The Breakdown With NLW Episode

Coinbase Trades at a $77B Valuation as BTC Heads Towards a $1T Market Cap

An overview of key news, from a new DeFi Index fund for accredited investors to bitcoin shrugging off growing Treasury yields.

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An overview of key news, from a new DeFi Index fund for accredited investors to bitcoin shrugging off growing Treasury yields.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

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Today’s episode of “The Breakdown” analyzes a number of topics across the bitcoin and crypto industry, including:

  • Bitcoin reclaims $50,000 and looks towards a $1 trillion market cap
  • Treasury yields rise, hammering gold but so far having no impact on BTC
  • Bitwise launches a new DeFi index fund for accredited and institutional investors
  • Christie’s is auctioning off NFTs
  • Coinbase is trading at a $77 billion valuation on the private markets

See also: Bitcoin Poised for Short-Term Gains Past $51K as MicroStrategy Upsizes Debt Deal

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Nathaniel Whittemore

NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.

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