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Sorry, Governments, We’re Entering the Era of Private Money
7.9.2020
Whether the U.S. government likes it or not, the world is demanding crypto-dollars and the private market is ready to supply them
A Practical Utopian’s Guide to the Coming Collapse
6.9.2020
A reading on revolutions from the late great David Graeber
Is Tesla a Stock for Suckers?
5.9.2020
The markets kicked off the week with a 5-1 Tesla stock split rally and ended with major questions about tech company valuations
3 Things You Should Know Before Staking on Ethereum 2.0
5.9.2020
It wasn’t long ago that the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade went live on an official test network. Developers have been catching mission-critical bugs in the code ever since
Unlimited QE and an Index Portfolio: How Fed Chair Jay Powell Can Pump His Bags
5.9.2020
In mid-August the U.S. stock market defied odds and mainstream media claimed after the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index touched new heights on August 18, it ‘officially’ ended the “shortest bear market in history.” Interestingly while roughly 30 to 40 million...
8 Historical Analogies That Help Explain the Madness of 2020
4.9.2020
From the U.S. presidential elections of 1896 to the dot-com bubble to housing markets in 2006, these historical moments help us make sense of a truly WTF year
DeFi Degens Are Crypto’s Suicide Squad
3.9.2020
A look at the subculture and ethos driving the white-hot DeFi space, which has grown from $2 billion to $9 billion in total value locked in just two months
Let Them Eat Equities! The Economic Chickens Come Home to Roost, Feat. Luke Gromen
2.9.2020
One of the best-known macro analysts breaks down last week’s Jerome Powell speech and whether it truly represents a new policy era for the Federal Reserve
Financial Postmodernism and the Great Inflation Debate
1.9.2020
This Best of The Breakdown August 2020 edition features commentary from Hugh Hendry, Preston Pysh and Adam Tooze
US Stock Market Cap-to-GDP Ratio Reaches 190%, Eclipsing Dot-Com Bubble High
31.8.2020
The booming stock market is driven by perception of the Federal Reserve’s commitment to high prices and growing individual trading, but how sustainable is it?
Five CoinMarketCap Executives Depart Binance in Mass Exodus
31.8.2020
Binance plans to replace the executives with its own staff
DeFi Is a ‘Complete Scam,’ Says Controversial Entrepreneur Craig Wright
31.8.2020
nChain chief scientist Craig Wright has delivered an obscenity-laden interview discussing decentralized finance and stablecoins, calling such projects a "complete scam" and "illegal."
Nigerian Crypto Startup Yellow Card Raises $1.5 Million For Expansion in Africa
31.8.2020
Yellow Card has raised $1.5 million in a seed round. The Nigerian crypto startup said it will use the money to expand its operations in Africa while making it easier for people on the continent to buy and sell digital assets. Investors in the new round include Polychain, venture capital firm...
Lopp warns people not to take opinions on social media too literally
30.8.2020
Bitcoin believers can be curious about altcoins
Maria Bustillos on Tokenizing Journalism, the Death of Civil and Rise of Brick House
30.8.2020
An early supporter of the now defunct blockchain-based Civil is taking another swing at a writer-owned media collective. She hasn't lost faith in blockchain
The Case for $500,000 Bitcoin
30.8.2020
The Winklevoss brothers make an argument that, in the long run, bitcoin is the only good safe haven
Mr. Powell, If You Want Higher Inflation, Give People Money
29.8.2020
The Federal Reserve wants a little more inflation to keep the economy buoyant. That's hard to achieve when Main Street is so under water
The End of an Era? Why Bitcoin and MMT Won the Week
29.8.2020
Fed Chair Jerome Powell tried to make it seem like the end of an era, but didn’t inspire confidence in the central bank’s ability to lead in the era that comes next
Number Scrubbing
29.8.2020
If you use <input type="number">, some browsers give you an input that has UI for incrementing the number, like up/down arrows (often called “spinners”).
That’s a bit helpful sometimes. But people have certainly explored fancier ways of updating that number....
a11y is web accessibility
29.8.2020
Eric Bailey eviscerates the notion that the term “a11y” isn’t accessible. It’s a hot take that I’ve had myself, embarrassingly enough.
I never see people asking why WWI is written out the way it is, either. Won’t people confuse that with the first Wonder Woman movie?...