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• @bw @bw on x

  Crypto isn't going away, so we asked @matt_levine to help us understand it. He came back with 62,000 words. (We edited it down to 40,000). This is The Crypto Story https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @felixsalmon Felix Salmon on x

  “@matt_levine goes deep on crypto” is self-recommending but in case you want another recommendation I have read every word of this and it is just as wonderful as you would expect. https://www.bloomberg.com/... A short 🧵 just to whet your appetite...

• @pujaohlhaver Puja Ohlhaver on x

  Nice coverage of DeSoc, @matt_levine! https://twitter.com/...

• @aaronlammer Lammer on x

  Matt Levine was on @longform a few months ago and I entirely refrained from asking him crypto questions and he refrained from mentioning that he was writing an entire issue of Bloomberg on the topic https://longform.org/... https://twitter.com/...

• @matt_levine Matt Levine on x

  i wrote 40,000 words not about elon musk

• @anildash @anildash on x

  This is excellent, and an extraordinary achievement. (I can also endorse the section on scarcity as authoritative and very clearly written.) Matt Levine is one of the best, and most entertaining, journalists and writers working today, and this is his most ambitious work yet. http…

• @vtg2 Victoria Guida on x

  I'm only a bit of the way into this @matt_levine issue, and it's already the best thing I've ever read on crypto https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @matt_levine Matt Levine on x

  what is crypto https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @ftrain Paul Ford on x

  Once again, and in violation of all decency, Businessweek has locked some poor writer (@matt_levine) inside the Bloomberg building and refused to let him out until he thoroughly explains an exhausting technology subject. (It's useful and great.) https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @katienotopoulos Katie Notopoulos on x

  I read just the intro and felt a surge of excitement that made me think “this must be what Swifties felt like last week” https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @tayvano_ Tay on x

  lmfaooooooooooooooooooooo🪦 https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @bitfinexed @bitfinexed on x

  Nice https://twitter.com/...

• @cptn3mox @cptn3mox on x

  Super long read on Crypto First Principles from one of the best bbg writers - If you're a disciple, this new dimension is the future - If you're a skeptic, this is just a modern Ponzi scheme - But crypto has dug itself into finance & technology, so we'd better understand it https…

• @packym Packy McCormick on x

  Siri, clear my schedule. https://twitter.com/...

• @digitalassetbuy @digitalassetbuy on x

  388 Bitcoin Mentions 145 Ethereum Mentions 0 XRP or Ripple Mentions This should be renamed The Bitcoin Ethereum Story https://twitter.com/...

• @felixsalmon Felix Salmon on x

  This is also one of those rare and wonderful @matt_levine pieces where he allows a glimpse into some of the reporting he does. (He's an extremely good reporter, he just doesn't like to make that obvious.) https://twitter.com/...

• @felixsalmon Felix Salmon on x

  One thing that shines through in this piece is that although it's a very nerdy dive into financial technology, it's also a moral essay. https://twitter.com/...

• @mdudas Mike Dudas on x

  “We asked the finest finance writer around, @Matt_Levine of Bloomberg Opinion, to write a cover-to-cover issue of Bloomberg Businessweek, something a single author has done only one other time in the magazine's 93-year history” https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @ivanthek @ivanthek on x

  @matt_levine Businessweek says it edited down his original 62,000 words to 40,000 words. That's a lot of footnotes.

• @thestalwart Joe Weisenthal on x

  Matt Levine wrote a book (kind of) about crypto https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @ivanthek @ivanthek on x

  .@matt_levine wrote an entire magazine issue on Crypto. https://www.bloomberg.com/...