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Feb 2022
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This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, and FTX US.   Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at: The latest from Russia, including skepticism about the effectiveness of the first round of sanctions  Updates on Canada’s use of the Emergencies Act to freeze protest-associated bank accounts  Why the UST stablecoin has announced a $1 billion bitcoin rese ... Show More
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