Today on the Brief:

• Initial jobless claims rise to highest level since August

BTC 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 of bitcoin’s correlations to stocks
• Growing overlap of retail and institutional traders
• SPACs and public crypto companies 
• Bitcoin treasuries 
• Geopolitical intrigue around ANT Financial