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.

What's going on, guys? It is Sunday, November 3rd, and that means it's time for Long

Rade Sunday. Before we get into that, however, if you are enjoying the breakdown, please go

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bit.ly slash breakdown pod. All right, friends, today we are doing our last LRS before the election, and so of course

it has to be election themed.

And for our selection, I picked the essay by Laura Shin in Time magazine called Kamala Harris

shouldn't just embrace crypto.

She must help it flourish.

Now, writing this piece, in a moment where Democrats are clearly unfavored by the crypto industry, for help it flourish. Now, writing this piece in a moment where Democrats are clearly

unfavored by the crypto industry, for understandable reasons, is, I think, a pretty brave thing

from Laura. In announcing this post, she tweeted, hey everyone, today I published an opinion piece

in time in which I reveal my political stance. This isn't something I would normally do since my

personal political opinions aren't relevant for my work. I've had people something I would normally do since my personal political opinions

aren't relevant for my work. I've had people from both major political parties on my show,

and I don't think one's political leanings really have much to do with the technological

innovation that is constantly occurring and will for the rest of our lives. I've said before and

we'll say again, crypto is nonpartisan the way the internet is nonpartisan. It doesn't make sense to be for or against it.

It's there and it will only grow and become more and more integrated in our lives like the

internet has these last few decades. I'm publishing this opinion piece as an American who cares

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