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**CoinDesk Podcast Network**

The top stories and best shows in the blockchain world, delivered daily from the team at CoinDesk.

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BREAKDOWN: PayPal Rolls Out Crypto for All US Customers Nov 13, 2020

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Crypto Twitter reacts to the announcement and answers the question: Just how big a deal is this?

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

Today on the Brief:

Christine Lagarde’s digital euro hunch
Deutsche Bank CBDC note
COVID-19 resurgent

Our main discussion:

PayPal is rolling out crypto to all its users and increasing transaction limits from $10,000 to $20,000. In this episode, NLW breaks down the community response to the news, including an interesting discussion of whether the company’s BitLicense requires PayPal to hold 1:1 all the BTC its customers pay for.

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BREAKDOWN: Meet the $10B Asset Manager With a 10,000 BTC Treasury, feat. NYDIG’s Robby Gutmann Nov 12, 2020

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One of the (quietly) largest players in the institutional bitcoin space discusses the changing investor landscape in his first-ever podcast interview.

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

Robby Gutmann is the co-founder of Stone Ridge Holdings Group, a $10 billion alternative asset manager and co-founder and CEO of NYDIG, the group’s bitcoin subsidiary.

In this first-ever podcast conversation, Gutmann discusses:

Buying his first bitcoin from Craigslist in 2010
The personal and professional experiences that drove his team to bitcoin
Why bitcoin fits the firm's founding principle of financial security for all
A set of key trends driving institutional investors and fiduciaries/asset managers into the bitcoin space
Why the coming year is poised for even more aggressive expansion of the investor market for bitcoin

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BREAKDOWN: Discovering Bitcoin Through the #EndSARS Movement, Feat. Yele Bademosi & Akin Sawyerr Nov 11, 2020

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When the Nigerian government shut down protestors’ bank accounts, bitcoin and crypto became a way around.

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

Yele Bademosi is CEO at Bundle social payments app and the founder of investment firm Microtraction. Akin Sawyerr is involved across the industry and leads operations at BarnBridge.

Over the course of October 2020, the world’s attention became firmly fixed on a growing movement in Nigeria. With the hashtag #EndSARS, the movement was, on the one hand, about addressing police brutality. On the other hand, as our guests discuss, it was a broader awakening and a demand for generational economic opportunity. At one point, even Twitter founder Jack Dorsey called for people to donate bitcoin to help the movement.

In this conversation, Yele and Akin discuss:

The state of the economy in Nigeria leading into the protests
Generational differences in political action
Why the #EndSARS protests exploded into action in October
Why the movement turned to bitcoin to avoid bank confiscation
How crypto can play a role in a brighter future

Find our guests online:

Yele Bademosi - twitter.com/YeleBademosi

Akin Sawyerr - twitter.com/AkinSawyerr

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BREAKDOWN: Legendary Investor Stan Druckenmiller Turns Bitcoin Bull Nov 10, 2020

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The billionaire investor made his pro-bitcoin comments on an appearance on CNBC.

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

Today on the Brief:

Was Monday’s stock rally overdone?
Lebanon to launch digital currency
3 reasons BTC has rallied 60%+ in two months

Our main discussion: Stan Druckenmiller, Bitcoin Bull.

A few months ago, Stan Druckenmiller told CNBC that he could imagine inflation of 5%–10%. Yesterday, he returned to the network to discuss why bitcoin had captured his attention as a potential hedge.

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BREAKDOWN: The Biggest Macro Event Since March Nov 09, 2020

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According to the bright minds of FinTwit, the biggest event isn’t the U.S. presidential election but today’s Pfizer vaccine update.

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

Today on the Brief:

GRIN gets 51% attacked
Crypto trading volume down 25.8% in October
How the market is receiving Joe Biden

Our main discussion: The stock market soars on promising Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine trials.

The S&P 500 and DJIA hit new all-time highs after Pfizer announced its experimental vaccine had prevented COVID-19 in 90% of patients. Travel stocks soared, work from home stocks suffered and safe havens fell. In this episode, NLW explores the shifting market sentiment, as well as what it means for bitcoin.

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BREAKDOWN: Why Emerging Markets Are Wary of Modern Monetary Theory Nov 08, 2020

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While MMT may be the de facto policy of rich Western governments, applying it to developing economies could be disastrous.

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

Today’s Long Reads Sunday is a reading of Andy Mukherjee’s piece: “Why Emerging Markets Are Wary of a Modern Monetary Fix”.

The argument is that while Western governments debate just how far we can take the idea of money printing without paying a dubious price, for emerging-market governments there simply isn’t the same capacity to print their way out of problems.

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BREAKDOWN: How a Massive Devaluation of the Egyptian Pound Inspired a $100M Bitcoin ETP Nov 07, 2020

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Hany Rashwan, CEO of Amun/21Shares, explains how the proverbial bitcoin lightbulb went off when his native Egypt’s currency devalued in 2016.

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

Hany Rashwan is the CEO of Amun/21Shares, the creator of a variety of publicly traded crypto products with over $100 million assets under management.

In this conversation, he and NLW discuss:

How he was introduced to bitcoin by Tim Draper in 2012
How the Egyptian revolution and challenges that followed influenced his thinking
How a 48% overnight devaluation of the Egyptian pound created the “aha” moment around bitcoin
How bitcoin could become the global reserve currency

Find our guest online:

Twitter: twitter.com/hany

Website: 21shares.com

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BREAKDOWN: How the World Stopped Producing Enough Money, Feat. Emil Kalinowski Nov 06, 2020

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In a year when the popular narrative says money printing went crazy, the host of “Making Sense/Eurodollar University” says the problem is actually too little money.

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

Emil Kalinowski is the host of “Making Sense/Eurodollar University" collaborations with Jeff Snider.

In this illuminating conversation, he and NLW discuss:

How the global monetary order changed over the last 50 years
The exact moment the world demonstrated it had too little money
Why bitcoin and MMT are competing to shape the next generation of monetary thinking
Why a big crash is coming, but we’ll be better on the other side

Find Emil Kalinowski online:

Twitter – twitter.com/EmilKalinowski

YouTube – youtube.com/c/EmilKalinowski/videos

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-fc2oBgFM6hNywSse_V-YEYzI7D01EXB

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BREAKDOWN: Bitcoin Hits $15,000 – Here Comes the FOMO Nov 05, 2020

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Bitcoin Twitter interprets today’s massive price action.

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

As the U.S. election picture starts to become more clear, bitcoin has smashed through $15,000 – its highest price since 2017’s record-breaking run. Alongside the price action has come a wave of mainstream media coverage.

In this special he-was-supposed-to-be-on-vacation episode, NLW breaks down Twitter’s response and shares interpretations, including:

“Quietest bull run ever”
Stimulus on the way
Halving bull redemption
Death of the nation-state
Start of a reflexive cycle
It feels real

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BREAKDOWN: ‘Economics Will No Longer Be the Handmaiden of Politics’ – A History of the Cypherpunks, Feat. Jim Epstein Nov 04, 2020

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An enlightening conversation with Reason’s Jim Epstein, who just released a four-part YouTube documentary on the cypherpunk movement.

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

Jim Epstein is the executive editor of ReasonTV podcasts, and the producer of the recent documentary “Cypherpunks Write Code.”

In this conversation, he gives NLW a behind the scenes look on the interviews and conversations that went into the documentary, including how the cypherpunks started, schisms in the movement, and how the movement lives on today.

Watch “Cypherpunks Write Code”

Find Jim Epstein online:

twitter.com/jimepstein

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