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June 11, 2021BREAKDOWN: An Interview With Bitcoin Beach, the Community That Inspired El Salvador to Adopt the Bitcoin Standard
Featuring Bitcoin Beach’s Mike Peterson.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
On today’s episode, NLW is joined by Mike Peterson, director of Bitcoin Beach. Bitcoin Beach is a community project in El Salvador that has spent the last two years helping individuals and companies integrate bitcoin into their daily lives and long-term habits. President Nayib Bukele cited Bitcoin Beach in inspiring El Salvador’s bitcoin legal tender law.

In this interview, NLW and Mike discuss:
How he came to reside in El Salvador
How the bitcoin community project started
What drove community adoption at the beginning
How remittances and COVID-19 solidified the value of BTC to the community
How bitcoin has changed how people think about investing
How international bitcoiners such as Miles Suter and Jack Mallers got to know the project
Where the project stands today (complete with 22 different community initiatives)
How bitcoiners can get involved

Find our guest online:
Twitter: @Bitcoinbeach
Web: www.bitcoinbeach.com
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45 min
June 10, 2021BREAKDOWN: The Empire Strikes Back – Inflation Hits 5% While Elizabeth Warren Goes After Bitcoin
China shuts down mining and starts censoring crypto exchange terms while U.S. senators and CFTC commissioners attack crypto.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
In a week so filled with the optimism coming out of El Salvador, of course there had to be another side of the story.
On today’s episode, NLW looks at three examples of the existing power structure fighting back against the rise of crypto:
China shutting down mining in two provinces and apparent censorship of exchange-related terms on Baidu and Weibo
A CFTC commissioner’s extremely negative comments on decentralized finance
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s full-throated assault on bitcoin from yesterday’s Senate Banking Committee hearing

Is bitcoin devolving to just another partisan issue?
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15 min
June 09, 2021BREAKDOWN: El Salvador Officially Made Bitcoin Legal Tender as President Bukele Casually Chatted on Twitter Spaces
Recapping a historic evening.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
Last night, El Salvador voted to pass the bill making Bitcoin legal tender. As representatives debated the bill, the President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele and his brother and campaign manager Karim Bukele surprise-joined a Twitter Space hosted by Nic Carter, where the president would spend about an hour answering questions.
In today’s episode, NLW breaks down:
The substance of the bill
Specific elements of the plan from the Spaces chat - including Volcano mining and the Bitcoin cost of foreign residency
The historical significance of the moment for Bitcoin, media, El Salvador and more

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21 min
June 08, 2021BREAKDOWN: Biden’s Top Antitrust Adviser Is a Bitcoin Millionaire
Why being anti-Big Tech monopoly and pro-bitcoin are clearly compatible ideologies.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
On today’s episode, NLW looks at a grab bag of recent news:
El Salvador’s bitcoin announcement makes waves as politicians from six more Central and South American countries change their profiles to laser eyes
Donald Trump resurfaces to rip bitcoin again
No, the FBI didn’t break bitcoin
Why Tim Wu’s bitcoin holdings are intellectually consistent with his antitrust stance

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13 min
June 07, 2021 BREAKDOWN: El Salvador Poised to Become the First Bitcoin Country: Just How Big a Deal Is This?
A discussion of the implication of El Salvador’s announcement for Salvadorans, bitcoin and the world at large.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
On Saturday, the Bitcoin 2021 organizers teased that one of the biggest announcements in bitcoin’s history was coming.
That announcement ended up being from El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, who shared that he was advancing a bill to make bitcoin legal tender in the country.
Since then there has been a huge amount of debate and discussion about the implications and the significance of the move. In this episode, NLW breaks down the story from multiple angles.
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27 min
June 06, 2021 BREAKDOWN: What a New Era of Big Government Could Mean for Bitcoin
Does the Biden budget signal a new era of deeper government involvement in American’s lives?
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
A reading of David Z. Morris’ piece for CoinDesk “Has COVID-19 Made Biden’s Big Spending the New Normal?”.
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14 min
June 05, 2021 BREAKDOWN: Is the Bitcoin Bull Market Over?
After the third-worst month in bitcoin price history, it’s worth asking.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
Today on “The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap” NLW looks at a growing number of predictions of a new “crypto winter” as well as some reviews of how companies and DAOs are preparing for that possibility. He shares poll results from whether Bitcoin Twitter thinks this bull market is over and discusses how the macro landscape may be playing into it.
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11 min
June 04, 2021BREAKDOWN: Who Matters More to Bitcoin – Whales or Plebs?
Who is buying? Who is selling? And who is driving the future of the space?
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
Today on the Brief:
May’s middling jobs report
A ransomware update
Square building a bitcoin hardware wallet

Our main discussion looks at the various constituencies within bitcoin and asks who has what type of power to shape the network. Specifically, NLW homes in on recent price action and the divergent actions of large holders and small holders over the month of May.
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16 min
June 03, 2021BREAKDOWN: Chinese State Media Indicates China Is NOT Banning Crypto Trading
A series of new reports from state-owned media aren’t kind to crypto trading, but they reinforce that it is still allowed.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
Today’s episode looks at crypto in geopolitical context, focusing on:
A follow-up on the ransomware surge, with experts suggesting that it’s not about crypto payments but about the “ransomware-as-a-service” distribution model
A look at why a Russian opposition leader is moving his supporters to crypto fundraising exclusively
A review of a series of reports from Chinese state-owned media that, while trying to convince citizens to stay away, nevertheless reinforce they still have agency to own and trade crypto

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12 min
June 02, 2021BREAKDOWN: Ransomware Is the Next Big Bitcoin FUD
With a rise in ransomware attacks, many are jumping to blame bitcoin and crypto. Are they right?
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
Today on the Brief:
China’s next digital yuan trial
More Bitcoin ETF delays
Standard Chartered to open crypto prime brokerage
Our main discussion focuses on the rise of ransomware. NLW examines:
The real reasons ransomware is on the rise
The factors beyond crypto payments that contribute to ransomware
Why some are using ransomware as justification for crypto bans
Why crypto bans would be painfully ineffective at stopping ransomware
Why the Biden Administration’s response to ransomware should give the crypto industry cause for optimism
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16 min