The Breakdown With NLW Episode

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.

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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

Nathaniel Whittemore

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.

Nathaniel Whittemore