BREAKDOWN: Congressman Who Called Bitcoin an ‘Unstoppable Force’ to Become House Financial Services Committee Chair
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🗓️ 10 December 2022
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Rep. Patrick McHenry will take the role over from Democrat Maxine Waters in the next Congress in January.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and Kraken.
On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW catches up on the latest U.S. regulatory news, including the legal battle around the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s actions against the Ooki DAO, a new bill that would have the Environmental Protection Agency study crypto mining, and more.
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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsors today is "Back To The End" by Strength To Last. Image credit: Sarah Silbiger-Pool/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW. |
| 0:09.2 | It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin, and the big picture power shifts remaking our world. |
| 0:15.3 | The breakdown is sponsored by nexo.io, circle, and crack it and produced and distributed by CoinDesk. |
| 0:22.8 | What's going on, guys? It is Saturday, December 10th, and that means it's time for the weekly |
| 0:27.3 | recap. A quick note before we dive in, there are two ways to listen to the breakdown. You can hear |
| 0:32.6 | us on the Coin Desk podcast network, which comes out every afternoon and features other great |
| 0:36.1 | coin desk shows, or you can listen on the breakdown-only feed, which comes out a afternoon and features other great coin desk shows, or you can |
| 0:37.7 | listen on the breakdown only feed, which comes out a few hours later in the evening. |
| 0:41.5 | Wherever you're listening, I would so appreciate it if you would take the time to leave a |
| 0:44.9 | rating or a review. It makes a huge difference, and I appreciate everyone who does so. |
| 0:49.7 | Also today, I'm thrilled to welcome CryptoWatch as an additional sponsor. |
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| 0:57.1 | Track prices up to two times faster than other apps, catch market movements as they happen |
| 1:00.9 | with powerful charting tools and custom alerts. |
| 1:03.5 | Sink your portfolio and trade across multiple exchanges and stay in the community conversation |
| 1:08.0 | with leading influencers on CryptoWatch social. |
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| 1:20.5 | All right, so today on this weekly recap, we are covering a slew of stories that we just |
| 1:24.7 | didn't have time for in another crazy week. |
| 1:27.0 | We've talked a lot about regulatory action this week, but one positive bit of news on that front |
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