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July 22, 2024Does Biden Dropping Out Change Anything for Bitcoin?
President Biden announced via a letter shared to Twitter that he was officially leaving the presidential race. He also announced that he was endorsing his VP Kamala Harris to be the Democrat nominee. On this episode, NLW looks at the implications for crypto space, as well as providing a bit of a preview of the Bitcoin Conference coming up this week.

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July 22, 2024Vitalik on Crypto Single Issue Voting
A reading and discussion inspired by https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/07/17/procrypto.html

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18 min
July 20, 2024Should Bitcoiners Trust Politicians?
NLW and Scott Melker count down the five most important stories in crypto this week, with a special emphasis on the question that guided community discussion these week: how much should we trust these new political allies of ours.

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30 min
July 18, 2024Mt. Gox Distribution Begins and Honeybadger Don't Care
After a decade of FUD, Mt. Gox bankruptcy distributions have finally begun. And yet, Bitcoin doesn't appear to be as scared of the reality of a distribution as the threat of it, at BTC hits a 6-week high.

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14 min
July 17, 2024Republican VP Nominee on Bitcoin, Crypto and Gensler
NLW covers the crypto opinions (and disclosed BTC holdings) of new Republican VP nominee JD Vance. Plus BlackRock's Larry Fink has become Bitcoin's most effective promoter.

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13 min
July 16, 2024The SEC Backs Off Another Crypto Enforcement Action
The SEC has dropped it's three year investigation into the Stacks ecosystem. It's a good outcome -- but at an absurd cost that simply shows how moribund and counterproductive the SEC's regulation by enforcement strategy has been.

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15 min
July 15, 2024The Theory and Practice of Bitcoin Politics
In this LRS, NLW reads two op-eds about Bitcoin in politics. The first is about why Bitcoin doesn't care about politicians. The second is about how bitcoin could actually be used in the political process.

Read:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/liberty-doesnt-ask-for-permission
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/politics/bitcoin-as-a-notarization-layer-for-political-agreements

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16 min
July 13, 2024The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This Week
Recorded live with Scott Melker on Friday July 12th, 2024.

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29 min
July 11, 2024Trump Speaking At Bitcoin Conference
As pro-crypto Democrats tried to get more alignment and consideration between the Biden Administration and the crypto industry, Former President Trump announced that he will be speaking at the Bitcoin conference in a couple weeks. NLW provides the latest in crypto politics.

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15 min
July 11, 2024Powell Inches Towards Rate Cuts
NLW does a macro roundup, including recent comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on the possibility of increased unemployment and the need to move towards rate cuts. Plus a check in on politics in France, the UK and Argentina.

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19 min

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