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‘Economics Will No Longer Be the Handmaiden of Politics’: A History of the Cypherpunks, Feat. Jim Epstein
4.11.2020
An enlightening conversation with Reason’s Jim Epstein, who just released a four-part YouTube documentary on the cypherpunk movement
A (Not Quite) Complete History of Money, Feat. Planet Money’s Jacob Goldstein
3.11.2020
One of the hosts of NPR’s legendary “Planet Money” takes us on a whirlwind tour of some of the key moments of money history in the last 1,000 years
Who Is Better for Bitcoin, Trump or Biden?
2.11.2020
In a chaotic year of dueling recriminations and very different visions of the future, the real question of this U.S. presidential election is: Who is better for bitcoin?
By the Numbers: More Bitcoin Bulls Than Ever Before
1.11.2020
A Long Reads Sunday reading of Grayscale’s recent “Bitcoin Investor Survey.”
The World Is Never Getting Off Government Stimulus
31.10.2020
The Breakdown weekly recap looks at bitcoin buying by Iran, JPM Coin and the latest round of lockdowns coming to Europe
Why Satoshi Chose Halloween to Release the Bitcoin White Paper
30.10.2020
Was Satoshi’s release of the Bitcoin White Paper an allusion to the Reformation or something to do with the ancient pagan tradition of Samhain?
Mirage Recovery: What ‘Record’ GDP Growth Tells Us About the Economy
29.10.2020
The Department of Commerce’s new report shows 33.1% annualized GDP growth in Q3, but does this really tell us much about the state of the economy?
The ‘Everything Crash’ Is Coming? Markets Go Risk-Off as European Stocks See Worst Day in 5 Months
28.10.2020
Stocks, oil, even gold are down on fears of resumed COVID-19 lockdowns, but bitcoin hodlers are keeping the faith
JPMorgan Launches JPM Coin: Welcome to the Private Currency Era
27.10.2020
The investment banking giant says the blockchain hype cycle has moved past inflated expectations and into the realm of being commercially viable
Hedge Funds Failures, Bankruptcies and Pandemic Fatigue
26.10.2020
As cases rise and the U.S. settles in for a fresh wave of COVID-19, the economic fallout from round one is still being felt, from hedge funds to bankruptcies and beyond
Should We Care if the US Is Falling Behind on CBDCs?
25.10.2020
A reading of two recent op-eds on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)
Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Paul Tudor Jones: A Bet on Bitcoin Is a Bet on Human Ingenuity
24.10.2020
A recap of an exceptionally bullish week for bitcoin and crypto as a whole
Why Fiats Are Failing in 2020
23.10.2020
From Brazil to Argentina to Turkey, bitcoin priced in local currencies is reaching all time highs. But is this a story of bitcoin succeeding, fiat failing or both?
‘Google Is One of the Most Important Antitrust Cases of All Time,’ With Matt Stoller
22.10.2020
The author of “Goliath” gives his take on the history of American antitrust politics and what it means for the just-announced Google case
PayPal Adds Bitcoin: Most Bullish News of the Year?
21.10.2020
PayPal will offer its US customers buying and selling of crypto, with support for payments to 26m strong merchant network coming next year
How Strong Is Bitcoin’s Push Above $12,000?
20.10.2020
Who has the most recent bitcoin move right, the bulls or the bears?
A New ‘Bretton Woods’ Moment?
19.10.2020
The IMF has said it’s time to re-evaluate the global economic order, but what does that really mean?
How Stocks, Bitcoin and Other Investments Fare in a 0% Interest Rate World
18.10.2020
On Long Reads Sunday, a reading of a John Street Capital piece on the realities of a market characterized by zero-bound interest rates
The NSC Labels Blockchain a National Security Issue
17.10.2020
On the weekly recap, NLW looks at growth in institutional investment, big interest among the G20 in CBDCs and a new National Security Council report
RAC on the First Truly Free Markets for Music and Culture
16.10.2020
Grammy-winning recording artist RAC explores the business of music and how crypto experiments could shift the balance of power