Recapping a wild week in bitcoin price action that has drawn out numerous previously-quiet HODLers. 

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.

On this edition of The Breakdown weekly recap, NLW discusses:

• Traditional markets: The tension between vaccine optimism and a growing national wave of economy-disrupting lockdowns
• Regulatory landscape: Crypto ally Brian Brooks nominated for full term at OCC while SEC Chair Jay Clayton steps down early 
• Bitcoin Miners: Sold out until Spring
• Celebrities and Financiers coming to the Bitcoin space 

Maisie "Arya Stark" Williams' tweet about buying Bitcoin:

twitter.com/Maisie_Williams/status/1328428879334297600

This week on The Breakdown:

• Monday | Bitcoin at $318,000 Next December? One Citibank Exec Says It’s Possible
• Tuesday | HODL FOMO vs. Speculative FOMO: Why This Bitcoin Bull Market Will Be Different
• Wednesday | Vijay Boyapati’s Four Mental Models for Valuing Bitcoin
• Thursday | A Crypto Ally as Top US Bank Regulator?
• Friday | 10 Metrics Where Bitcoin Has Already Hit New All-Time Highs

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