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BREAKDOWN: How Bitcoin Can Help Break Cycles of Poverty Apr 11, 2021

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A reading of an essay from University of Wyoming philosophy professor Bradley Rettler.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and this week’s special product launch, Exodus.

This week’s edition of “Long Reads Sunday” features NLW reading Bradley Rettler’s “The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Get Bitcoin.” It is an argument that, far from being just a speculative tool for the already wealthy, bitcoin represents a disruptive force that can combat wealth inequality.

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BREAKDOWN: So, Is This a Bitcoin Supercycle or What? Apr 10, 2021

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Some say “top signal,” others say “Supercycle.” Who is right?

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On this week’s “Weekly Recap,” NLW digs into the theory of the bitcoin supercycle. Are we in the same sort of four-year, halving-driven, boom-bust cycle that has characterized bitcoin so far, or are the new institutional participants breaking us out of that in a fundamental way?

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BREAKDOWN: Liberty Mutual and State Street Are the Latest Institutions to Join the Bitcoin Party Apr 09, 2021

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Institutional participation in Bitcoin shows no signs of slowing down.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and this week’s special product launch, Exodus.

Today on the Brief:

Crypto Climate Accord
Robinhood crypto trading
The decentralization of venture capital

Our main discussion:

This week was absolutely chock-full of institutions getting into the bitcoin space, yet barely anyone noticed. From Liberty Mutual and Starr Insurance investing in NYDIG to a massive real estate company moving treasury into bitcoin and accepting it for rent, the institutional infiltration of bitcoin shows no signs of stopping.

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BREAKDOWN: Is Bitcoin a Chinese Financial Weapon? Peter Thiel Ignites a Geopolitical Debate Apr 08, 2021

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Recent comments from the PayPal founder, early Facebook investor and renegade libertarian political donor ignite a discussion about the battle around the world’s reserve currency.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and this week’s special product launch, Exodus.

Peter Thiel is nothing if not good at igniting controversy. For the last 24 hours or so, Bitcoin Twitter (and really, FinTwit and TechTwit and Politics Twitter as well) have been hotly debating his assertion in recent remarks that bitcoin had become a “Chinese financial weapon.”

In today’s episode, NLW breaks down:

The debate around Thiel’s comments
Why bitcoin is more likely a threat to Chinese aspirations around the digital yuan’s future status as a global currency than the U.S. dollar
Why digital dollars like tether and USDC might make this whole debate moot from the get-go

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BREAKDOWN: 'Rising Bitcoin Adoption Tide' – The Best of Bloomberg's Latest Bullish Bitcoin Report Apr 07, 2021

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A new Bloomberg report argues bitcoin is replacing gold more rapidly than expected.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and this week’s special product launch, Exodus.

Today on the Brief:

Coinbase’s monster Q1 numbers
150 million evaporate from the global middle class
Jamie Dimon’s shareholder letter comments on crypto

Our main discussion: Bloomberg’s latest crypto outlook is out. In this episode, NLW looks at seven aspects of the report:

Bitcoin as digital reserve asset in a low-yield world
Price support at $50,000
Price possibilities of $400,000 in 2021
Gold replacement happening more quickly than anticipated
Growth in publicly traded companies with crypto exposure
Exchange outflows
The supremacy of USD digital currencies

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BREAKDOWN: From Dinosaur Altcoins to the Kimchi Premium, 13 Numbers That Tell the Story of Markets Right Now Apr 06, 2021

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A look at the most illuminating statistics and metrics across bitcoin, crypto and global markets.

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On today’s episode, NLW provides a whistle stop tour of some of the most interesting and illuminating numbers from crypto and traditional markets, including:

The pop in Jurassic Park altcoins
Archegos fallout
US vaccine distribution
Outflows from Turkey
SPAC performance before and after mergers
Decline in price and volume of NFTs
Coinbase valuation
Stablecoin transaction volume
And more!

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BREAKDOWN: How Will the Coinbase IPO Affect Bitcoin's Price? Apr 05, 2021

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Will the seminal event drive new people to the crypto markets or suck liquidity away from crypto assets?

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and this week’s special product launch, Exodus.

Today on the Brief:

The 88th anniversary of Executive Order 6102
Former SEC Jay Clayton on bitcoin regulations
GBTC intends to become an ETF

Our main discussion:

NLW breaks down the potential implications of the Coinbase IPO. He looks at the bullish arguments of mainstream presence, the potential to send people down a bitcoin rabbit hole and the provisioning of easy on-ramps versus the argument that it will give people a chance to get crypto industry exposure without actually holding bitcoin or other crypto assets.

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BREAKDOWN: The Future of Bitcoin and Crypto Is in Renegades and Malcontents Apr 04, 2021

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A reading of Brady Dale’s “Don’t Follow the Suits, Follow the Weirdos.”

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads CoinDesk journalist Brady Dale’s “Don’t Follow the Suits, Follow the Weirdos.” NLW argues this topic is even more important in the context of bitcoin institutionalization.

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BREAKDOWN: For Bitcoin and Crypto, a Week of Mainstreaming Moments Apr 03, 2021

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From NFTs on “Saturday Night Live” to Goldman Sachs reversing course on bitcoin, it was a week of widening audiences.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

On this edition of “The Breakdown” Weekly Recap, NLW looks at a set of mainstream moments including:

“SNL” doing a song about NFTs
Visa accepting USDC on Ethereum as a native settlement currency
PayPal opening crypto checkout to 29 million merchants
Goldman Sachs opening bitcoin investment programs
Chipotle’s “bitcoin and burritos” promotion

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BREAKDOWN: An Interview With Cathie Wood on Bitcoin, Tesla and Innovation Investing Apr 02, 2021

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This episode is a replay of NLW’s conversation with Cathie Wood from October 2020. In it, they discuss:

Why she had conviction in Tesla before the market caught up
Why her fund offered the first bitcoin investment opportunities to Wall Street
Why it doesn’t hire traditional Wall Street analysts
Why it gives away all research for free
Why it shares the trades made in a completely open-source way
ARK’s recent Bitcoin Investment Thesis white paper
What the prospects are for innovation in 2021

Find our guest online:

Twitter: @CathieDWood
Web: ark-invest.com

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