The Breakdown

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

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Mike Dudas on Crypto Community Resilience
This episode is sponsored by , and .   Today’s guest is Mike Dudas of 6th Man Ventures and LinksDAO.    Find our guest on Twitter: - is a security-first platform where you can buy, exchange and borrow against your crypto. The...
29 min
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Muneeb Ali on the Future of Bitcoin Building
This episode is sponsored by , and .   Today’s guest is Muneeb Ali, CEO of Trust Machines and founder of Stacks.   Find our guest on Twitter: - is a security-first platform where you can buy, exchange and borrow against your crypto. The...
33 min
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Sam Abbassi on Why Proof of Reserves Matters Now
This episode is sponsored by , and .   Today’s guest is Sam Abbassi, founder and CEO of Hoseki.   Find our guest on Twitter: - is a security-first platform where you can buy, exchange and borrow against your crypto. The company ensures...
25 min
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The New Crypto Policy Blueprint, With Kristin S...
This episode is sponsored by , and .   Today’s guest is Kristin Smith, executive director of the Blockchain Association.    Find our guest on Twitter: - is a security-first platform where you can buy, exchange and borrow against...
33 min
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Why Bitcoin Is Thriving, With Alyse Killeen
This episode is sponsored by , and .   Today’s guest is Alyse Killeen, founder and general partner at Stillmark.    Find our guest on Twitter: - is a security-first platform where you can buy, exchange and borrow against your...
32 min
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The Top 10 Things That Happened in Bitcoin 2022
This episode is sponsored by , and .   On this year’s final “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads “” by Cory Klippsten, Tomer Strolight and Sam Callahan.  - is a security-first platform where you can buy, exchange and borrow against...
12 min
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Ryan Selkis on the Crypto Outlook for 2023
This episode is sponsored by , and .   Today’s guest is Messari CEO Ryan Selkis.    Find our guest on Twitter: Read Crypto Theses for 2023: - is a security-first platform where you can buy, exchange and borrow against your crypto....
40 min
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Gary Wang and Caroline Ellison Plead Guilty to ...
This episode is sponsored by , and .   In breaking news last night, Sam Bankman-Fried was extradited from the Bahamas to the U.S. to face charges ranging from wire fraud to campaign finance fraud. Almost as soon as the plane took off, the U.S....
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Why Are a Dead Guy's Crypto Coins Moving?
This episode is sponsored by , and .   Ah, what a perfect way to end a year of fraud, deception and disappointment. Earlier this week, on-chain sleuths noticed that more than 100 BTC were on the move from wallets that were controlled by and...
16 min
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Elon Bans Journalists, Kills Spaces and Asks if...
This episode is sponsored by , and .   On today’s episode, NLW looks at the latest out of Twitter, including a dust-up about location doxxing and the journalists who were suspended as a result, a new policy banning links to external social...
19 min
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Audit Firms Don’t Want to Work With Crypto Comp...
This episode is sponsored by , and .   On today’s episode, NLW catches up on the latest in the crypto industry, including: Sam Bankman-Fried changes his tune on extradition DCG-owned coins on the move Audit firms ceasing crypto...
15 min
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What ChatGPT Might Mean for Web3
This episode is sponsored by , , and the .   On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads:“” by Tim Kravchunovsky   “” by Michael J. Casey  - is a security-first platform where you can buy, exchange and borrow against...
15 min
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Exchange Fears Roil Crypto Following SBF’s Arrest
This episode is sponsored by , , and the .   On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at how the FTX bankruptcy is proceeding following the arrest of disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried, as well as the concerns surrounding Binance...
15 min
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Trump NFTs Sell Out In Hours
This episode is sponsored by , , and the .   On today’s episode, NLW catches up on the latest non-FTX crypto news, including: Former President Trump’s NFT sellout Jack Dorsey funding decentralized social networks PayPal partnering with...
17 min
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Jerome Powell Says ‘More Work to Be Done’ as FO...
This episode is sponsored by , , and the .   Today’s episode is a deep dive into the Federal Open Market Committee meeting. NLW covers not just the policy updates but the details of Chair Jerome Powell’s speech and the Q&A after. The big...
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For Once, a Positive Inflation Surprise
This episode is sponsored by , , and the .   On today’s episode, NLW catches up on the most recent inflation numbers. U.S. headline inflation for November came in at 7.1%, vs 7.7% the previous month and the 7.3% expected by surveyed...
17 min
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Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested for Wire Fraud and C...
This episode is sponsored by , , and the .   In a shocking turn of events, Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested on Monday, Dec. 12 by Bahamian authorities at the request of the U.S. Southern District of New York. On today’s episode, NLW covers the...
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SBF ‘Loaned’ the CEO of The Block $43M
This episode is sponsored by , , and the .   Another day, another betrayal. On Friday, news broke that former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried made three loans totaling $43 million to Michael McCaffrey, CEO of CoinDesk competitor The Block. Those loans...
19 min
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Why Is Bitcoin Dominance So Much Lower Than in ...
This episode is sponsored by , and .   On this episode of “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads Noelle Acheson’s “” as well as comments from NLW’s on Bitcoin dominance.  - is a security-first platform where you can buy, exchange and...
19 min
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Congressman Who Called Bitcoin an ‘Unstoppable ...
This episode is sponsored by , and .   On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW catches up on the latest U.S. regulatory news, including the legal battle around the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s actions against the Ooki DAO, a...
16 min
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2022’s Most Influential Bitcoiners
This episode is sponsored by , and .   Crypto Twitter was in a tizzy this week about . Specifically, bitcoin maximalists decried its lack of bitcoin maximalists. On this episode, NLW addresses the controversy, reads and adds his own...
18 min
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Sherrod Brown Tells SBF, ‘Show Up or Get Subpoe...
This episode is sponsored by , and . Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at the shift in tone around SBF following the FTX collapse. Both the House and the Senate are holding hearings on FTX next week, and have confirmed that if former FTX CEO...
18 min
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The White-Collar Recession
This episode is sponsored by , and .   On today’s episode, NLW provides an overview of the broader economy, including: Wall Street’s predictions for a bad 2023 PepsiCo layoffs OPEC+ oil decision China backing off Zero-Covid policies  ...
14 min
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Goldman’s Going on a Crypto Company Buying Spre...
This episode is sponsored by , and .   In a conversation with Reuters, Goldman Sachs’ head of digital assets suggested the bank would be spending tens of millions of dollars to invest in, or buy outright, crypto firms whose prices had come...
18 min
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SBF Declines a Congressional Invite; Alameda CE...
This episode is sponsored by , and .   On today’s episode, NLW catches up on the latest surrounding the fallout of FTX, including Sam Bankman-Fried’s back and forth with House Financial Services Committee Chair Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)...
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