BREAKDOWN: Elon’s Twitter Deal Is Back On!

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4.8 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

But will it actually make Twitter better?

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On today’s episode, NLW checks in on “Uptober” and asks whether the market rally has legs beyond Monday. He then looks at the news that Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter is back on track, and explores what we learned from text messages made public as part of the pretrial process.

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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.
0:15.0	The breakdown is sponsored by nexo.io, Circle, and FtX, and produced and distributed by CoinDesk.
0:22.8	What's going on, guys? It is Wednesday, October 5th, and today we are checking in on
0:27.5	October and Elon buying Twitter. Before we dive in, one quick note, there are two ways to listen
0:33.9	to the Breakdown Podcast. You can hear us on the Coin Desk Podcast Network, which comes
0:38.0	out every afternoon and also features other great Coin Desk shows, or you can hear us on the
0:42.4	breakdown only feed, which comes out a few hours later in the evening. Wherever you choose to listen,
0:47.4	I would so appreciate it if you would take the time to leave a five-star rating or a review.
0:52.4	It really helps new people discover the show. Also, a disclosure,
0:55.7	as always. In addition to them being a sponsor of the show, I also work with FTX. And finally,
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1:22.3	Use code breakdown 20 for 20% off a general pass and register today at coindesk.com slash ideas. All right, folks,
1:29.7	well, let's dive in and let's first check on the state of October. As we discussed yesterday,
1:35.7	Monday was a great day in markets. It was the second or third best first day of October
1:40.4	since 1930 across stocks, and in general, October is historically a very good month.
1:46.4	Certainly that's the case for Bitcoin, where it's been up every month of October in its life
1:50.0	except for two.
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