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1990 episodes transcribedThis episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis, FTX US and Ava Labs. Nothing is more important to markets right now than how the Fed responds to...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis, FTX US and Ava Labs. On today’s episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at the latest in the bat...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis, FTX US and Ava Labs. After months of dithering, Elon Musk announced last Friday he would offic...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads and discusses: “DAOs Are the Rea...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. After years of what many would consider hostility to the industry, the British gov...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. The crypto industry hasn’t been particularly pleased with the SEC under Gary Ge...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. The U.S. Office of Government Ethics released rules this week that executive branc...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. On today’s episode, NLW digs into the idea of the U.S. dollar as a global wrecking...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. On today’s episode, NLW looks at a number of crypto events from the long weekend,...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads and reflects on Nic Carter’s “Settin...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. On the “Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at: The progress around two major European cry...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. On today’s episode, NLW looks at: Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments on inflati...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR and FTX US. Late Wednesday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rejected Grayscale’s proposa...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR and FTX US. On today’s episode, NLW gives a 101-level overview of the Lightning Network, including w...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR and FTX US. NLW is joined today by Alex Gladstein, chief strategy officer of the Human Rights Founda...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR and FTX US. On today’s episode, NLW explores the ongoing policy debate around “unhosted” (or, as cry...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR and FTX US. On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW builds off of Stack Hödler’s thread on a recent...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR and FTX US. In this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW argues that this week saw the crypto communit...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR and FTX US. On today’s episode, NLW looks at two big events: Congress held a committee meeting...
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR and FTX US. For the past two days, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has been testifying on the Hi...
