This episode is sponsored by . Today’s episode digs through two excellent end-of-year reports from and to curate a set of numbers and statistics that tell the story of the markets in 2021. These numbers include growth in on-chain metrics, hashrate...

This episode is sponsored by . Yesterday in the wake of the FOMC meeting, the Federal Reserve signaled a hawkish turn. Asset purchases will be tapered at twice the speed, and the Fed is now anticipating three rate hikes next year. So why, in the wake...

This episode is sponsored by .   Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at the recent U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing on stablecoins. More contentious than the previous week’s House Financial Services Committee hearing on crypto, NLW...

This episode is sponsored by . Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at a few explanations for the current bearish sentiment turn, including: A belief that a bubble is finally bursting A larger market shift to risk-off based on inflation concerns...

This episode is sponsored by . Eleven years ago, on Dec. 13, 2010, Satoshi Nakamoto posted on the BitcoinTalk forum for the last time. He would pop up in emails here and there for a few more months, but for the majority of the Bitcoin community, he...

This episode is sponsored by .   On this week’s “Long Read’s Sunday,” NLW looks at DAOs and their benefits over traditional fundraising, reading: “” by Will Gottsegen “” by Daniel Kuhn    - , the institutional-grade...

This episode is sponsored by . CoinDesk has just completed its list of . On today’s episode, NLW shares that list, and then adds brief commentary on 10 more people or groups that he might have included, including Dylan LeClair and Will Clemente,...

This episode is sponsored by . November inflation came in at 6.8%, the highest in 39 years. In this episode, NLW looks at: The state of the inflation discussion following October  Why the Biden administration tried to reframe expectations...

This episode is sponsored by . Yesterday the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the future of digital assets. Shockingly to almost everyone, the tone was respectful, collegial and considered, and lawmakers seemed genuinely interested...

This episode is sponsored by . 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...

This episode is sponsored by . 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” ...

This episode is sponsored by . 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...

  This episode is sponsored by .   This week’s Long Reads Sunday is a reading of Dan Jeffries’ “.” - , the institutional-grade platform for bitcoin, is making it possible for thousands of banks who have trusted relationships with...

This episode is sponsored by .   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...

This episode is sponsored by . 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...

This episode is sponsored by . On today’s episode, NLW breaks down investor Travis Kling’s 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...

This episode is sponsored by . 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...

This episode is sponsored by . 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...

This episode is sponsored by . On today’s episode, NLW looks at two topics. The first is the market crash that left bitcoin down 8.5% on Friday, only to partially recover over the weekend. NLW looks at the combination of macro factors – led by the...

This episode is sponsored by . On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW draws from two threads by on Twitter:   , the institutional-grade platform for bitcoin, is making it possible for thousands of banks who have trusted relationships...

This episode is sponsored by . On the final part of his three-part miniseries “Gratitude for Bitcoin,” NLW is joined by Stillmark’s Alyse Killeen, a venture capitalist focused entirely on the bitcoin ecosystem. Alyse explains how remarkable it...

This episode is sponsored by . On part 2 of NLW’s three-part “Gratitude for Bitcoin” miniseries, he’s joined by serial bitcoin entrepreneur and Kraken’s director of growth marketing, Dan Held. Dan discusses the changes happening as bitcoin...

This episode is sponsored by . Today, NLW kicks off his “Gratitude for Bitcoin” three-part miniseries with Bitcoin Magazine and UTXO Management bitcoin analyst Dylan LeClair.  Find Dylan on Twitter: , the institutional-grade platform for...

This episode is sponsored by . This week, after months of speculation, President Joe Biden has named Jerome Powell to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman. His most likely alternate, Lael Brainard, was promoted to vice chairwoman. On today’s...

This episode is sponsored by . Today on “The Breakdown,” a check in on El Salvador, where President Nayib Bukele has just announced “Bitcoin City,” a new community that will feature no income or capital gains tax and be designed to attract...