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January 26, 2021BREAKDOWN: ‘The 4 Wars We Could Fight With China,’ Feat. Kyle Bass
One of investing’s loudest critics of China shares his assessment of where the U.S. political and business relationship with the country is headed.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
In this episode, NLW speaks with Kyle Bass. Kyle is the founder and chief investment officer of Hayman Capital Management, a hedge fund focused on global events. He is known for correctly predicting the subprime mortgage crisis, as well as for his outspoken and critical views on China.
In this episode, he and NLW discuss:
Contrarian investing
The larger macro landscape
Bitcoin and crypto
How the U.S.’ relationship with China changed under former President Donald Trump
How the relationship is likely to evolve under current President Joe Biden

Find our guest online: @Jkylebass
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48 min
January 25, 2021BREAKDOWN: The Bitcoin Whales Won’t Stop Buying
According to a number of different data points, bitcoin whales saw last week’s volatility and price declines as a chance to accumulate.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
Today’s grab-bag episode looks at five different topics:
Bitcoin whales kept accumulating during last week’s dip
Jim Cramer advises Powerball winner to put 5% in bitcoin
Previewing the first FOMC meeting of the Biden Administration
Earnings week on Wall Street looks good for Big Tech
An insider’s look at the state of crypto venture capital
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21 min
January 24, 2021 BREAKDOWN: A Reading of Satoshi’s Bitcoin White Paper
The document that started it all, in audio form.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
For this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads the document that started it all - the Bitcoin White Paper. Interestingly, this document was released under an MIT open-source license, available free to all.
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19 min
January 23, 2021 BREAKDOWN: Another Pro-Crypto Appointment in the Biden Administration?
Reports are that Chris Brummer – author of a volume on crypto assets and frequent speaker on digital currencies – will chair the CFTC.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
On this edition of the Weekly Recap, NLW argues that while bitcoin’s price was the short-term story of the week, the medium-term story was all about the transition of power in the U.S. to the new Biden Administration. In it, he discusses what the appointments (reported or confirmed) of Janet Yellen, Gary Gensler, Michael Barr and Chris Brummer suggest about the future of crypto policy.

This week on The Breakdown:
Monday | Lyn Alden on Why the Dollar System No Longer Serves the US or the World
Tuesday | Goldman Sachs Can No Longer Dismiss Bitcoin
Wednesday | Is Janet Yellen Bitcoin’s Biggest Enemy or Greatest Asset? Yes
Thursday | Why the World’s Largest Asset Manager Is Getting Into Bitcoin
Friday | This Bitcoin Dip Was Not Caused by FUD

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13 min
January 22, 2021BREAKDOWN: This Bitcoin Dip Was Not Caused by FUD
While there was plenty of FUD flying around, it wasn’t the real reason prices pulled back so significantly.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
Today on the Brief:
Home sales up, home supply down
Biden’s first test on the stimulus
Euro pessimism

Our main discussion: Why the bitcoin dip wasn’t caused by FUD.
Anyone paying attention this week had reasons for frenetic worry. Janet Yellen’s comments on criminal activity. Persistent questions around Tether. A non-story about a double-spend that got amplified by mainstream media.
In this episode, NLW argues that none of these actually explains the dip. Instead, he argues, they were used by sophisticated traders to amplify the dip’s impact.
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16 min
January 21, 2021BREAKDOWN: Why the World's Largest Asset Manager Is Getting Into Bitcoin
As BlackRock gets ready to make its first foray into bitcoin, innovation-focused ARK ETF flows surpass that of BlackRock.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
Today on the Brief:
A new SPAC exchange-traded fund with bitcoin-experienced leadership
First look at Brian Brooks’ possible replacement at OCC
What to expect from institutional bitcoin price targets in the coming weeks
Our main discussion: BlackRock comes to bitcoin.
BlackRock filings with the SEC suggest two funds might buy bitcoin futures. In this episode, NLW looks at:
The signs leading up to BlackRock’s interest
Why BlackRock’s CIO thinks bitcoin will out-compete gold for millennial investors
How ARK ETFs are seeing startling fund flows, causing larger market FOMO around innovation

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15 min
January 20, 2021BREAKDOWN: Is Janet Yellen Bitcoin's Biggest Enemy or Greatest Asset? Yes
As a new administration is sworn in, how will one if its most important officials – nominated Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen – impact the digital assets space?
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
Today on the Brief:
Jack Ma is not dead
The latest in crypto M&A
Deutsche Bank survey sites bitcoin as biggest bubble

Our main discussion: Yellen’s impact on bitcoin and digital assets
In this episode, NLW breaks down the cryptocurrency FUD competing to be the “wall of worry” for the new 2021 bull market, including Tether FUD, environmental FUD and the idea that crypto is only used for crime.
The illicit transactions idea was given new oxygen when Janet Yellen repeated it in her Senate confirmation hearing this week. New research from Chainalysis shows, however, that the percentage of crypto volume involved in crime is decreasing.
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23 min
January 19, 2021BREAKDOWN: Goldman Sachs Can No Longer Dismiss Bitcoin
According to a Goldman insider, the investment bank will leap into crypto custody soon.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
Today on the Brief:
Gary Gensler is officially Biden’s pick for SEC chairman
Investors are betting against the U.S. dollar
Grayscale has best day ever with $700 million in investment
Ethereum reaches new all-time high

Our main discussion: Goldman Sachs reportedly coming to crypto.
Over the last year, many traditional financial institutions have recanted previous skepticism to join the bitcoin space. For most of that time, Goldman Sachs has been a noticeable holdout, saying as recently as last May that bitcoin and cryptocurrency weren’t an asset class.
According to new reports from a Goldman insider, all that is finally changing as the bank prepares a crypto custody strategy. The change in attitude is inspired at least in part by the recent rulings from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
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17 min
January 18, 2021BREAKDOWN: Lyn Alden on Why the Dollar System No Longer Serves the US or the World
This is an encore presentation of NLW’s first interview with macro analyst Lyn Alden, from May 2020. In it, they discuss:
Why we’re at the end of a strong dollar cycle
Why the Federal Reserve is terrified of the global dollar shortage
The difference in creditor vs. debtor nations
The concept of the Triffin dilemma
Why Japan has been able to print money without seeing rampant inflation
Why we have inflationary and deflationary forces competing to influence the U.S. economy
Why debt is going to matter more than ever
What alternatives to the USD system might look like

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1 hr 1 min
January 17, 2021 BREAKDOWN: ‘America and Sound Money,’ the Most Important Bitcoin Essay of the Last Year
A reading of the “Stone Ridge 2020 Shareholder Letter” by Ross Stevens.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
This week’s Long Reads Sunday is a reading of the “Stone Ridge 2020 Shareholder Letter” by Ross Stevens, CEO and co-founder of Stone Ridge Asset Management, discussing the history of America, sound money and Stevens’ bitcoin “aha” moment.
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37 min