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Yesterday the SEC sued Binance and CZ. Today, the SEC sued Coinbase. As Blockchain Association's Jake Chervinsky put it, it's pretty clear that SEC Chair Gensler is going for a strategy of "banning by enforcement." 

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On Friday, the chairs of the House Financial Services Committee and the Agriculture Committee shared draft legislation that is meant to comprehensively deal with the thorniest issues of crypto regulation, including securities-commodities designation. NLW gives a 101 on what the bill says, and what comes next. 

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On this week's Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads two pieces by Byron Gilliam:

Crypto's family tree

Will the next Warren Buffett be an AI bot?

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Today on the Weekly Recap, the latest out of the FTX bankruptcy and Sam Bankman-Fried's request to drop charges, plus Binance out of Australia and the CFTC getting more involved in crypto markets. 

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On today's episode, NLW digs into the macro landscape. Specifically he looks at how tightness in the labor market has justified continued Fed tightening, but why the numbers aren't telling as clear a story as they once were. 

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China's crypto policies appear to be shifting. From bans on trading and mining in 2021 to this year encouraging state run banks to offer crypto companies in Hong Kong banking accounts, a change is in the air. On this episode, NLW looks at a recent Web 3 paper from Beijing and Hong Kong's new exchange rules. 

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Today on The Breakdown, NLW wraps up the macro story that has dominated discourse for the last month. 

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On this episode of Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads "DeSantis and the Growing Culture War Around Bitcoin" by Daniel Kuhn. 

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• Tornado Cash lawsuit and hack
• The latest in Ledger
• The Debt Ceiling debate nears a conclusion

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