BREAKDOWN: DAOs, NFTs and Crypto Derivatives Win Attention as Billionaire Paulson Calls Crypto ‘Worthless’
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4.8 • 689 Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Today’s news reflects the full breadth of everything happening in the crypto industry.
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.
On today’s episode, NLW breaks down a slew of stories that reflect different aspects of the crypto industry:
- Billionaire John Paulson doesn’t like crypto
- FTX US acquires LedgerX
- Syndicate DAO raises $20 million
- Layer 1 battles with Ethereum and Solana
- Vintage Bitcoin-based “Rare Pepes” get repurposed and sold on OpenSea
- Treasury trying to add MORE rules for crypto reporting
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| 0:49.6 | The fascinating thing to me is that it's just so clear where this battleground is going to be, |
| 0:54.9 | and it's going to be Dex's, it's going to be peer-to-peer trading. |
| 0:58.0 | These battles are going to be big, and if you think it's quiet now, that's just because |
| 1:02.0 | these teams are absolutely gearing up for an insane fall. |
| 1:06.6 | Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW. |
| 1:10.7 | It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin, and the big picture power shifts remaking our world. |
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| 1:24.2 | What's going on, guys? It is Tuesday, August 31st, and today's news is wildly emblematic of the full breadth of the crypto industry today. |
| 1:34.0 | So I thought it'd be good to go through each of these stories and give them some context. |
| 1:38.3 | And let's start with one of the most classic tropes in this industry, an old rich guy who doesn't get its story. |
| 1:45.7 | One of the interesting things about hedge funds and venture investors is that oftentimes, |
| 1:50.7 | one really big contrarian bet that pays off can solidify an investor's reputation for a very, |
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