Today’s Breakdown is a prep kit for the inevitable conversations about as friends and family sit down at the Thanksgiving table this year.  NLW discusses arguments ranging from price action to who is buying to why they’re buying to good...

Today’s guest is Lyn Alden. Lyn is the founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy and one of today’s best-known and most-respected macro analysts. In this conversation, she and NLW discuss: Anti-deflation vs. inflation Why money printing is...

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...

On this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads Joe Nocera’s recent Op-Ed “” from Bloomberg.  NLW expands upon the piece, discussing Clayton’s legacy in crypto and how a Biden economic team might impact the space.

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...

Earlier this week, investor Nic Carter published a piece called “” 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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. 

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...

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 subsidiary.  In this first-ever podcast conversation, Gutmann discusses:  Buying his...

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...

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...

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...

Today’s Long Reads Sunday is a reading of Andy Mukherjee’s piece: “”. 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...

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 by Tim Draper in 2012 How...

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...

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...

Jim Epstein is the executive editor of Reason TV and 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...

Jacob Goldstein is one of the hosts of NPR’s Planet Money. He is also the author of the new book, “.”  In this conversation, he and NLW discuss: How China invented paper money and then forgot about it for centuries Why the invention of the...

Today on the Brief: The digital euro is closer than ever Checking in on European COVID-19 lockdowns Economic events this week that aren’t the election Our main discussion: Which U.S. election outcome is better for bitcoin?  Poll: After a...

On this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW diverts from our normal opinion and long-form essay to pursue Grayscale’s recent investor reports. In its survey of investors, Grayscale found more interest in investing than ever before, with a significant...