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BREAKDOWN: Meet Visa's New Crypto Advisory Unit Dec 08, 2021

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The company’s latest crypto division focuses on B2B consulting in the blockchain and crypto space.

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

Today’s episode covers a set of topics, including:

Visa’s new crypto advisory unit
An AWS official is leaving for Unstoppable Domains
AWS downtime brings up questions of decentralized infrastructure
Saule Omarova withdraws nomination for OCC chief
Dan Tapiero’s 10T raises a fresh $500 million
Eric Schmidt joins ChainLink Labs as an advisor
Ubisoft announces NFTs coming to games

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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Dark Crazed Cap” by Isaac Joel. Image credit: Thinkhubstudio/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk.

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BREAKDOWN: Is the Decentralization in DeFi an ‘Illusion’? Dec 07, 2021

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A look at the recent report from the Bank for International Settlements.

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

Today’s episode of “The Breakdown” is a grab bag of news stories from the past several days. NLW covers:

The Bank for International Settlements report “DeFi Risk and the Decentralization Illusion”
Regulatory updates from the Biden administration, Japan, the U.K. and India
Institutions leading the selling last week
OpenSea appears headed for IPO

“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Dark Crazed Cap” by Isaac Joel. Image credit: Nuthawut Somsuk/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk.

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BREAKDOWN: Why Bitcoin Crashed Dec 06, 2021

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The weekend saw more than $2.5 billion in liquidations.

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at the dramatic move downward in the crypto markets that started late Friday night U.S. time. He looks at both market structure factors such as low liquidity and thin weekend order books as well as macro factors including, insecurity around the new Omicron variant as well as a tightening Fed policy.

“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Dark Crazed Cap” by Isaac Joel. Image credit: iNueng/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

SOB: Exploring Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Dec 05, 2021

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This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, KuCoin and DeFiHorse.

The Lightning Network is arguably the most anticipated scaling solution for Bitcoin to date. Why isn’t everyone using it?

“Speaking of Bitcoin” hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Stephanie Murphy are joined by Rene Pickhardt, Bitcoin and Lightning Network Developer. The four lead a conversation on the still in development yet rapidly growing Lightning Network. It's a second-layer network that enables fast, secure, private and inexpensive payments that don't make sense to store on bitcoin's base layer. But while that might sound ideal, it's not simple in practice. A scrappy community of companies and developers have been pushing the tech consistently forward as the number of hard problems still to solve ticks down.

Even as early as we are, Lightning has proven to be a radical improvement on the user experience of bitcoin. On the bitcoin network, fees vary but typically range from $1–5 and complete with confirmation in an average of ten minutes. With Lightning, fees and transaction times drop dramatically: the transaction fees are generally 1/100th or 1/10th of a penny and take just seconds.

If the improvements of Lightning are clear, why isn’t everyone using it today? Listen to hear more about the challenges and solutions coming to this rapidly-evolving aspect of bitcoin.

Additional reading:

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Album art created using AI by Adam Levine/Pixelmind.ai

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BREAKDOWN: The Innovation at the Heart of the Global Crypto Transformation Dec 05, 2021

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Welcome to the third era of accounting.

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

This week’s Long Reads Sunday is a reading of Dan Jeffries’ “The Future of Money: A History.”

“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Dark Crazed Cap” by Isaac Joel. Image credit: KTSDESIGN/Science Photo Library/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk.

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BREAKDOWN: Goldman Looking Into Bitcoin-Backed Lending as Jobs Report Disappoints Dec 04, 2021

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A look at what happened in crypto this week, from regulation to institutions.

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

On this edition of “The Breakdown Weekly Recap,” NLW covers:

The latest jobs report and what it means for Fed policy
Comments from SEC Chair Gensler and a House crypto hearing next week
The latest institutional bitcoin news from Fidelity and Goldman Sachs

“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Dark Crazed Cap” by Isaac Joel. Image credit: Nicky Loh/Bloomberg/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

BREAKDOWN: 20 Predictions About the Future of Money Dec 03, 2021

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NLW reacts to 20 predictions from some of crypto’s leading minds.

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

As part of CoinDesk’s Future of Money week, they asked some of crypto’s biggest brains for their predictions on the future of money. In today’s episode, NLW goes one by one through those predictions, saying whether he agrees or disagrees and why.

Read the original: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/29/the-future-of-money-20-predictions/

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BREAKDOWN: How November Bear Market-Proofed the Crypto Industry Dec 02, 2021

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Huge capital raises have given crypto companies and funds much deeper war chests.

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

On today’s episode, NLW breaks down investor Travis Kling’s recap of the biggest events in crypto from the month of November. He says two trends are huge capital raises and a focus on NFTs and the metaverse. Both, he suggests, make the crypto markets more resilient to future downturns.

“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Dark Crazed Cap” by Isaac Joel. Image credit: No-Mad/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

BREAKDOWN: The Long Strange Journey of Facebook's Libra Project Dec 01, 2021

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With David Marcus leaving, what is the future of diem?

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

On today’s episode, NLW does a retrospective of Facebook’s libra project, which was renamed late last year to diem. He argues that, whatever happens with diem specifically, it has a place in the historical record as the starting gun for a new era in stablecoins and central bank digital currencies.

Join the discussion: https://discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8

“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Dark Crazed Cap” by Isaac Joel. Image credit: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

BREAKDOWN: Powell and Yellen Talk Stablecoins, Inflation and Debt Nov 30, 2021

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Plus, the changes at Twitter have already started under its new CEO.

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

On today’s episode of ”The Breakdown,” NLW follows up on Twitter’s leadership change, covering a new privacy policy that some are saying has big implications for the platform. He also looks at Sen. Sherrod Brown’s letter to stablecoin issuers from last week and discusses Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony before the Senate today.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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