On another down day, we're talking U.S. warnings on digital assets, a brief history of troubled but systemically important stablecoin "Tether" with Sebastian Sinclair, and a look at the arms-race in blockchain mining technology.
On today’s episode:
Crypto and traditional markets update
New Comments out of US and ECB
A Brief History of Tether with CoinDesk ... Show More
Oct 21
Why Banks Can't Move Beyond Blockchain Pilots, According to Matter Labs | Markets Outlook
Alex Gluchowski, CEO and co-founder of Matter Labs, joins CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie on Markets Outlook to unpack Prividium Commander, the company’s new product built to take digital assets from pilots to revenue. Gluchowski explains why operational friction, not technology, kee ... Show More
13m 4s
Feb 2022
BREAKDOWN: US Treasury Department Won’t Go After Miners, and BlockFi Settles With the SEC
It has been a busy few days for crypto in Washington, D.C.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, and FTX US.
Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW covers a set of news from the past few days, including:
U.S. Treasury Dept. sends a letter to six concerned senators, saying it won’ ... Show More
17m 38s
May 2022
THE HASH: Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon’s History Behind Another Failed Stablecoin
The most valuable crypto stories for Wednesday, May 11, 2022.
On today's episode of "The Hash," our panel of experts tackles the hot topics of the day. UST and Luna continue to be in turmoil, and now ex-Terra colleagues are saying that Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon was also behind ... Show More
22m 29s
Jan 2022
BREAKDOWN: A Massive $879.6M Bitcoin Mining Machine Buy Kicks Off the Year of US Bitcoin Mining
A roundup of global mining, regulatory and CBDC news.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.
On today’s episode, NLW rounds up news from the last few weeks of 2021, including updates on the global bitcoin mining landscape as well as central bank digital currency (C ... Show More
17m 54s