Why Today’s News Tells You Everything You Need to Know About the 2022 Crypto Bear Market

From regulatory intrigue to DeFi hacks to big funding rounds.

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ABOUT

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US.

On today’s episode, NLW breaks down the day’s news in terms of how it demonstrates the archetypes of the 2022 crypto bear market, looking at:

Market moves
A DeFi hack
CBDCs
Regulatory enforcement
Regulatory positivity
Regulatory weirdness
Pre-narrative institutionalization
Post-narrative institutionalization
A slew of random fundraising
Innovation that may drive a bull market

“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsors today is “Razor Red” by Sam Barsh and “The Life We Had” by Moments. Image credit: Nuthawut Somsuk/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.

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.