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An exploration of the shifting tones of U.S. regulators around crypto.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

Today’s episode includes a quick update on Marathon’s bitcoin mining about-face. Our main discussion focuses on the changing shape of crypto regulatory discussion in the U.S. While more regulation appears to be on the horizon, that regulation likely reduces the chance of more extreme actions.

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A replay of NLW’s original episode on the topic from May 2020.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

A year ago this month, legendary hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones released a paper about the “Great Monetary Inflation.” It set the entire narrative backdrop for the institutional move into bitcoin, and also revealed PTJ as a bitcoiner. This is a replay of NLW’s original episode breaking down why the paper mattered.

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American Hacker Jeffrey "Sneak" Paul joins Bram for a deep-dive into the hard problems behind the growing rash of ransomware attacks, what it means and what we can do about it.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Bitstamp.

On this episode we’re digging into, not a new problem, but an old problem that seems to be getting worse as a growing proportion of our lives are spent connected, to each other, to the internet and inadvertently to criminals who use technology to extort money, often in the form of cryptocurrencies. It’s called ransomware, and to help us understand and sort through today’s topic, Hard Problems host and Chia CEO Bram Cohen is joined by special guest Jeffrey Paul, better known as Sneak.

On May 7th, an employee of Colonial Pipeline Company found a ransom note on one of their computers. The pipeline provides nearly half of the fuel for the east coast and they were locked out. Days later, they’d admit to paying 4.4 million dollars in bitcoin to the group who did it. It’s the most recent high profile example, but it’s certainly not the only one. Going back through CoinDesk’s archive, I found nearly a hundred articles written over the years. We’ve seen hospital systems and industrial players extorted along with lots of normal people. And those are the ones that we hear about, it’s assumed that many victims of extortion simply pay the ransom and keep it to themselves.

This episode was recorded live over the audio only social network known as Clubhouse. If you'd like to join our live audience, our next recording session is Wednesday June 2nd, 2021 at Noon Pacific/3pm Eastern time where we'll be discussing modern music, it's eccentricities and how it's changing as technology plays an ever-larger role with grammy nominated composer and musical pioneer BT. If you're not already on Clubhouse, you can use this link to get around the invitation requirement, set up your account and RSVP for the event.

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A reading of Balaji Srinivasan’s essay “The Network Union.”

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What exists between a Facebook group and a formal organization? Right now, not much. But in the future, Balaji Srinivasan argues, blockchain-powered communities will be able to exert the power to help them develop the polities of the future. On this “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads Balaji’s “The Network Union.”

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Given the past few weeks’ price actions, has the popular theory been disproven? 

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On this edition of “The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at what this cycle has taught us in terms of:

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A discussion with the ARK founder on bitcoin, ESG and, of course, Elon Musk. 

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Bitstamp.

Today’s special edition of “The Breakdown'' is a replay of NLW’s fireside chat with ARK’s Cathie Wood that premiered yesterday as a closing keynote at Consensus 2021. In this conversation, they discuss:

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A look at the macro discussion on inflation and why it’s pushing people like Icahn to crypto.

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Today on the Brief:

In our main discussion, NLW looks at the macro conversation around inflation, including:

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An update on the Bitcoin Mining Council and the China Mining Ban.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Bitstamp.

Today on The Breakdown, NLW covers:

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The community had extremely mixed reactions to Michael Saylor and Elon Musk’s new initiative. 

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Bitstamp.

Yesterday, Michael Saylor and Elon Musk surprised the Bitcoin community when they announced a new "green" mining initiative that would see many of North America’s leading mining operators come together to develop common energy reporting standards as well as advocate for greener mining worldwide. 

In this episode, NLW breaks down the community’s response, which ranged from enthusiastic to downright aghast. He discusses why there are such big differences in how people are interpreting the initiative and what their reasons for supporting or questioning it say about Bitcoin as a network.

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A big shift from one of finance’s biggest names, plus a recap on the latest China-Bitcoin intrigue.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Bitstamp.

Today’s episode of “The Breakdown” is split into two parts. In part one, NLW recaps the latest out of China, including:

In part two, he puts in context the news that Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio owns bitcoin, looking at the larger institutional pattern that has driven the bitcoin bull and Dalio’s specific concerns about currency devaluation.

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