The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This Week

The Breakdown

Blockworks

Investing, Business

4.8 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

This week’s Friday Five is a whirlwind tour through one of the most bullish weeks for crypto on Wall Street in recent memory. NLW and Scott Melker break down Coinbase’s historic addition to the S&P 500, Galaxy’s NASDAQ uplisting, and eToro’s surprisingly strong IPO. They also cover a surprisingly soft inflation print, new Bitcoin treasury players raising eyebrows, a potential regulatory shift at the SEC, and the return of Meta’s stablecoin ambitions. From index fund legitimacy to political stablecoin fights, this episode is packed with signals that crypto may be entering a new phase of mainstream integration. Enjoying this content? SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast: https://pod.link/1438693620 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBreakdownBW Subscribe to the newsletter: ⁠https://blockworks.co/newsletter/thebreakdown⁠ Join the discussion: https://discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8 Follow on Twitter: NLW: https://twitter.com/nlw Breakdown: https://twitter.com/BreakdownBW

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0:00.0	Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW.
0:09.3	It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin, and the big picture power shifts remaking our world.
0:18.3	What's going on, guys? It is Friday, May 16th, and that means it's time for the Friday 5.
0:23.2	Before we get into that, however, if you are enjoying the breakdown, please go subscribe to it, give it a rating, give it a review, or if you want to dive deeper into the conversation, come join us on the Breakers Discord. You can find a link in the show notes or go to bit.ly slash breakdown pod.
0:35.8	All right, friends, back with another Friday 5 here.
0:38.6	This week, the main theme was very clear.
0:41.3	It is... to bit.ly slash breakdown pod. All right, friends, back with another Friday 5 here.
0:38.6	This week, the main theme was very clear.
0:41.2	It is crypto excitement on Wall Street.
0:44.6	We have Coinbase joining the S&P 500, Galaxy Uplisting to the NASDAQ, and E Toro IPO that
0:51.0	actually popped.
0:52.4	Scott Milker and I get all the way into it. So without any further
0:54.9	ado, let's dive in. We got super rugged by Stream Yard before, even just now when I tried to
1:02.7	play the theme music, it just sat there and did nothing. So clearly we are living in the glitch.
1:09.1	I'm used to living in the glitch on Twitter spaces like every single time, but not usually
1:12.9	on YouTube.
1:14.2	Yeah, we actually have a shockingly few technical issues with this.
1:17.7	So we were, we were definitely do.
1:19.8	I had to somehow myself attempt to set up a stream here, which is interesting that YouTube
1:25.5	link now has no like description or anything.
1:28.2	But hey, let's do a show.
1:31.0	The first thing on the menu before we dive into all of the things Bitcoin related is
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