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- Will the Fed Shift Policy Due to Increasing Inflation?
On today’s episode, NLW looks at the Federal Open Markets Committee briefing coming up this afternoon and discusses what it might signal in terms of future monetary policy. The discussion includes:
- How the Great Financial Crisis inspired “the largest monetary policy experiment in history”
- 2013’s “Taper Tantrum”
- The return to GFC era policies during COVID-19
- The insurgency of meme traders
- Why inflation is a self-fulfilling prophecy
14 min - Will a US Digital Dollar Protect Privacy?
The question of digital currencies is a question of power. On today’s episode, NLW explores that power in multiple dimensions: between states, between states and companies and within states with regard to their citizens.
NLW looks at recent regulatory announcements, including:
- The SEC leaving crypto off its regulatory priorities list
- A House hearing on the digital dollar
18 min - 'Bat-Shit Crazy’ Paul Tudor Jones on the Fed, Inflation and Why He Recommends 5% in Bitcoin
Just when it seemed like the “Economic Empowerment” narrative coming out of El Salvador was poised to overtake the inflation/digital gold narrative, one of that viewpoint’s strongest advocates was back on CNBC today. Hedge fund legend Paul Tudor Jones discussed why he doesn’t think inflation is transitory, why he recommends 5% in bitcoin and why the outcomes in the market will be based largely on what the Fed does next.
Also on this episode:
- Elon Musk says Tesla will accept BTC as payment again once renewable mining hits 50%
- Michael Saylor and MicroStrategy sell $500 million in bonds to buy more BTC
- More shockwaves from El Salvador’s landmark bitcoin law
12 min - Is Bitcoin a Trojan Horse for Freedom?
This week’s “Long Reads Sunday” presents a reading of Human Rights Foundation CSO Alex Gladstein’s piece “Bitcoin Is a Trojan Horse for Freedom.” NLW contextualizes the piece with this week’s landmark legislation out of El Salvador and the concerns some international observers have about that country’s president.
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On this edition of “The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at:
- Why the El Salvador news didn’t (immediately) impact bitcoin’s price
- How narratives set the tone for new entrants to the bitcoin market
- How the digital gold/inflation narrative relates to the economic empowerment narrative
- The bitcoin game theory for small nations to invest in bitcoin
- How this could impact ESG critiques
17 min - An Interview With Bitcoin Beach, the Community That Inspired El Salvador to Adopt the Bitcoin Standard
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: @BitcoinbeachWeb: www.bitcoinbeach.com
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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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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
20 min - Biden’s Top Antitrust Adviser Is a Bitcoin Millionaire
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
12 min - El Salvador to Become the First Bitcoin Country: Just How Big a Deal Is This?
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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The Breakdown dives into the deepest topics in crypto, blockchain, and the macro forces shaping markets and power structures. Each episode breaks down complex ideas into clear, grounded analysis — separating signal from noise across crypto, finance, and geopolitics.
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