CoinDesk Podcast Network

The Breakdown Weekly Recap covers growing US-China tensions, worsening job numbers and the next casual $1T-$3T in stimulus. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. This week on the Breakdown Weekly Recap, NLW covers: A terrible week for U.S.-China tensions, with dueling consulate closures and a strikingly hawkish speech from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Worsening economic indi...

The EU’s Recovery Plan agreement has been widely hailed, but some argue that it is taking Europe down a dangerous path. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Today on the Brief: Which industries are recovering the best China retaliates against U.S. after consulate shutdown  Dollar heads toward its worst month since 2018 Our main discussion features returning guest Tuomas Malinen, C...

More than 50% of COVID-19 related business closures in the US are now permanent. Can tech platforms provide a new avenue for small biz entrepreneurship? This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Today on the Brief: Disappointing jobless claim numbers with first increase in 4 months US banks now allows to custody crypto Senate hears arguments for a digital dollar in the context of US-Ch...

A primer on yield farming, liquidity mining, automated market making and all the other terms shaping the brave new world of decentralized finance. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Today on the Brief: US Gov’t forces China’s Houston consulate to close US previously-owned housing market grows 20.7% May to June Insider stock selling reaches record levels Our main discussion: DeFi...

Why the Fed’s strategy on inflation is changing and why the definition used by America’s central bank may be hurting regular people.  This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Today on the Brief: EU leaders agree on $2 billion stimulus package LinkedIn job cuts show weakness in the professional sector Has DeFi jumped the shark? Our main discussion: The Fed’s changing inflation strategy...

The internet is alive with demos of what the latest artificial intelligence language model can do. Should we be nervous? This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Today on the Brief: Mastercard, Standard Chartered and PayPal all deepen their engagement with crypto Japan inches closer to a central bank digital currency The real estate “doom trade” opens up Our main discussion: GPT-3 Gen...

Long Reads Sunday features two essays previously published on CoinDesk that show the trajectory of stablecoins in the global economy in 2020. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. On this week’s Long Reads Sunday, we look at two essays about stablecoins previously published on CoinDesk.  The first is called “USD Stablecoins Are Surging, but Zero Interest Rates Complicate Business M...

Bitcoin days destroyed (BDD) was first introduced as a concept back in 2011. At the time, it had only been two years since the creation of the world’s first cryptocurrency, bitcoin. Individuals were already beginning to innovate ways to measure on-chain transaction activity and value.  This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. As the first cryptocurrency metric to be created, BDD was q...

From PayPal crypto confirmed to action in central bank digital currencies, these were six themes shaping the week. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. On this edition of the Weekly Recap, NLW explores: No-volatility bitcoin and DeFi’s big quarter An uptick in central bank currency action PayPal crypto confirmation A China-U.S. rhetoric flare up Social media as democracy’s fault l...

Finance writer Jon Turek argues that between Federal Reserve swap lines, Europe stabilization and a few other factors, the strong dollar problem may be (temporarily) solved. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Today on the Brief: The latest information in the Twitter hack Thailand starts using its central bank digital currency Treasury Secretary Mnuchin calls on Congress for more...

The motivations and implications of a hack that had everyone from Coinbase to Kanye shilling a scam for bitcoin.  This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Today on the Brief: Adjustment to bank profits in anticipation of growing debt delinquency  The lowest decrease in jobless claims since March  A boost in retail spending  Today’s main discussion: The Great Twitter Hack, feat. Dr. To...

No geopolitical relationship will shape the world over the coming decade as much as that of the U.S. and China.  This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. A day after President Trump signed the Hong Kong Autonomy Act enabling sanctions on those that threaten the autonomy of China (and the companies that do business with them) and the UK worked to ban Huawei 5G infrastructure, this epis...

Today on the Brief: A followup on Tesla, corporate earnings and PayPal’s crypto ambitions New COVID-19 shutdowns in California  Small businesses on the brink  This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Our main conversation: Bloomberg has reported recently bankrupt companies including J.C. Penney and Hertz had provided executives with more than $131,000,000 in bonuses.  On this episode...

Today on the Brief: Wall Street quarterly earnings season opens Investor flock to higher-yielding Chinese government bonds Bitcoin whales go down but other types of HODLers go up This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Our main conversation: What the hell is going on with $TSLA? Elon Musk is now richer than Warren Buffett. A year ago, Tesla wasn’t as valuable as Ford or GM. Now it’s...

On this episode of Long Reads Sunday, we look at Professor Stephen S. Roach’s piece “The Covid Shock To The Dollar.” This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. In it, he argues: Americans have been squandering their savings potential  Because of this, we are forced to borrow surplus savings from abroad We have usually been able to do this on favorable terms That window may be coming to...

In this audio interview, CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen and Chaincode Labs researcher Clara Shikhelman talk about bitcoin and what attracted them to it.  This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. As a cofounder of the Israeli Women in Mathematics Association, Shikhelman has been researching complex math problems for nearly a decade. But she said bitcoin offers especially interesting puzzles to...

On The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap, NLW explores: This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. The final tally on the TikTok Doge viral campaign  The growing geopolitical tension between China and the US and where it’s manifesting  Positive economic indicators in reduced jobless claims Negative economic indicators in growing COVID-19 cases and deaths Why bitcoin is sideways Why Treasury yiel...

Today on the Brief: Hong Kong re-closes schools based on COVID-19 growth Coinbase explores direct U.S. exchange listing China starts selling stock, easing massive rally  This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Our main conversation is with Liberty Blitzkrieg creator and editor Michael Krieger. Michael announced just before recording that he is done publishing on the LB site. He and N...

Today on the Brief: Slight good news in new and continuing jobless claims  Record corporate equity and debt sales during the crisis USDC freezes $100k This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Our main conversation: Introducing the Macro Media Index. The Macro Media Index is a monthly summary of the best macroeconomic tweets, essays, podcast and videos from around the internet.  In thi...

This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. What’s old is new again! What happens when you combine a mostly hibernating memecoin with the world’s most powerful (and controversial) meme platform, and throw in a new generation of daytraders that have become convinced that they can drive the price of anything up?  The great TikTok Doge pump of 2020, of course.  In this episode, NLW breaks d...

Today on the Brief: Social media apps get caught in geopolitical tensions  Pitchforks around the Paycheck Protection Program  Brazil blocks Binance This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Our main discussion is with Daniel Lacalle. Daniel is chief economist at Tressis and is the author of numerous books including “Life in the Financial Markets,” “Escape from the Central Bank Trap” an...

The story of the economy as told by five macroeconomic indicators including Chinese stocks, New York City real estate, coronavirus cases and more. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. In this extended Brief, NLW tells the story of the economy through five themes: China stocks surge – but how much is it driven by Chinese state-sponsored media hype? A tale of two cities – real estat...

In this audio interview, CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen and Blockade Games co-founder Marguerite deCourcelle talk about bitcoin’s impact on artistic careers. From collecting unique, interactive pieces to designing video games, Cuen and deCourcelle explore how crypto could redefine modern art. Bitcoin is money but blockchain technology can also be used in a wide variety of art projects.  Perhaps the best kn...

To decrease wealth inequality, one passionate financial adviser argues why financial education needs different content, from different voices, delivered through different channels.  This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Financial education and financial literacy are at crisis levels in this country. Financial advisers spend billions on advertising but a fraction of that on educatio...

A Bitcoin Core dev and her exchange partner discuss Bitcoin and privacy and how to incentivize more developers to contribute to the protocol.  This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. OKCoin and BitMEX recently came together to provide a $150,000 grant to Bitcoin Core developer Amiti Uttarwar.  In this conversation, Amiti and OKCoin CEO Hong Fang discuss: Why OKCoin believes it is ess...