The Breakdown With NLW Episode

Why Bitcoin Is Making Some Legendary Investors Emotional

From Charlie Munger’s “civilization” comments to the Taproot activation, everything you need to know to start your week.

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From Charlie Munger’s “civilization” comments to the Taproot activation, everything you need to know to start your week.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR.org and Genesis Trading.

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Today on The Breakdown, NLW looks at:

  • Charlie Munger’s and Bill Maher’s weekend comments about bitcoin and why we’re likely to see a lot more of this type of critique the more the bull market heats up
  • The beginning of Taproot’s ‘Speedy Trial’
  • The Digital Dollar Foundation beginning private U.S. CBDC tests
  • Source reporting PayPal is exploring launching a stablecoin

See also: Crypto Twitter Shows No Respect for Age in Responding to Charlie Munger’s Bitcoin Dis

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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.

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