Monday, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong published the innocuously titled “Coinbase Is a Mission-Driven Company.”  While the post talked a lot about Coinbase’s core mission, its real goal seemed to be to make clear Coinbase would not be...

DeFi is one of the breakout crypto categories of 2020. Indeed, yield farming and the grand game of “money legos” has been so profitable that many are following every new protocol with rapt attention.  This is all the more true for projects...

Today on the Brief: After four weeks down, bitcoin bounces back on suspicions that recent bearishness was overblown KuCoin exchange gets hacked for somewhere between $150 million and $280 million Jack Dorsey outlines Twitter’s blockchain and...

This week’s Long Reads Sunday is a reading of “” by Jeff Wilsner – part of CoinDesk’s Internet 2030 series.  In it, Wilsner talks to experts about four scenarios: A multi-currency scenario, where exchange is abstracted away via digital...

On this edition of The Breakdown weekly recap, NLW looks at the fourth painful week for traditional markets in a row.  He discusses the factors contributing to the trouble, including:  A normal correction from too-high valuations The return...

Sven Henrich is the founder and lead market strategist at NorthmanTrader. Well known for his appearances on CNBC, CNN Business and MarketWatch, Sven is also the host of the Straight Talk podcast.  In this conversation, he and NLW discuss: The...

Today on the Brief: Initial U.S. jobless claims up to 870,000 Partial lockdowns begin in earnest in Europe and Israel The global demand for American stocks Our main discussion: Did corporate insiders perfectly time the market top?  August saw...

Corey Hoffstein is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Newfound Research LLC, a quantitative research and investment fund. He is also the host of the “” podcast.  His most recent research is In it, he examines three popular...

Today on the Brief: Where the digital euro fits in Lagarde’s economic integration plans New stablecoin guidance from the OCC Mnuchin and Powell head to the Hill Our main discussion features Marty Bent.  Marty is the author of one of the best...

Today on the Brief Stocks down, dollar up on COVID-19 resurgence fears People’s Bank of China says digital yuan needed to fight USD dominance 140,000 have claimed UNI tokens Judge stops Trump WeChat ban Nikola founder resigns Our main discussion:...

On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads macro analyst Lyn Alden’s latest: The article looks at: When monetary policy is effective versus when fiscal policy needs to take over  How short-term debt cycles add up to long-term debt...

On this edition of The Breakdown weekly recap, NLW looks at: DEXetition – Uniswap’s battle with SushiSwap heats up as the former dropped the UNI governance token in what some likened to a crypto stimulus check  The Fed has no clothes –...

MicroStrategy made waves when it announced in early August it was moving $500,000,000 in treasury reserves out of cash. At least $250 million were to be moved into .  Earlier this week, the company announced its final bitcoin purchases totaled...

Raoul Pal is CEO and co-founder of Real Vision, a platform fundamentally disrupting macroeconomics and financial media.  In this wide-ranging conversation, he and NLW discuss:  Hot takes on the most recent Jerome Powell/Federal Reserve...

Today on the Brief: Kraken is the first crypto exchange to become a U.S. bank FTC preparing antitrust lawsuit against Facebook Gold-standard fan Judy Shelton doesn’t have the votes to be confirmed as Federal Reserve governor  Our main...

Today on the Brief: MicroStrategy increases its reserves by $175 million  The Oracle-TikTok deal starts to smell fishy The SEC is investigating claims of fraud involving Nikola Corp. Our main discussion: The rise of zombie firms.  A...

Today on the Brief: Crypto exchange volume sees highest month-over-month increase since February 2018 Uniswap overtakes SushiSwap in total value locked What Coinbase vs. Apple means for the future of decentralized applications Our main discussion:...

On this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW looks at recent statistics suggesting that, based on a comprehensive set of measures of well-being, U.S. citizens are worse off than they were a decade ago.  One potential explanation is the U.S.’ “USD...

On this edition of the Breakdown Weekly Recap, NLW looks at: The “holding pattern economy” – why stocks, jobs and central bank policy seem stuck in place Why Joe Biden’s China plan shows that, no matter who wins the presidential election,...

Tavi Costa is a portfolio manager at Crescat Capital. In this conversation with NLW, he discusses: The credit exhaustion moment in the engines of global growth The race to the bottom for fiat currencies The explosive moment for precious metals ...

Today on the Brief: Jobless claims slightly exceed expectations at 884,000 ECB keeps policy unchained; euro rises versus dollar  Survey: What’s the right way to understand the business and market cycle in the U.S. today?  Our main...

Today on the Brief: Markets recover slightly but vaccine trade falters as AstraZeneca pauses trials  Bitcoin and gold correlation increases sharply around dollar instability Mastercard launches simulation tools to help develop central bank...

Today on the Brief: Stock market continues its descent Insider stock selling reached five-year high in August President Trump promises more aggressive decoupling from China Our main discussion: Investors and the BTC price dip. Over the last several...

On this special Labor Day edition of The Breakdown, NLW is doing a reading of Nic Carter’s most recent essay In it, Carter argues that rather than fight the tide, the U.S. government should accept and take advantage of its unique position in the...

Earlier this week, news broke that David Graeber, author of influential works such as “Debt: The First 5000 Years,” had passed away.  In his memory, today’s Long Reads Sunday is a reading of his 2013 piece In it, he argues the impact of...