Bitcoin
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Ethereum
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Binance Coin
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XRP
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Solana
$23.09-3.42%
Cardano
$0.25659864-2.37%
Dogecoin
$0.06122042-1.54%
Tron
$0.08927789+1.77%
Toncoin
$2.03-1.58%
Polygon
$0.57198844+1.91%
Polkadot
$4.05-2.01%
Litecoin
$64.42-2.95%
Wrapped Bitcoin
$27,556.44-0.65%
Bitcoin Cash
$229.19-5.20%
Shiba Inu
$0.00000721-1.11%
Chainlink
$7.58-0.62%
UNUS SED LEO
$3.74+0.43%
TrueUSD
$1.00+0.26%
Avalanche
$9.57+2.52%
Uniswap
$4.33-3.51%
Stellar
$0.11310488+1.67%
Monero
$147.49+0.45%
OKB
$43.07+0.07%
Binance USD
$0.99956123+0.08%
Ethereum Classic
$15.61-4.77%
Cosmos
$6.98-2.37%
Hedera
$0.04866087-3.27%
Filecoin
$3.30-1.97%
Internet Computer
$3.17+1.58%
Lido DAO
$1.580.00%
Cronos
$0.04989308-0.95%
Quant
$88.01-1.18%
Maker
$1,419.13-2.71%
Aptos
$5.27-2.58%
VeChain
$0.01657174-3.89%
Optimism
$1.31-4.48%
Arbitrum
$0.88711390-4.24%
NEAR Protocol
$1.09-2.78%
Kaspa
$0.05008104-1.43%
Aave
$64.64-7.19%
The Graph
$0.08727139-1.95%
Algorand
$0.09928191-2.98%
USDD
$1.00+1.11%
Bitcoin SV
$36.98-8.20%
XDC Network
$0.04955066-2.27%
Stacks
$0.48350579-5.87%
Immutable X
$0.56699482-1.42%
Synthetix
$2.01-3.11%
EOS
$0.57665997-4.43%
MultiverseX
$24.34-2.55%
Tezos
$0.66866667-2.38%
Injective Protocol
$7.44-2.64%
Render Token
$1.67-4.12%
Theta
$0.62133246-1.53%
The Sandbox
$0.29595211-3.69%
THORChain
$1.98-2.87%
Axie Infinity
$4.45-3.22%
Radix
$0.05635521-1.54%
Fantom
$0.19900857-0.65%
Decentraland
$0.29749702-3.85%
GateToken
$3.76-0.04%
Kava.io
$0.61404143-2.79%
NEO
$7.09-3.89%
Paxos Dollar
$0.99803848-0.11%
eCash
$0.00002472-7.61%
PAX Gold
$1,827.58-0.13%
Flow
$0.43457898-4.43%
KuCoin Token
$4.58-0.17%
Curve DAO Token
$0.48681097-1.55%
Rocket Pool
$21.43-2.54%
Gala
$0.01579535+1.46%
Chiliz
$0.06017736-4.12%
ApeCoin
$1.13-4.37%
Frax Share
$5.53+1.63%
IOTA
$0.15002132-0.88%
Sui
$0.44584498-3.58%
Huobi Token
$2.40+0.33%
BitTorrent
$0.00000039-0.17%
Klaytn
$0.11314423-0.98%
Mina
$0.36606299-4.12%
Casper
$0.03107286-3.31%
GMX
$38.81-3.09%
dYdX
$1.98-4.45%
Trust Wallet Token
$0.82864673+5.36%
Luna Classic
$0.00005890-4.00%
Wemix
$1.02-1.47%
Nexo
$0.55069776-1.62%
Woo Network
$0.17546383-0.30%
Dash
$26.82-3.26%
Compound
$43.68-4.36%
Zilliqa
$0.01674069-2.53%
Conflux
$0.13302882-0.46%
Arweave
$4.10-4.54%
Flare
$0.01086790+1.05%
1inch Network
$0.25430477-5.76%
Basic Attention Token
$0.17333000-2.99%
PancakeSwap
$1.18-3.44%
Gnosis
$99.10-2.98%
Gemini Dollar
$1.00+0.41%
Astar
$0.04644662-2.56%
SafePal
$0.58228750-1.59%
Bitcoin Gold
$13.52-5.62%
Convex Finance
$2.92-0.43%
Illuvium
$39.03-2.98%
Qtum
$2.19-5.82%
NEM
$0.02537296-3.35%
Fetch.ai
$0.21661305-3.16%
Celo
$0.43268648-3.80%
SingularityNET
$0.17974939-3.44%
Loopring
$0.17672147-4.66%
Mask Network
$2.63-5.56%
Enjin
$0.21592130+0.02%
tomiNet
$2.84-4.38%
Zcash
$26.68-3.17%
SEI
$0.11505065-4.23%
Decred
$13.25-2.68%
Oasis Network
$0.04090645-2.78%
Helium
$1.42-3.19%
Ethereum Name Service
$7.80-1.62%
Worldcoin
$1.51-7.57%
Aragon
$4.96-1.21%
Bone ShibaSwap
$0.79037516-0.52%
Akash Network
$0.87892695-1.23%
Ankr
$0.01904181-4.52%
Osmosis
$0.30316303-2.35%
Stepn
$0.15132451-4.95%
Golem
$0.17992031-1.07%
Holo
$0.00100589-3.21%
FLOKI
$0.00001773-3.93%
Ravencoin
$0.01476295-3.54%
Livepeer
$5.95-3.68%
Beldex
$0.03109256+1.81%
Terra 2.0/LUNA
$0.44181426-5.13%
Yearn Finance
$5,205.68-2.07%
Kusama
$18.80-2.79%
BLUR
$0.17273990-5.22%
ICON
$0.16976715-3.32%
Audius
$0.14491727-2.70%
SXP
$0.27311289-4.43%
JasmyCoin
$0.00326628-3.50%
Baby Doge Coin
$0.00000000-0.36%
IoTeX
$0.01659146-3.41%
Merit Circle
$0.33565862-4.40%
Siacoin
$0.00300608-0.88%
Biconomy
$0.22901544-2.38%
Waves
$1.51-3.12%
Band Protocol
$1.12-2.59%
Moonbeam
$0.19928648-8.80%
EthereumPoW
$1.33-1.01%
Axelar
$0.34054326-0.09%
Balancer
$3.24-3.01%
Wax
$0.04156323-3.21%
Ocean Protocol
$0.30260192-3.62%
Ribbon Finance
$0.16067012-0.40%
MAGIC
$0.52557834-5.22%
TerraUSD
$0.01201813-2.75%
Kyber Network
$0.64517201-3.63%
Harmony
$0.00936337-3.90%
Kadena
$0.45998952-4.14%
Sushiswap
$0.58328991-2.65%
Horizen
$7.78-4.45%
Lisk
$0.74807948-1.64%
Gains Network
$3.24-1.81%
Polymath Network
$0.11920000+0.34%
Skale
$0.02130622-3.29%
DigiByte
$0.00620413-2.48%
UMA Protocol
$1.36-2.98%
Liquity
$1.07+4.06%
API3
$1.04-5.20%
Cartesi
$0.12719195-4.26%
Amp
$0.00163549-0.07%
Status
$0.02316491-0.75%
Stargate Finance
$0.44379811-4.20%
Nano
$0.66446410+4.82%
OriginTrail
$0.22967547-7.18%
Nervos Network
$0.00262827-3.04%
PlayDapp
$0.15209620-1.70%
Coin98
$0.14396710-2.81%
Joe
$0.24896947-0.49%
Steem
$0.17515976+0.13%
Numeraire
$12.56-3.53%
Radiant Capital
$0.23447436-5.38%
Sweat Economy
$0.00970418-0.09%
iExec RLC
$1.01-4.65%
Alchemy Pay
$0.01451931-3.02%
Dogelon Mars
$0.00000013-1.38%
Vulcan Forged PYR
$2.98-1.64%
Celer Network
$0.01244910-0.73%
Smooth Love Potion
$0.00163462+13.55%
Stormx
$0.00609706-6.34%
Verasity
$0.00650242+13.25%
Marlin
$0.00823266-1.99%
Radworks
$1.32-1.84%
OMG Network
$0.46381663-5.04%
Powerledger
$0.15121793-1.10%
Core
$0.39935629-0.32%
Celsius
$0.15138424-3.25%
Covalent
$0.10347035-0.13%
Civic
$0.07763398-6.86%
Stella
$0.07507350-2.13%
Storj
$0.42580606-8.26%
Bitgert
$0.00000015+0.49%
Syscoin
$0.08461679-2.88%
WINkLink
$0.00006290+0.32%
Origin Protocol
$0.12015458-11.32%
Spell Token
$0.00047407-3.34%
Synapse
$0.30639009-2.29%
Dent
$0.00060058-3.06%
Hashflow
$0.32591267-2.78%
Bluzelle
$0.13397701-11.83%
Bancor
$0.39415566-2.07%
Verge
$0.00341068-3.61%
Chromia
$0.09676273-5.92%
MetisDAO
$12.89-3.15%
Artificial Liquid Intelligence
$0.01564384-1.34%
My Neighbor Alice
$0.69507430-5.54%
NKN
$0.08510531-2.65%
Galxe
$1.19-2.94%
Gitcoin
$0.90559013-4.87%
SPACE ID
$0.19173445-4.78%
Secret
$0.25658531+1.46%
Sun Token
$0.00558640-0.24%
Bifrost
$0.03759010+0.47%
MOBOX
$0.24060387-0.79%
COTI
$0.03946005-4.80%
Unifi Protocol DAO
$6.64-5.41%
Request
$0.06328769-2.18%
Raydium
$0.20885253+17.34%
Keep Network
$0.08598224-3.76%
Maple
$5.75+2.18%
Aergo
$0.10208510-2.00%
TrueFi
$0.04239979+1.68%
Adventure Gold
$0.58444213-1.10%
Ren
$0.04476514-3.66%
WazirX
$0.09481281-0.79%
Acala Token
$0.05212120-3.63%
Badger DAO
$2.14-1.56%
Yield Guild Games
$0.22976054-5.15%
ARPA
$0.04298243-2.95%
Perpetual Protocol
$0.56512069-10.36%
XYO Network
$0.00292958-0.91%
Aavegotchi
$0.79324056-1.55%
Boba Network
$0.11180744-2.14%
Orchid
$0.06478644-10.07%
Gods Unchained
$0.15238364-2.79%
Saitama
$0.00084325+0.93%
SuperRare
$0.05940805-2.59%
Alien Worlds
$0.00996269-1.81%
Index Chain
$0.04614285-6.11%
Voyager Token
$0.11898578-0.78%
Zebec Protocol
$0.00981261-2.35%
Litentry
$0.69963281-3.75%
Moonriver
$3.93-2.15%
GAS
$2.31-2.70%
LooksRare
$0.05850735+7.96%
Rally
$0.00627762+1.68%
RACA
$0.00009058-2.96%
Reef
$0.00133250-2.37%
CEEK VR
$0.03632645-1.88%
Ethernity
$1.53-2.12%
LCX
$0.03794123-5.93%
Measurable Data Token
$0.04665781-3.83%
Star Atlas DAO
$0.12322471-1.73%
DIA
$0.25105387-1.10%
Polkastarter
$0.26865231-1.68%
MOON
$0.24926709-7.61%
Ampleforth Governance
$2.76-4.22%
Alchemix
$12.15-1.74%
CLV
$0.03169276-4.77%
Travala.com
$0.45481878-3.11%
League of Kingdoms Arena
$0.19571390-9.72%
Enzyme
$15.42-1.19%
Keep3rV1
$44.37-3.65%
Virtua
$0.02001864-2.47%
BENQI
$0.00529434-0.52%
Star Atlas
$0.00146528-0.45%
Alpaca Finance
$0.13226087-3.03%
BarnBridge
$2.11-7.85%
Onyxcoin
$0.00075748-0.24%
Kishu Inu
$0.00000000-0.06%
MXC
$0.00758845-1.49%
Velas
$0.00733564-5.35%
Aurora
$0.05080781-2.83%
district0x
$0.02246251-2.05%
0x
$0.18125555-3.51%
StaFi
$0.27652373-1.73%
Harvest Finance
$22.42-2.11%
Serum
$0.03891708-9.15%
Santos FC Fan Token
$2.76-2.32%
Decentral Games
$0.01901915+3.32%
Samoyedcoin
$0.00305508+2.14%
Rarible
$0.88460795-1.78%
Tamadoge
$0.00863174-0.18%
XEN Crypto
$0.00000036-6.31%
Bonk
$0.00000020-1.38%
Green Satoshi Token
$0.00921818-2.13%
Quantstamp
$0.00981424-2.79%
Tokemak
$0.34158339-1.02%
Augur
$0.59988766+0.72%
Mirror Protocol
$0.01364877-2.21%
SingularDTV
$0.000402100.00%
Quickswap
$0.04420313+1.99%
FTX Token
$1.21+3.22%
Braintrust
$0.32712487+3.48%
Pepe
$0.00000072-3.02%
BitDAO
$0.40228174-9.34%
Threshold
$0.01773787-4.61%
Mines of Dalarnia
$0.08771216-6.43%
Human
$0.04404243-3.08%
Pitbull
$0.00000000+1.85%
Fenerbahce Token
$1.11-5.61%
Hamster
$0.00000000+0.55%
PayPal USD
$1.01+0.30%
Highstreet
$1.20-7.67%
Tether
$0.99956155+0.03%
USDC
$0.99963199+0.08%
Dai
$0.99965241+0.00%
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Today’s guest is Alex Gladstein, chief strategy officer at the Human Rights Foundation.

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See also: Bitcoin and Opting Out of the IMF and World Bank

“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our holiday theme music is "Spike The Eggnog" by Two Dudes. Music behind our sponsors today is “Back To The End” by Strength To Last. Image credit: Vasil Dimitrov/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.

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