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The Breakdown With NLW Episode

The Dollar Is Our Currency and Your Problem

Why the dollar’s strength represents such a problem for the rest of the world.
The Breakdown With NLW Episode
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This episode is sponsored by Nexo.ioChainalysis and FTX US.

The joke du jour on FinTwit has been that the British pound is trading like an emerging market currency (or on Crypto Twitter, like a s**tcoin). On today’s episode NLW looks at what’s happening and why dollar strength is wreaking havoc around the world.

See also: ‘There Are No Safe Havens' When the Dollar Is Strong, Veteran Trader Says


“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: John M Lund Photography Inc/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.

The Dollar Is Our Currency and Your Problem