CoinDesk Podcast Network

Will the future of currency be led by the U.S., China, Bitcoin, or some combination we can barely imagine today? This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. This week’s Long Reads Sunday is a reading of “The Currency Cold War: Four Scenarios” by Jeff Wilsner – part of CoinDesk’s Internet 2030 series.  In it, Wilsner talks to experts about four scenarios: A multi-currency scenari...

With the final preparations for the launch of Ethereum 2.0 soon to be underway, CoinDesk's Christine Kim spoke with Developers Raul Jordan and Eduardo Antuña Díez about what's left to do. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Lead developer at Prysmatic Labs Raul Jordan, who has been building Ethereum 2.0 software for over two years, explained his team would be wrapping up...

Last week saw the third-biggest outflow from stock funds in history, and the dollar is the strongest it’s been since April. Here’s what’s going on.  This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. On this edition of The Breakdown weekly recap, NLW looks at the fourth painful week for traditional markets in a row.  He discusses the factors contributing to the trouble, including:  A n...

The founder and lead market strategist at NorthmanTrader explains how the Fed has boxed itself in and why our fundamental economic capacity fails to grow. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Sven Henrich is the outspoken founder and lead market strategist at NorthmanTrader. Well known for his appearances on CNBC, CNN Business and MarketWatch, Sven is also the host of the...

In August, the volume of personally owned stock sold by corporate executives reached its highest level since 2015, followed by a 10% decline in the S&P500 in September.  This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today on the Brief: Initial U.S. jobless claims up to 870,000 Partial lockdowns begin in earnest in Europe and Israel The global demand for American stocks Our main di...

How the Fed and the rise of passive investing and volatility strategies have combined to make market movements faster and more severe. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Corey Hoffstein is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Newfound Research LLC, a quantitative research and investment fund. He is also the host of the “Flirting with Models” podcast.  His most re...

Bitcoin mining can help big energy companies produce more efficiently, increasing American energy independence in the process.  This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today on the Brief: Where the digital euro fits in Lagarde’s economic integration plans New stablecoin guidance from the OCC Mnuchin and Powell head to the Hill Our main discussion features Marty Bent.  Marty...

The massive leak of suspicious activity reports shows how banks let the government know about likely money laundering, then go right on providing services. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today on the Brief: Stocks down, dollar up on COVID-19 resurgence fears People’s Bank of China says digital yuan needed to fight USD dominance 140,000 have claimed UNI tokens Judge...

This week’s “Long Reads Sunday” reading is from macro analyst Lyn Alden and focuses on the inflation vs. deflation debate in historical context. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads macro analyst Lyn Alden’s latest: “A Century of Fiscal and Monetary Policy: Inflation vs Deflation” The article looks at: When monetary policy is...

This week Kraken Financial became the first crypto company to receive a banking charter under Wyoming's Special Purpose Depository Institution statute. On this Speaking of Bitcoin episode, Join CEO David Kinitsky for a look at what it all means and how it'll work with hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Stephanie Murphy. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io....

The highly-anticipated launch of Ethereum 2.0 is expected to have little to no impact on users and decentralized applications (dapps) currently operating on Ethereum. But in the years after its launch, Ethereum developer Danny Ryan expects the upgrade to radically improve network performance and security.  This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. There will be what Ryan calls...

Kraken became the first crypto exchange to win a U.S. banking license this week. Here’s why that matters.  This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. On this edition of The Breakdown weekly recap, NLW looks at: DEXetition – Uniswap’s battle with SushiSwap heats up as the former dropped the UNI governance token in what some likened to a crypto stimulus check  The Fed has no clot...

The CEO of publicly traded MicroStrategy (MSTR) shares why he started to feel like he was “sitting on a 500-lb block of ice” and how he came to bitcoin as a solution. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. MicroStrategy made waves when it announced in early August it was moving $500,000,000 in treasury reserves out of cash. At least $250 million were to be moved into bitcoi...

A wide-ranging conversation about the state of macro, why central banks can’t really do anything and why private markets are leading the future of money. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Raoul Pal is CEO and co-founder of Real Vision, a platform fundamentally disrupting macroeconomics and financial media.  In this wide-ranging conversation, he and NLW discuss:  Hot ta...

Governments have significant discretion over economics and finance today, but decentralized network-driven alternatives threaten that control.  This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today on the Brief: Kraken is the first crypto exchange to become a U.S. bank FTC preparing antitrust lawsuit against Facebook Gold-standard fan Judy Shelton doesn’t have the votes to be confir...

The percentage of companies that can’t afford to pay the interest on their debt has reached a new all-time high in the wake of central bank intervention. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today on the Brief: MicroStrategy increases its bitcoin reserves by $175 million  The Oracle-TikTok deal starts to smell fishy The SEC is investigating claims of fraud involving Nikol...

As Oracle wins a bid for TikTok U.S., a look at how tech competition, culture competition and currency competition shape the business of geopolitics. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today on the Brief: Crypto exchange volume sees highest month-over-month increase since February 2018 Uniswap overtakes SushiSwap in total value locked What Coinbase vs. Apple means for t...

A reading of “How to Diagnose Your Own Dutch Disease,” a look at the problems of America’s dollar trade. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. On this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW looks at recent statistics suggesting that, based on a comprehensive set of measures of well-being, U.S. citizens are worse off than they were a decade ago.  One potential explanation is the U.S...

Recapping the biggest stories of the week, including Joe Biden’s China plan, a market holding pattern and, of course, the strange competitive saga of SUSHI. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. On this edition of the Breakdown Weekly Recap, NLW looks at: The “holding pattern economy” – why stocks, jobs and central bank policy seem stuck in place Why Joe Biden’s China plan...

With Ethereum 2.0's much anticipated move to Proof-of-Stake getting closer, CoinDesk Research Analyst Christine Kim spoke with Ben Edgington and Vijay Michalik on what would-be validators need to know. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. “There are indeed responsibilities that come with [Ethereum 2.0 staking]. You can’t just stake and leave it. You need to run what we ca...

The Crescat Capital portfolio manager gives his take on the flashing macro warning signals and why it is an explosive moment for gold, silver and (potentially) bitcoin.  This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Tavi Costa is a portfolio manager at Crescat Capital. In this conversation with NLW, he discusses: The credit exhaustion moment in the engines of global growth The rac...

A legacy of artificially low interest rates is not just the death of savings, but a forced buying into the perpetual growth machine of financial asset prices. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today on the Brief: Jobless claims slightly exceed expectations at 884,000 ECB keeps policy unchained; euro rises versus dollar  Survey: What’s the right way to understand the bu...

The Hedge Fund legend says in a new interview the Federal Reserve’s policies have created a massive asset bubble while making both inflation and deflation more likely. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today on the Brief: Markets recover slightly but vaccine trade falters as AstraZeneca pauses trials  Bitcoin and gold correlation increases sharply around dollar instabi...

Critiques of correlation between bitcoin and equities miss the fact that bitcoin adoption within traditional markets has been driven by a fiat collapse concern. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today on the Brief: Stock market continues its descent Insider stock selling reached five-year high in August President Trump promises more aggressive decoupling from China Our...

Whether the U.S. government likes it or not, the world is demanding crypto-dollars and the private market is ready to supply them.  This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. On this special Labor Day edition of The Breakdown, NLW is doing a reading of Nic Carter’s most recent essay “The Crypto-Dollar Surge and the American Opportunity.” In it, Carter argues that rather than fi...