The Breakdown

Decoding crypto and the markets. A daily Blockworks newsletter, by Byron Gilliam.

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Every transformational technology begins with utopian hopes, and then runs into the world as it is

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If fear moves markets, there could be more all-time highs to come

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Airlines defend their rewards moat, Binance courts favor over breakfast, DAT fees pile up and systematic thinking

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An SEC commissioner walks into a cypherpunk meetup…

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Peter Thiel’s $5 billion Roth IRA walked so token IRAs could run

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Uniswap’s DUNA plan might blaze a new trail for decentralized governance

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When politics divides, the market conquers

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What happens when banks fear regulators and DAOs fear no one

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Crypto is still on a mission — and still needs users

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You don’t own the protocol. You own the incentives.

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All models are wrong, but some are useful

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A new quantum experiment shows that observation changes reality — but investors knew that already

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Fiscal dominance isn’t about interest rates and it isn’t about Trump, either

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SPAC investors seem surprisingly skeptical of crypto

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Some businesses run on low margins by choice. Others do it because they have no choice.

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What if growth goes exponential while you’re hiding in gold and bitcoin?

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For just $54, you, too, could send a memecoin 500% higher

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A wireless network inspired by lost drones is now helping telco carriers reach your phone indoors

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Retail investors once paid irrational premiums to bet on a bond king. Now they’re doing it for crypto kings

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The VOC’s spicy dividend strategy has lessons for today’s token holders

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Markets are all-in on optimism — is that a forecast or a delusion?

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The House embraces crypto — but keeps the fences up

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Stablecoins are a new form of money, with an old kind of limit

Decoding crypto and the markets. Daily, with Byron Gilliam.