The Breakdown

The Breakdown

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The Breakdown episodes

  • Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.19 | BitMEX vs. CFTC / Bitcoin legal in China? / Ycash and Friendly Forks

    The CFTC's investigation of BitMEX is the latest in string of screws tightening on global exchanges touching US customers. In an interesting twist, a lawsuit leads to a Chinese court determining that Bitcoin is a protected legal property. Ycash has friendly forked from Zcash, but is a friendly fork even possible? 

    Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/nathanielwhittemorecrypto

    13 min
  • Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.19 | BitMEX vs. CFTC / Bitcoin legal in China? / Ycash and Friendly Forks
    The CFTC's investigation of BitMEX is the latest in string of screws tightening on global exchanges touching US customers. In an interesting twist, a lawsuit leads to a Chinese court determining that Bitcoin is a protected legal property. Ycash has friendly forked from Zcash, but is a friendly fork even possible? 
    Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/nathanielwhittemorecrypto
    13 min
  • Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.18 | Libra Aftermath - G7, China, and Dalio's dystopia

    Libra was a hotbutton issue at the G7 meetings - maybe the one thing they agreed on. Meanwhile, the project made news in China as Facebook's David Marcus revealed explicitly that it saw Alipay and Wechat as competitors. Meanwhile, the crypto community spilled ink discussing hedge fund titan Ray Dalio's latest missive on the coming financial paradigm shift. 

    Watch the live version at: https://www.youtube.com/nathanielwhittemorecrypto

    13 min
  • Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.18 | Libra Aftermath - G7, China, and Dalio's dystopia
    Libra was a hotbutton issue at the G7 meetings - maybe the one thing they agreed on. Meanwhile, the project made news in China as Facebook's David Marcus revealed explicitly that it saw Alipay and Wechat as competitors. Meanwhile, the crypto community spilled ink discussing hedge fund titan Ray Dalio's latest missive on the coming financial paradigm shift. 
    Watch the live version at: https://www.youtube.com/nathanielwhittemorecrypto
    13 min
  • Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.17 | Libra Hearings Day 2 Recap - House Financial Services Committee

    On Day 2 of Libra hearings, Facebook's David Marcus testified in front of the House Financial Services Committee. And boy oh boy, it could not have been more different than yesterday. Today was massively more substantive, thoughtful, and holy crap was there a lot of comparison between Bitcoin and Libra...with Bitcoin coming out on top again and again. This day will go down as one of the most significant in Bitcoin's history. 

    Watch the video version at https://www.youtube.com/nathanielwhittemorecrypto

    22 min
  • Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.17 | Libra Hearings Day 2 Recap - House Financial Services Committee
    On Day 2 of Libra hearings, Facebook's David Marcus testified in front of the House Financial Services Committee. And boy oh boy, it could not have been more different than yesterday. Today was massively more substantive, thoughtful, and holy crap was there a lot of comparison between Bitcoin and Libra...with Bitcoin coming out on top again and again. This day will go down as one of the most significant in Bitcoin's history. 
    Watch the video version at https://www.youtube.com/nathanielwhittemorecrypto
    22 min
  • Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.16 | Libra Hearing Day 1 Recap - Senate Banking Committee

    Libra's David Marcus testified before a relatively hostile Senate Banking Committee today. In today's 3@3, we go over: 1) Facebook's trust problem; 2) the most important topics and themes of the questioning; 3) what it all means for Bitcoin. 

    Watch the livestreamed version on:

    Twitter - https://twitter.com/nlw

    Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/nlwcrypto

    Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/nathanielwhittemorecrypto

    18 min
  • Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.16 | Libra Hearing Day 1 Recap - Senate Banking Committee
    Libra's David Marcus testified before a relatively hostile Senate Banking Committee today. In today's 3@3, we go over: 1) Facebook's trust problem; 2) the most important topics and themes of the questioning; 3) what it all means for Bitcoin. 
    Watch the livestreamed version on:
    Twitter - https://twitter.com/nlw
    Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/nlwcrypto
    Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/nathanielwhittemorecrypto
    18 min
  • Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.15 | Long Reads Sunday #55 Top 5

    Every Sunday, I put together a list of the top tweets, threads and essays shaping the crypto conversation. On Monday, I countdown my five favorites with BlockTV. Monday's Crypto Daily 3@3 is the audio recording version. 

    For those who want to watch, check out the replay at: https://www.youtube.com/nathanielwhittemorecrypto https://blocktv.com/   Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nlw Follow BlockTV: https://twitter.com/BLOCKTVnews
    22 min
  • Crypto Daily 3@3 - 7.15 | Long Reads Sunday #55 Top 5
    Every Sunday, I put together a list of the top tweets, threads and essays shaping the crypto conversation. On Monday, I countdown my five favorites with BlockTV. Monday's Crypto Daily 3@3 is the audio recording version. 
    For those who want to watch, check out the replay at:
    https://www.youtube.com/nathanielwhittemorecrypto
    https://blocktv.com/
     
    Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nlw
    Follow BlockTV: https://twitter.com/BLOCKTVnews
    22 min

About The Breakdown

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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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