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The founder of mobile crypto bank Abra discusses the massive expansion of global central bank balance sheets.

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Bill Baryhdt is the CEO of Abra, a mobile crypto banking app. In this discussion with NLW, Bill talks about the year in bitcoin and why the mass expansion of central bank balance sheets was the most important economic story of the year.

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The director of research at Fidelity Digital Assets gives her take on the crypto space.

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Ria Bhutoria is the director of research at Fidelity Digital Assets. In this conversation she gives listeners a look at how one of the most important institutional players in the space has viewed the evolution of bitcoin over the past year.

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One of crypto twitter's best-known personalities discusses DeFi, bitcoin and how 2020 was and wasn't like 2017.

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Bully Esquire is a Crypto Twitter personality, lawyer, founder of AlphaMarkets and host of the “Bully Esquire” podcast. In this conversation, he and NLW discuss what was good and bad about the DeFi boom of 2020 and more.

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No one would have expected an economic crisis to bring a new generation of investors to the table, but that's exactly what it did.

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Jill Carlson is an investor with Slow Ventures and the co-founder of the Open Money Initiative. In this wide-ranging discussion with NLW she discusses how an economic crisis brought in a new generation of investors and why political moderation will be all the rage in 2021.

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Two of bitcoin's most vocal advocates discuss why this year broke open the floodgates on an aging economic system.

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Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert are one of bitcoin's most dynamic duos, producing a variety of content, including the Orange Pill podcast. In this discussion with NLW, they talk about why this year was transformational in terms of how people view the aging economic system, and why 2021 is poised to mint even more new bitcoiners.

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@maxkeiser

@stacyherbert

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The founder of Real Vision joins NLW for a discussion of CBDCs, bitcoin and why he remains "irresponsibly long."

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Raoul Pal is the founder and CEO of Global Macro Investor and Real Vision and one of the leading voices in modern macroeconomic discussions. In this conversation, he and NLW discuss bitcoin's monster 2020, how DeFi compares to ICOs, and why we should be paying more attention to central bank digital currencies.

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A reading of Jeffrey Snider’s latest essay and Caitlin Long’s companion tweet thread. 

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On this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW starts with the latest essay by Jeffrey Snider, “A Nonsensical Jumble of Misused Words Requires Discussion” and then with Caitlin Long’s followup thread, putting the discussion of rehypothecation in the bitcoin context.

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An encore presentation of NLW’s conversation with Preston Pysh recorded on March 12 – the infamous Black Thursday. 

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On March 12, as the U.S. government struggled to wrap its head around the emerging COVID-19 pandemic and markets floundered, bitcoin had one of its worst days in history, crashing by thousands of dollars and even hitting below $4,000 on some exchanges. 

That evening, NLW and podcaster Preston Pysh recorded a conversation about bitcoin, central banks and what happens when currencies fail. Nine months later, the conversation is as salient as ever. 

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One of the internet’s most fluid thinkers joins to give a brief history of the future.

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Balaji Srinivasan is an angel investor and entrepreneur, the former CTO of Coinbase, a former General Partner at Andressen Horowitz and more. 

In this wide-ranging conversation with NLW, he discusses:

• How networks are taking a power role once reserved for god and the state
• Why pre-internet institutions will not survive the internet 
• Why bitcoin at $1 million is a global government
• Woke capital vs. communist capital vs. crypto capital

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A recap of 5+ insanely bullish stories that got buried in the bitcoin price action.

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With so much focus on bitcoin’s record-setting price run, a number of huge (and hugely bullish) stories have gotten comparatively short shrift. In this episode, NLW looks at:

• Ruffer LLP’s $744 million bitcoin buy
• Hedge Funder Alan Howard and One River’s $1 billion digital assets bet
• Northern Trust getting into crypto custody
• Guggenheim Partners’ CIO calling for $400,000 BTC
• CoinDesk sister company Grayscale as the fastest-growing asset manager in history?

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