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BREAKDOWN: A Bitcoin Shortage? PayPal and Cash App Buying More Than 100% of New Supply Nov 23, 2020

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When demand from these two sources alone exceeds the entire supply of newly minted bitcoins, expect serious supply pressure to follow.

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.

Today on the Brief:

AstraZeneca and University of Oxford release third positive COVID-19 vaccine trial data
Trump administration ratchets up pressure on China
Another DCEP lottery trial coming

Our main discussion: a narrative shift, growing attention and a bitcoin shortage.

What happens when demand exceeds supply and supply is being gobbled up aggressively by new market actors? That’s the question posed by Pantera’s recent investor letter and today’s Breakdown episode.

NLW also looks at

The reappearance of bitcoin in mainstream media, like today’s Wall Street Journal
The rise of celebrities coming out as HODLers
BlackRock’s CIO suggests bitcoin could replace gold for many

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BREAKDOWN: Bitcoin ETF Time? What SEC Chairman Jay Clayton Stepping Down Means for Markets Nov 22, 2020

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Jay Clayton is stepping down as chairman of the Securities Exchange Commission. Here’s what that means for crypto and traditional markets.

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.

On this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads Joe Nocera’s recent Op-Ed “Clayton’s Exit at SEC Opens Door to Protect Investors” from Bloomberg.

NLW expands upon the piece, discussing Clayton’s legacy in crypto and how a Biden economic team might impact the space.

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BREAKDOWN: What Do Mexico's Second Wealthiest Billionaire and Arya Stark Have In Common? Nov 21, 2020

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Recapping a wild week in bitcoin price action that has drawn out numerous previously-quiet HODLers.

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.

On this edition of The Breakdown weekly recap, NLW discusses:

Traditional markets: The tension between vaccine optimism and a growing national wave of economy-disrupting lockdowns
Regulatory landscape: Crypto ally Brian Brooks nominated for full term at OCC while SEC Chair Jay Clayton steps down early
Bitcoin Miners: Sold out until Spring
Celebrities and Financiers coming to the Bitcoin space

Maisie "Arya Stark" Williams' tweet about buying Bitcoin:

twitter.com/Maisie_Williams/status/1328428879334297600

This week on The Breakdown:

Monday | Bitcoin at $318,000 Next December? One Citibank Exec Says It’s Possible
Tuesday | HODL FOMO vs. Speculative FOMO: Why This Bitcoin Bull Market Will Be Different
Wednesday | Vijay Boyapati’s Four Mental Models for Valuing Bitcoin
Thursday | A Crypto Ally as Top US Bank Regulator?
Friday | 10 Metrics Where Bitcoin Has Already Hit New All-Time Highs

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BREAKDOWN: 10 Metrics Where Bitcoin Has Already Hit New All-Time Highs Nov 20, 2020

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While we haven’t achieved the elusive $20,000 spot price all-time high yet, these other metrics show where bitcoin has grown far beyond previous peaks.

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.

Earlier this week, investor Nic Carter published a piece called “Nine Bitcoin Charts Already at All-Time Highs” showing just how far bitcoin had come and how fundamentally bullish this quiet run-up was.

In this piece, NLW goes over those metrics that have achieved all-time highs, and adds one more that happened after Nic published his piece. The metrics include:

Addresses with a balance of $10 or more
Open interest on CME bitcoin futures
Realized capitalization
Bitcoin options open interest
Bitcoin priced in Turkish lira
Bitcoin held by Grayscale
Stablecoin free float
Silvergate’s settlement network
Growth of crypto-native credit
Market Capitalization

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BREAKDOWN: A Crypto Ally as Top US Bank Regulator? Nov 19, 2020

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President Trump has nominated former Coinbase counsel Brian Brooks to a full five-year term as Comptroller of the Currency, but will he be confirmed in time?

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.

Today on the Brief:

Markets fight to remain optimistic
Jobless claims rise for the first time in five weeks
China borrows at negative rates for the first time

Our main discussion: a crypto ally as top bank regulator?

Brian Brooks was an executive at Coinbase when he was tapped by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to be the number two at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the nation’s main bank regulator. Within two months he was acting Comptroller and now Brooks has been nominated for a full term.

In his short tenure, he has given banks the OK to provide custody of crypto and banking services to stablecoin issuers. In so doing, he has aroused the ire of congressional Democrats, who have accused him of acting too quickly and unilaterally on crypto.

In this discussion, NLW breaks down Brooks’ time at the OCC and asks whether he’s likely to be confirmed before the next administration early next year.

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BREAKDOWN: Vijay Boyapati’s Four Mental Models for Valuing Bitcoin Nov 18, 2020

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From “Tulip Mania” to “the World’s Reserve Currency,” these valuation models show the full range of bitcoin’s long-term possibilities.

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.

Vijay Boyapati’s “The Bullish Case for Bitcoin” is one of the most influential articles in the history of the industry – even being assigned reading from MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor as he tried to convince his board on the merits of what would become its big bitcoin move.

In this conversation with NLW, Vijay discusses his recent thinking around four valuation frameworks that help us understand 1) how people see bitcoin’s upside potential and 2) the likely values they suggest for bitcoin. We also discuss why state-level attacks are Vijay’s biggest concern for bitcoin’s future.

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BREAKDOWN: HODL FOMO vs. Speculative FOMO – Why This Bitcoin Bull Market Will Be Different Nov 17, 2020

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As bitcoin crosses $17,000 it’s not retail speculation but a new, long-term investor mindset driving the price up.

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.

Today on the Brief:

Tesla to join S&P 500
Airbnb files for IPO
The Mooch wants crypto

Our main discussion: HODL FOMO vs. Speculative FOMO.

The 2017-2018 bull run was driven by ICO mania and a relentless get-richism that was nothing if not short-term. As bitcoin passes $17,000 and questions of looming all-time highs start to make their way into mainstream press, it is a very new set of actors and a new set of thinking that is driving this movement.

The Twitter thread that inspired today's podcast:

twitter.com/CitizenBitcoin/status/1327276810363670529

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BREAKDOWN: Bitcoin at $318,000 Next December? One Citibank Exec Says It’s Possible Nov 16, 2020

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Breaking down a recent report that has Bitcoin Twitter salivating and skeptical at the same time.

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.

Today on the Brief:

Moderna trial success drives markets up
New all-time high in negative-yielding debt
Jay Clayton to leave SEC

Our main discussion: BTC $318,000 in December 2021?

That’s the prediction of one Citibank exec in a report called “Bitcoin: 21st Century Gold” sent last week to institutional clients. In this episode, NLW breaks down the report, including the macro justification that sets the stage as well as the technical analysis that led to these numbers. Ultimately, he argues that what matters isn’t the report’s predictions, but the fact that its very existence suggests a shifting narrative for institutional buyers.

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BREAKDOWN: Dollar Decline and the Paralysis of Conventional Monetary Policy Nov 15, 2020

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A reading of Kenneth Rogoff’s latest piece on the strange reality of the dollar’s global status.

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.

On this week’s edition of Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads former IMF chief and current Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff’s latest Op-Ed, “The Calm Before the Exchange Rate Storm” in Project Syndicate.

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BREAKDOWN: Dalio Says Governments Will Kill Bitcoin. Is He Right? Nov 14, 2020

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In an otherwise extremely bullish week, famed investor Ray Dalio reiterated his skepticism of bitcoin and digital assets.

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.

Ray Dalio FUD:

On this edition of the weekly recap, NLW looks at bitcoin’s surge past $16,000. Additionally, he explores some recent FUD from Ray Dalio, which NLW argues seems strangely locked in years-old narratives.

This week on The Breakdown:

Monday | The Biggest Macro Event Since March
Tuesday | Legendary Investor Stan Druckenmiller Turns Bitcoin Bull
Wednesday | Discovering Bitcoin Through the #EndSARS Movement, Feat. Yele Bademosi & Akin Sawyerr
Thursday | Meet the $10B Asset Manager With a 10,000 BTC Treasury, feat. NYDIG’s Robby Gutmann
Friday | PayPal Rolls Out Crypto for All US Customers

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