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October 19, 2023BlockFi CEO and Former Colleague Continue the Crush of SBF's Defense
NLW covers the latest in the SBF trial, specifically looking at the testimony of former FTX Head of Engineering Nishad Singh and former BlockFi CEO Zach Prince.
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19 min
October 17, 2023Meet Bitcoin's New CMO: Larry Fink
In the wake of CoinTelegraph's oopsie fake news tweet about BlackRock's Bitcoin Spot ETF application being approved, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink took to Fox Business to talk about why they saw demand for crypto going up.
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17 min
October 16, 2023SEC Doesn't Appeal Grayscale Decision: What It Means
Today NLW catches up on the latest crypto news, including:
The SEC decides not to appeal Grayscale decision
Fake news Bitcoin Spot ETF
California's Bitlicense - and more
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14 min
October 15, 2023What Jim Cramer Doesn't Get About Bitcoin
NLW looks at recent tradfi commentary from Jim Cramer and Paul Tudor Jones to help uncover what some traditional investors just don't get about this asset
Featuring a reading of Ben Schiller's essay: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/10/11/jim-cramer-doesnt-know-bitcoin/
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9 min
October 14, 2023SBF Trial, ETF Progress, JPM Onyx Milestone: The Crypto Weekly Recap
NLW and Scott Melker cover the most important stories of the crypto week.
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37 min
October 14, 2023The Most Shocking Details of Caroline Ellison's Damning SBF Testimony
Caroline Ellison is the prosecutions star witness in the case against Sam Bankman-Fried, and after this week it's not hard to see why. NLW covers the most shocking details, including massive bribes to Chinese officials and more.
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20 min
October 13, 2023Bitcoin Spot ETF Approval Incoming?
Today on The Breakdown, NLW catches up on everything that's NOT the SBF Trial, including promising news on the Bitcoin Spot ETF front, JPMorgan Onyx, and more.
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13 min
October 11, 2023Crypto Industry Faces Terrorist Financing Accusations
In what was probably an inevitable turn, crypto critics are coming out of the woodwork to blame the Hamas massacre in part on funding via cryptocurrencies. NLW explores the argument and its counters, as well as provides a brief overview of the first day of Caroline Ellison's testimony at SBF's trial.
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15 min
October 10, 2023Gary Wang and the Alameda Grift History
Turns out the grift was there from the beginning. Former FTX cofounder and CTO Gary Wang testified last week and earlier today about the way in which Alameda was privileged and how early the lies began.
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17 min
October 08, 2023An Analyst Warns on TUSD, stUSDT, and Huobi/HTX
Respected analyst Dylan Leclair has recently put together a thread warning crypto market participants about some questions around TUSD, stUSDT and other assets surrounding Huobi/HTX. In the spirit of starting the next bull market cleaner than we left the last one, NLW presents the thread: https://twitter.com/DylanLeClair_/status/1709712204675555651
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