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Aug 2022
19m 16s

BREAKDOWN: Crypto's Institutional Narrat...

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BlackRock partners with Coinbase as Fairfax County pensions get into yield farming.  This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US.  One would be forgiven for thinking the crypto institutional narrative is dead. Tesla sold bitcoin. Cboe took a huge write-down on the exchange it bought last year. Even Cathie Wood and ARK sold $COIN! But taking ... Show More
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