BREAKDOWN: Tornado Cash Sanctions – The Most Significant Crypto Overreach by the US Government Yet?
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4.8 • 689 Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2022
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Some argue the sanctions threaten the very idea that code is speech.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis, FTX US and NEAR.
On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW reflects on the July inflation data as well as the U.S. Treasury Department’s sanctions on Tornado Cash.
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Transcript
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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. |
| 0:14.8 | The breakdown is sponsored by nexo.io, chain aliasis, and FtX, and produced and distributed by CoinDesk. |
| 0:22.8 | What's going on, guys? It is Saturday, August 13th, and that means it's time for the weekly recap. |
| 0:28.8 | One note before we dive in, there are two ways to listen to the Breakdown podcast. |
| 0:33.2 | You can find this on the CoinDesk Podcast Network, alongside a number of other great shows, |
| 0:37.8 | which comes out every afternoon. |
| 0:39.7 | Alternatively, if you just want to hear the breakdown, you can find the breakdown-only feed as well, |
| 0:44.1 | which comes out just a few hours later in the evening. |
| 0:46.7 | Wherever you're listening, I so appreciate if you would take the time to leave a rating |
| 0:50.5 | or review, it makes a huge difference in new people finding the show. |
| 0:53.7 | Also, a disclosure as always. In addition to them being a sponsor of the show, I also work with FTX. |
| 0:59.2 | And finally, this week, I am very excited to welcome NEAR as an additional sponsor. |
| 1:03.8 | NIR is a revolutionary yet simple Web3 platform for building decentralized apps. |
| 1:08.2 | Designed by developers for developers, over 700 projects are now building |
| 1:11.7 | on NIR's fast, secure, and scalable protocol. Whether you're a crypto-native launching |
| 1:16.0 | defy apps, NFT marketplaces, and play and earn games, or looking to migrate your project |
| 1:20.5 | from Web 2, NIR makes it easy to build Web 3 for the masses. NIR offers developers a variety |
| 1:25.6 | of tools, resources, and support for building apps, |
| 1:28.2 | empowering communities, and creating a more fair, inclusive, and equitable future. Start your |
| 1:32.5 | Web3 developer journey now by visiting NIR at NIR.org. So, this was a hugely significant week, |
| 1:39.4 | guys, and I think in some ways the best way to think about it is a preview of the fall. |
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