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1990 episodes transcribedYesterday, news outlets started reporting that a prepackaged bankruptcy for DCG subsidiary Genesis was close to completion. On today’s episode, NLW lo...
On today’s episode, NLW catches up on the latest on crypto crime and fall out, including: Disgraced 3AC founders’ attempt to build a new exchange wi...
Bitcoin (and crypto more broadly) has been on a tear the last few days, but the question on everyone’s mind is: why? Is it a real, fundamentals-based...
On this edition of “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads: Why I Am Optimistic for Crypto - Stefan George 13 Narratives to Watch in 2013 - the DeFi Ed...
On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at the Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit against Gemini and Genesis involving the Gemini Ear...
Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW catches up on some crypto cleanup stories from earlier in the week. He looks at community reactions to research uncoveri...
On today’s episode, NLW digs into December’s just-released CPI numbers. For the sixth month in a row, year-over-year inflation declined. For the first...
Crypto 2023 – like Crypto 2022, but angrier. This week, Gemini co-CEO Cameron Winklevoss accused Genesis, DCG and DCG CEO Barry Silbert of fraud in a...
On today’s episode, NLW looks at the latest communiques from Federal Reserve officials, including comments by Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic and...
On today’s episode, NLW catches up on: Why bitcoin’s price went up firmly above $17,000 The latest Binance concerns Reports the Securities and Ex...
On this Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads: The worst of Bitcoin mining in 2022 by Zack Voell What Will It Take for Bitcoin Mining Companies to Survive...
On the first Weekly Recap of 2023, NLW hones in on the political impasse in Washington D.C. and explores whether a divided Congress (and a divided Rep...
NLW profiles another brutal week in the crypto computation and cleanup following the disasters of 2022. He examines: Celsius ex-CEO Alex Mas...
In today's episode, NLW looks at the macro landscape that will set the tone for the markets in 2023. According to the minutes of the December Feder...
On today’s episode, NLW discusses Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX, including his bail hearing from December, the unusual request to keep his bail bond-backe...
Bitcoin celebrates its birthday today! This is also the first Breakdown of the year. NLW discusses the news and events from the past couple weeks, inc...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and Kraken. Today’s guest is Alex Gladstein, chief strategy officer at the Human Rights Foundation....
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and Kraken. Today’s guest is Mike Dudas of 6th Man Ventures and LinksDAO. Find our guest on Twi...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and Kraken. Today’s guest is Muneeb Ali, CEO of Trust Machines and founder of Stacks. Find our g...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and Kraken. Today’s guest is Sam Abbassi, founder and CEO of Hoseki. Find our guest on Twitter:...
