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The Breakdown

Nexo’s Antoni Trenchev on the Stories That Shaped Crypto in 2021

The Breakdown

Blockworks

Investing, Business

4.8806 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Today on “The Breakdown’s” “End of Year Extravaganza,” NLW is joined by the co-founder and managing partner of Nexo.  Find our guest on Twitter: @AntoniNexo Enjoying this content?   SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast Apple:  https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M=   Join the discussion: https://discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8   Follow on Twitter: NLW: https://twitter.com/nlw Breakdown: https://twitter.com/BreakdownNLW   NYDIG, the institutional-grade platform for bitcoin, is making it possible for thousands of banks who have trusted relationships with hundreds of millions of customers, to offer Bitcoin. Learn more at NYDIG.com/NLW. - “The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our holiday theme music is “Spike The Eggnog” by Two Dudes. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Dark Crazed Cap” by Isaac Joel. Image credit: BlackJack3D/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk.

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0:00.0

From an overall market structure perspective, I think that the single most important player

0:05.5

is the Federal Reserve in the ECB and some of the central banks.

0:09.4

And as long as they're doing what they're doing will be in a super gigatera cycle.

0:16.1

This is my personal feeling.

0:17.6

It's going to be choppy.

0:19.3

And every time I'm Bloomberg on

0:21.7

CNBC and they're, oh, but it's so volatile. Well, volatility is a blessing and a curse.

0:30.2

Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW. It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin, and the big picture power shifts remaking our world.

0:41.3

The breakdown is sponsored by Nidig and produced and distributed by CoinDesk.

0:49.4

What's going on, guys? It is Thursday, December 23rd, and we are continuing our breakdown end of year

0:56.0

extravaganza. Today's guest is Anthony Trenshiv, the co-founder and managing partner of NXO.

1:03.7

Nexo is one of the leaders in the crypto lending space, which is obviously a huge part of what

1:09.2

makes this industry interesting. The ability to

1:12.1

huddle for the long term while still having your assets working for you and getting the liquidity

1:16.7

you need is something that's always fascinated me. So I'm excited to have Antony on. I've known

1:21.4

Antony for a long time. I know he has a really broad array of perspectives on a bunch of issues

1:26.6

within crypto and the larger macroeconomy.

1:29.2

So I am excited to share this conversation. Let's dive in.

1:34.5

All right. Anthony, welcome to The Breakdown. How are you?

1:38.9

Oh, Nathaniel, very well. Thank you so much for having me. You know, I'm a huge fan of yours and of

1:43.8

the show. There's

1:44.7

rarely a day I walk to the office without listening to the breakdown. Well, so glad to have you

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