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...

On this week’s weekly recap, NLW looks at: resilience in the face of a week where many investors went risk off, causing a drop in stocks and gold JPMorgan’s dramatic three-year attitude shift around bitcoin and crypto  Iran stockpiling...

One of the most powerful aspects of bitcoin is its mythology.  In this episode, NLW explores the 12th anniversary of the Bitcoin white paper and the choices that went into its release date.  Whether it was something to do with the...

Today on the Brief: FTX launches equities trading  Avanti gets Wyoming bank charter France locks down and ECB intimates new stimulus Our main discussion: GDP growth report  The Department of Commerce released its Q3 GDP numbers. Touted as...

Today on the Brief: Section 230 hearing with social media CEOs in Washington D.C. Bitwise now has more than $100 million AUM Trump website defaced with Monero request Our main discussion: Markets go risk-off.  With rising fear of COVID-19...

Today on the Brief: Stocks down; bitcoin up Consumer confidence shaky as baking supplies demand grows 3,400% Bank for International Settlements and Swiss central bank to test CBDC this year Our main discussion: JPM Coin.  Initially announced in...

Today on the Brief: Turkey’s real inflation rate 3x official number Hot new DeFi protocol Harvest Financial hacked whales hit largest number since 2016 Our main conversation is about the rise of a new wave of COVID-19 and the economic fallout...

For this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads two selections from CoinDesk’s op-ed section: - Benoit Coeure  - JP Schnapper-Casteras & Misha Guttentag

On this week’s Breakdown weekly recap, NLW looks at: The initial price action that started the week Debates about whether was thriving at the expense of alts and DeFi The PayPal news News of more public companies putting treasury reserves into BTC...

Today on the Brief: DOJ crypto enforcement a “disaster” for privacy Ant’s blockchain tools pre-IPO Better news around jobless claims  Our main discussion: fiat failures, 2020 edition.  In this episode, NLW looks at a raft of...

Matt Stoller works with the American Economic Liberties Project and is the author of “Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy” as well as the popular Substack newsletter “BIG.” In this conversation, he and NLW discuss...

Huge news broke this morning as PayPal announced it would be offering buying, selling and eventually merchant payments for and other cryptos across its network.  In this late-breaking Breakdown episode, NLW explores: The specifics of the news...

Today on the Brief: DOJ files biggest antitrust case in two decades against Google  Goldman Sachs’ 1MDB settlement  LINE’s new CBDC platform  Our main discussion: bulls vs. bears as passes $12K Someone recently tweeted,...

Today on the Brief: Chinese citizens less than impressed with DCEP trial Is Filecoin the “Titanic” of ICOs? Mnuchin, Pelosi go one more round on stimulus Our main discussion: A new Bretton Woods moment? In a recent speech, the International...

On this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads: “” The piece examines how different asset classes – from stocks to bonds to bitcoin and beyond – fare in the context of a world where the Federal Reserve is determined to keep interest rates at or...

On this edition of The Breakdown weekly recap, NLW looks at: Growth in the institutional investment space in crypto A new 10,000 BTC treasury announcement  Reports from the Bank for International Settlements, G20, WEF, IMF and more around...

Today’s Breakdown is a conversation with Andre Anjos – aka RAC, a Grammy Award-winning recording artist and music entrepreneur. He and NLW discuss: Starting the “Remix Artist Collective” as a business Evolving from remixing to performing...

Today on the Brief: Initial jobless claims rise to highest level since August as a DeFi reserve asset Twitter reactions as Filecoin goes live Our main discussion focuses on the convergence of the crypto and public markets. NLW looks at: Narratives...

Today on the Brief:  Bitcoin hashrate at all-time highs Record number of large companies lose money during the pandemic JPMorgan releases research note on bitcoin Our main discussion: Stone Ridge Holdings Group discloses $114 million in bitcoin...

Today on the Brief: Is the “blue wave” Democrat victory narrative in the presidential election starting to shake up Wall Street?  Johnson & Johnson pause COVID-19 vaccine trial  1000 Satoshi-era are on the move  Our main...

Today on the Brief: Market rally to highest point in six weeks BTC and ETH up in part on Grayscale ETH trust becoming an SEC reporting company (Grayscale, like CoinDesk, is a unit of DCG.) CBDCs (and CBDC skepticism) on the rise Our main discussion:...

Today on Long Reads Sunday, a reading of Lyn Alden’s piece for CoinDesk: “” In it, Lyn argues that correlation patterns are, in part, reliant on where bitcoin finds itself in its own cycles of expansion or consolidation.

On this week’s Breakdown weekly recap, NLW looks at a cross-section of regulatory news, including: CFTC and DOJ action against BitMEX and its leadership The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority’s ban of crypto derivative products for retail investors...