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Jul 31, 2021

On this episode of “The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap,” NLW covers the past week’s biggest financial, regulatory and markets news, including:

  • The three simultaneous crypto hearings across Congress
  • Binance’s moves to position itself favorably for oncoming regulation
  • Proposed legislation with sweeping...


Jul 31, 2021

Today on the Brief:

  • Robinhood's underperforming IPO and settlement battles 
  • MicroStrategy’s continued faith in bitcoin 
  • Proposed sweeping crypto legislation 

Robinhood’s underperforming initial public offering came amid settlement after settlement, with the latest coming with the Financial Industry Regulatory...


Jul 30, 2021

First, on the Brief:

  • U.S. growth last quarter performing under economists’ expectations
  • Robinhood's subdued IPO debut
  • "Wild amounts" of capital going into crypto

In the main discussion, NLW addresses the specifics, reactions and potential impacts of a crypto provision within the Biden administration’s...


Jul 29, 2021

On this episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW addresses the recent wave of increased regulatory scrutiny, one that has prompted the crypto industry to prepare itself for the possibility of legislation. The discussion includes:

  • A distinction of regulatory categories
  • Exchanges altering leveraged trading rules
  • Uniswap’s...


Jul 28, 2021

Today on the Brief:

 

In today’s main discussion, NLW addresses not one, not two but three crypto hearings today spread across the Senate and House. One with a focus on ransomware, another on...