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The Breakdown With NLW Episode

Liberty Mutual and State Street Are the Latest Institutions to Join the Bitcoin Party

Institutional participation in Bitcoin shows no signs of slowing down.

The Breakdown With NLW Episode
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Institutional participation in Bitcoin shows no signs of slowing down.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and this week’s special product launch, Exodus.

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Today on the Brief:

  • Crypto climate accord
  • Robinhood crypto trading
  • The decentralization of venture capital

Our main discussion:

This week was absolutely chock-full of institutions getting into the bitcoin space, yet barely anyone noticed. From Liberty Mutual and Starr Insurance investing in NYDIG to a massive real estate company moving treasury into bitcoin and accepting it for rent, the institutional infiltration of bitcoin shows no signs of stopping.

See also: Is State Street Going Crypto?

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