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1990 episodes transcribedThis episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. July’s inflation report provided the first glimmers that the U.S. might have turned...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. Bitcoin was up 15% over the weekend. Stocks have seen four days of green. The reaso...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW digs in on the latest speech from SEC Ch...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. On today’s episode, NLW examines the new report from the White House about crypto m...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. The discussion around a United States-issued central bank digital currency is heati...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. On today’s episode, NLW celebrates his 38th birthday with 38 lessons we’ve learned...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. On today’s episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at the latest in the European ener...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. Today on “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads and discusses David Z. Morris’ “The Perverse I...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. NLW reviews the key events from August with an eye to how they will shape September an...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. Today NLW looks at the shifting Fed narrative. We’ve moved from “soft landing” to “...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. On today’s episode, we look at the District of Columbia’s new lawsuit against Micha...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. On today’s episode, NLW does a global regulatory check-in, focused on: A veto for...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. European energy markets have been roiled as the price of energy futures rockets to...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. The week ended badly. Equities were down big and over the weekend crypto followed,...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. On this edition of “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads Nic Carter’s “If Ethereum Starts Sla...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at: A new stock settlement syste...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. Each year, U.S. central bankers gather in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to discuss big-pic...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. On today’s episode, NLW looks at the latest news on Tornado Cash sanctions. Specifi...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. According to reports, U.S. President Joe Biden is about to finally take action on s...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW explores Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gar...
