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Crashes, Rallies and Stimulus: A Normal Week for 2021 Bitcoin
The second full business week of January has demonstrated many trends that NLW argues will shape bitcoin and crypto throughout the year.
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The second full business week of January has demonstrated many trends that NLW argues will shape bitcoin and crypto throughout the year.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
On “The Breakdown’s” Weekly Recap, NLW argues that this week is exemplary of a set of trends that will define 2021, including:
- Market volatility
- Macro tailwinds
- Convergence of crypto and traditional finance
- Regulatory battles and opportunities
- Strange categories of FUD
This week on The Breakdown:
Monday | Did This Bitcoin Cycle’s FUD Phase Just Begin?
Tuesday | Is China Poised to Nationalize Alibaba?
Wednesday | A New SEC Chair Who Actually Understands Bitcoin and Crypto?
Thursday | The Definitive Breakdown of All Bitcoin FUD, With Dan Held
Friday | Will Mayor Suarez’s Miami Be the First Major City to Buy Bitcoin?
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HOST
NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.

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