Today’s special edition of “The Breakdown'' is a replay of NLW’s fireside chat with ARK’s Cathie Wood that premiered yesterday as a closing keynote at Consensus 2021. In this conversation, they discuss:

How macro going risk-off has impacted bitcoin
What was driving Elon’s about-face
China and “green” mining
Investing in technology innovation
Why ARK is investing in Ethereum
What role bitcoin plays in a world characterized by deflation rather than inflation

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Cathie Wood on Why Central Banks Will Add Bitcoin to Their Balance Sheets

A discussion with the ARK founder on bitcoin, ESG and, of course, Elon Musk.

Host

Nathaniel Whittemore

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The Case for U.S. Stablecoin Regulation

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Apr 18, 2023, 9:53 p.m.

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The Latest New York Times Bitcoin Mining Hit Piece Is a Monument to Intellectual Laziness

Apr 16, 2023, 9:00 a.m.

Will Withdrawals Drive a New Institutional Ethereum Narrative?

Apr 15, 2023, 5:03 p.m.

Sergey Nazarov on Why the World Needs a New Model of (Cryptographic) Trust

Apr 14, 2023, 11:41 p.m.

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