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Ethereum's Road to $2K: 3 Reasons to Be Bullish
Ether recently broke above $1,400 for the first time in two years. Here are three events that could push the price even higher.
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Breakdown 1.15.21 - Miami Mayor Francis Suarez
Will Mayor Suarez's Miami Be the First Major City to Buy Bitcoin?
The entrepreneurial mayor brings his recruitment of tech talent to the crypto space with the potential of a 1% investment of the city’s reserves into BTC.
Breakdown 1.15.21 - Miami Mayor Francis Suarez

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Ethereum 2.0 Explained
With the launch of every new blockchain comes a new block explorer website to understand. Ethereum 2.0 is no different.
Visualization of gas prices on Ethereum, 2019

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What Is a Blockchain Oracle?
An oracle sends data from the outside world to a blockchain so specific data, like temperature, can execute the disbursement of money.
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Sure, Bitcoin’s Price Is Cool, but Bitcoin’s Technology Is Hot
Getting bitcoin to the moon requires some serious technology.
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What Is XRP, and How Is It Related to Ripple?
XRP is a digital asset and cryptocurrency issued and partly managed by Ripple, a payment solutions company.
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Breakdown 11.27 Luke Gromen post-Bretton Woods economic system
ENCORE: Luke Gromen on the History and (Declining) Future of the Global Dollar System
As some start to wonder about a post-Bretton Woods economic system, macro analyst Luke Gromen explains how that post-World War II system came to be.
Breakdown 11.27 Luke Gromen post-Bretton Woods economic system

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Multisignature Wallets Can Keep Your Coins Safer (If You Use Them Right)
Multisignature wallets are cryptocurrency wallets that require two or more private keys to sign and send a transaction.
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Breakdown 11.6.20 Emil Kalinowski
How the World Stopped Producing Enough Money, Feat. Emil Kalinowski
In a year when the popular narrative says money printing went crazy, the host of “Making Sense/Eurodollar University” says the problem is actually too little money.
Breakdown 11.6.20 Emil Kalinowski

Breakdown Jacob Goldstein Planet Money 11-3-20
A (Not Quite) Complete History of Money, Feat. Planet Money’s Jacob Goldstein
One of the hosts of NPR’s legendary “Planet Money” takes us on a whirlwind tour of some of the key moments of money history in the last 1,000 years.
Breakdown Jacob Goldstein Planet Money 11-3-20