gartner projecting total AI spending will reach $2.52 trillion this year.

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