Non Fungible Tokens, known as NFTs, are the hottest craze in the cryptocurrency world. But what are they? With a multibillion-dollar market cap, why do people pay hundreds of thousands of dollars, and in some cases, millions for digitally stored avatars, pictures, art, GIFs, tokens (and the list goes on)? Kevin Roose covers NFTs, crypto, AI and social media ... Show More
Oct 7
How Autism Became Political with Richard Grinker
In the Trump-era, and within the public health narrative shaped by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a debunked but persistent myth has taken hold: that infant vaccinations cause autism. Despite overwhelming scientific evidence disproving this claim, the narrative remains central to anti-va ... Show More
55m 17s
Sep 30
The True Cost of Violence on Black Life in America with Trymaine Lee
A few years ago, MSNBC contributor and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Trymaine Lee, though healthy and only 38, nearly died of a heart attack. That experience forced him to confront the multitude of factors that almost killed him. In his new book, “A Thousand Ways to Die: The ... Show More
57m 19s
Apr 2021
Cryptocurrency’s Newest Frontier
It started with a picture posted on the internet, and ended in an extravagant cryptocurrency bidding war. NFTs, or “nonfungible tokens,” have recently taken the art world by storm. Sabrina Tavernise, a national correspondent for The Times, speaks with the Times columnist Kevin Ro ... Show More
31m 6s
Jul 2022
The NFT market: the emperor's new clothes?
As cryptocurrency values crash around the world, the NFT market is following suit and crashing as well. The two are tightly connected as NFTs are bought with cryptocurrency. The NFT market has skyrocketed since 2021, when $69m USD was paid for an NFT by hitherto-unknown artist, B ... Show More
10m 1s
Jul 2024
UNCHAINED: How to Figure Out Whether a Crypto Token Is Worth Its Trading Price
Jose Macedo of Delphi Digital and Ari Paul of BlockTower Capital talk about why a crypto asset can have wildly different prices in the public and private markets, and how they try to figure out what it’s really worth.
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1h 23m
May 2022
BREAKDOWN: What Davos Man Thinks of Bitcoin and Crypto This Year
The annual WEF conference has begun, albeit late and in a more subdued fashion.This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR and FTX US. On today’s episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW previews two things happening this week:First, hope from the markets that slightly dovish comments fro ... Show More
17m 25s
Jan 2022
BREAKDOWN: Are NFTs the True Store of Value?
OpenSea had its best month ever even as the rest of crypto nuked.This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US. On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW examines why NFTs are having their best month ever, even as the rest of the crypto market bleeds value.
-Nexo is a power ... Show More
13m 6s
Feb 2022
BREAKDOWN: NFTs, Markets and What Happens Next
A sample of the most interesting threads from Crypto Twitter. This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, FTX US and MELD.com.On this edition of “Long Reads Sunday," NLW reads three threads:Justin Kan on why NFTs are a better business model for games RAC on what NFT skeptics sho ... Show More
16m 55s
Jun 2022
THE HASH: Binance, Kraken Stick to Hiring Plans, Bill Gates Says NFTs Are ‘Based on Greater Fool’ Theory
The most valuable crypto stories for Wednesday, June 15, 2022. "The Hash" team discusses today's top stories: Binance, Kraken and Nexo are among the crypto firms sticking to their hiring plans despite a market downturn, Bill Gates slams non-fungible tokens (NFT) while Kevin O'Lea ... Show More
26m 20s
Oct 2021
Balaji Srinivasan: Bitcoin and the Search for Truth
We think it’s fitting that this, the 50th episode of “Money Reimagined,” is being published inside an historic week for the crypto community, when the launch of a futures-focused bitcoin exchange-traded fund helped drive the leading cryptocurrency to a new all-time-high just shy ... Show More
45m 51s