The Breakdown

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at why the fracas around Elon Musk’s Twitter poll about his selling 10% of his Tesla stock is about much more than Tesla. It has implications for domestic politics, market structure and why crypto is the future.

Additionally, the Brief covers:

• The NYC mayor-elect says bitcoin should be taught in schools
• The latest on the infrastructure bill
• Pension funds are moving into alternative assets to find yield

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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Dark Crazed Cap” by Isaac Joel. Image credit: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk.

NLW argues that Stripe's acquisition of Bridge reinforces that this cycle is all about the foundational significant of Bitcoin and Stablecoins.

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NLW and Scott Melker cover the most important stories in what will be forever seen as an extremely consequential week for the crypto industry.

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With extreme predictability, Senator Elizabeth Warren is using the horror of war in Israel/Gaza to bully a fairly unrelated crypto KYC bill through. NLW explores Warren's attempt and the crypto community's response.

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Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW explores traditional financial system actors behaving badly, including why two Fed presidents are retiring early after revelations that they were actively trading stocks at the height of last year’s market crisis. He also covers:

• A new WSJ investigation that found 131 federal judges had broken the law by not recusing themselves from cases where they had a financial interest
• The latest macro issues around Evergrande, inflation and more
• More crypto companies leaving China for good

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

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NYDIG, the institutional-grade platform for Bitcoin, is making it possible for thousands of banks who have trusted relationships with hundreds of millions of customers, to offer Bitcoin. Learn more at NYDIG.com/NLW.

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“ The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Only in Time” by Abloom. Image credit: Cooper Neill/Bloomberg/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk.