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1990 episodes transcribedJust a week after backstopping Silicon Valley Bank and Signature, the FDIC is reportedly exploring how they could feasibly cover all US deposits. NLW...
Due to its global systemic importance, Credit Suisse appeared to be in serious trouble last week. In the past weekend, Swiss authorities, along wit...
On this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads: “Should I Keep My Money in Bitcoin or a Bank?” By Daniel Kuhn “Evaluating Bitcoin as a Store of Value”...
NLW is joined by Austin Campbell, Adjunct Professor at Columbia University and former banker and stablecoin operator, to discuss the recent crypto ban...
Kelly Brewster is the CEO of Wolf, a new Lightning and Bitcoin startup accelerator in New York City. In this conversation, he and NLW discuss five big...
Stablecoins have long been seen by U.S. policymakers as risky and a potential threat to U.S. financial stability. How ironic, then, that it was the fa...
Following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature, markets are holding their breath for more trouble in the banking sector. Wednesday morning...
At this point, markets are racing to figure out what they believe the recent spate of U.S. bank failures means for monetary policy. Will the Federal R...
On Sunday, as government authorities announced that Silicon Valley Bank depositors would be protected, they added that the New York Department of Fina...
On this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads: Semiconductors: A Cautionary Tale by Sheila Warren The SEC’s Other Option by TuongVy Le SEC Bitcoin...
What a week. On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW updates on the Silicon Valley Bank situation, discusses the New York Attorney General’s lawsui...
Just days after Silvergate announced an orderly winding down, Silicon Valley Bank has come to a very disorderly end. Today, California regulators step...
Beleaguered Silvergate Bank has announced that it will be winding down. NLW examines whether the turn of events is due to banking crypto companies, sp...
In today's episode, NLW looks at the macro as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell discusses monetary policy this week before Senate and House of Repre...
Last year, Grayscale, a CoinDesk sister company, filed suit against the Securities and Exchange Commission after its proposal to convert the Grayscale...
Today, NLW discusses recent Wall Street Journal articles about Tether using fraudulent bank accounts to access banking services and private chat th...
On this “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads: The Future of Crypto Markets Will Be Driven by Developments in the East - Noelle Acheson Keep Crypto in Am...
In this week's “Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at the latest from the FTX bankruptcy estate and stirrings that Democrats in Congress aren't fond of SEC Chai...
Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW discusses Silvergate, a scathing open letter from three U.S. senators to Binance and whether courts can stop an overreac...
In today's episode, NLW discusses Silvergate Bank's painful collapse. In order to understand the industry's banking resources, he examines where th...
