Today on The Breakdown, NLW continues coverage of the crypto industry's growing push back against the SEC and overreaching politicians. The show examines the SEC's price-shocking claim on Friday that ETF applications were inadequate, as well as a new motion to dismiss an SEC lawsuit from Bittrex.
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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
Mar 2022
BREAKDOWN: Enforcing Sanctions in Crypto Isn't the Problem
Despite some elected officials’ questions, Treasury seems to agree.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Arculus, FTX US and Cointelli.
Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at scrutiny around sanctions and the crypto industry. He talks about three situations that show the state ... Show More
18m 18s
Dec 2021
BREAKDOWN: Just How Bearish Are the Bitcoin and Crypto Communities?
Crypto Twitter is bleak, but is it justified?
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at a few explanations for the current bearish sentiment turn, including:
A belief that a bubble is finally bursting
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17m 1s
Feb 2022
BREAKDOWN: Can Bitcoin Stay Bipartisan?
The more politicians get invested, the harder it will be.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, and FTX US.
This week on the “Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at the rising partisan tension around bitcoin, highlighting Sen. Ted Cruz’s recent appearance at the Conservative Politica ... Show More
15m 56s
Dec 2019
Casualties Ahead in the Cryptocurrency Mining Arms Race | December 5th, 2019
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.
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11m 16s
Apr 2023
BREAKDOWN: The US Government Attack on Crypto Certainly Seems Coordinated
From the SEC to bank regulators, just about everyone is mad at the Coins.
On this edition of Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads “Editorial: It Sure Looks Like the U.S. Is Trying to Kill Crypto” by Kevin Reynolds
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16m 38s