The Breakdown

By Blockworks

A daily analysis of macroeconomics, bitcoin, geopolitics and big picture power shifts, hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore @nlw. The Breakdown is part of Blockworks.

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July 02, 2024The SEC's Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
The SEC (and really the administrative state more broadly) had an extremely tough week last week. NLW explains why, and what it means for crypto.

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July 01, 2024Is there Danger in Politicizing Crypto?
A reading and discussion inspired by: https://blockworks.co/news/bitcoin-right-left-politics-neutral

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June 28, 2024The Five Most Important Stories In Crypto This Week
Recorded live with Scott Melker on Friday July 28

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June 28, 2024The US Gov't Sells Its BTC Stack
The US is selling. Germany is selling. Mt. Gox unlocks are coming. Is it something we should be worried about? NLW explores.
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13min
June 26, 2024Fairshake Helps Hand Anti-Crypto Army a Loss
NLW catches up on the latest on crypto in politics, including a report that Trump will speak at the Bitcoin Conference and a primary loss for a notable member of the anti-crypto army.

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June 26, 2024The Saga of Wikileaks' Julian Assange is Finally Coming to an End
After 5 years in prison in the UK (and nearly 5 years before that holed away in the Ecuador embassy in London), Julian Assange is on the verge of a plea deal with the United States that would let him return home to Australia. NLW gives the full wild story.

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June 25, 2024Why So Gloomy? Mt. Gox Unlocks Latest Bummer in Downward Sentiment Spiral
NLW covers the dip over the weekend and what's driving such gloomy attitudes in the crypto space.
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13min
June 23, 2024Does Crypto Need Memecoins?
That's the argument in this essay: https://blockworks.co/news/vitalik-wrong-crypto-dumb-memecoins
NLW explores and puts it in context in a week where the big story was a new Trump memecoin.
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9min
June 22, 2024The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This Week
Recorded live on Friday June 2021 with Scott Melker
SEC stops ethereum investigation
Certik Kraken
DJT coin weirdness
Saylor buys more btc
Stable coins 18th largest us debt holder
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30min
June 21, 2024The Incredibly Weird Certik-Kraken Exploit
Kraken was recently hacked to the tune of $3m. Turns out it was security audit firm Certik. Is the episode about an overzealous white hat or something more nefarious?
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13min

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