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June 27, 2023The State of CBDCs
NLW checks in on the latest in central bank digital currencies.

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13 min
June 25, 2023BlackRock SchmackRock: For Emerging Markets, Bitcoin Means More than Gains
Today on Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads Noelle Acheson's "Why the Biggest Emerging Markets Are Turning to Crypto."
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9 min
June 24, 2023The Institutions Come Roaring Back to Crypto
The theme of the last few weeks has been the institutional return to crypto. NLW fills in the gaps and puts the move in context.

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14 min
June 23, 2023The Value Prop - Digital Asset Use Cases with Rebecca Rettig
Rebecca Rettig is the Chief Policy Officer at Polygon Labs and recently spearheaded The Value Prop -- a new project creating a database of digital asset use cases.

APOLOGIES FOR POOR NLW AUDIO - WE HAD A RIVERSIDE MISHAP!

Read the announcement here: https://twitter.com/RebeccaRettig1/status/1669327966503829506

Check out the Value Prop https://thevalueprop.io/

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24 min
June 22, 2023The Bear Market is Over with Dan Tapiero
Dan Tapiero has deployed more than a billion dollars into growth stage digital asset companies in the last few years. He's also convinced that the bear market is over. In this conversation, he and NLW discuss the narrative resilience of crypto with institutional investors; why companies are looking global, and more.

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1 hr 6 min
June 21, 2023Bitcoin SMASHES Through $30,000 As Institutional Excitement Returns
Bitcoin is up above $30,000 and the return of the institutional narrative is driving it. NLW explores the good and bad.

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14 min
June 20, 2023Do Kwon Goes To Jail
On this episode of crypto shennanigans, Do Kwon sentenced to four months for fake passport; ZachXBT raises $1M to fight lawsuit; Sam still going on trial in October (despite viral tweets saying otherwise).

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15 min
June 19, 2023Does Anyone Care About Tether's Chinese Paper?
On today's episode, NLW looks at the (non) reaction of the crypto community to news that Tether held Chinese bank debt in 2021. The show also covers reactions to the Binance-SEC hearing last week.

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15 min
June 19, 2023Are Memecoins Silly Fun or an Existential Grift?
On Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads The Memecoin Grift and How It Threatens Ethereum Culture by Dr. Paul J. Dylan-Ennis
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11 min
June 17, 2023The Prometheum WTF: Is This an SEC Grift Just to Mess Up Crypto Legislation?
This is truly one of the weirdest stories in crypto this year. Today NLW dives deep on Prometheum, a company that only showed up on most people's radar this week when their CEO inexplicably testified before Congress. Was it all a big SEC Grift?

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17 min

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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.