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A daily analysis of macroeconomics, bitcoin, geopolitics and big picture power shifts, hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore @nlw. The Breakdown is part of Blockworks.

    The 5 Key Views on Stablecoins

    The 5 Key Views on Stablecoins

    On this week's Long Reads Sunday, NLW (with the help of AI) reads Nic Carter's epic latest piece "Five Perspectives on Stablecoins" https://medium.com/@nic__carter/five-perspectives-on-stablecoins-5bc20076270a
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    The Week Crypto Truly Entered the Political Conversation

    The Week Crypto Truly Entered the Political Conversation

    On this edition of The Friday Five with Scott Melker, NLW discusses why this week was the week that truly entered the political mainstage.
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    Trump Completes His Crypto 180

    Trump Completes His Crypto 180

    Former President Trump held an event at Mar-a-lago for Trump NFT holders that served as a coming out party for his courting the crypto vote. NLW explores the Democrats self-inflicted wound -- along with why some Congressional Dems are still fighting.
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    Grayscale Withdraws ETH ETF

    Grayscale Withdraws ETH ETF

    Major confusion in the cryptosphere as Grayscale withdraws an ETF application that had been widely assumed to be just the means to an end of another lawsuit. Plus Gensler's softball interview on CNBC.
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    Why the Robinhood Wells Notice Hits Harder

    Why the Robinhood Wells Notice Hits Harder

    Robinhood is the latest crypto-aligned company to be targeted by the SEC. In today's episode NLW explores why the crypto community is more surprised by this one than even recent actions against Consensys and the Ethereum Foundation.
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    The Bitcoin Bull Mood (Starts) to Return

    The Bitcoin Bull Mood (Starts) to Return

    Over the weekend, a vibe shift started where Bitcoiners are climbing out of some of their gloomier predictions from the past few weeks and looking a bit more optimistically at the next part of the cycle.
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Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
39 Ratings

39 Ratings

fiffixjvgus ,

Fantastic

This has been one of my daily podcasts for over two years.

It is the best way to stay up to date with everything happening within the digital asset ecosystem!

A true must have in any podcast library.

Olatp ,

Excellent Coverage and Analysis

Great content, well explained for all types of listeners with just the right amount of history to give context to the areas of discussion. I’ve learned plenty about financial concepts while being able to stay on top of the crazy fast crypto news. Love the deep dives and great conversations with expert guests. This is my first port of call in podcasts for all things crypto.

Thanks NLW, I’m loving your work, keep it up!

“stay safe, take care of each other, peace.”

Samcavr ,

Great content. Talks way too fast

Do you speed up your audio post recording? I really enjoy your content NLW but you speak so fast I find it hard to listen to

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