BREAKDOWN: Inequality, Social Chaos, Bankruptcy Rallies: The Best Insights From FinTwit June 2020
From the "Robinhood Rally" to the most profit-disconnected stock market in history, these are the most interesting ideas from FinTwit last month.
ABOUT
Today on the Brief:
- Slight good news in new and continuing jobless claims
- Record corporate equity and debt sales during the crisis
- USDC freezes $100k
This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com.
Our main conversation: Introducing the Macro Media Index.
The Macro Media Index is a monthly summary of the best macroeconomic tweets, essays, podcast and videos from around the internet.
In this inaugural edition, NLW looks at a few key themes:
- The disconnect between the market and the real economy
- The role of the Fed and monetary policy in growing wealth inequality and social unrest
- The Robinhood Rally and bankruptcy bet that took institutional investors by complete surprise
- The great inflation vs. deflation debate
Featuring insight from previous Breakdown guests including Luke Gromen, Lyn Alden, Jesse Felder, Preston Pysh and more.
HOST
CoinDesk is the world leader in news, prices and information on bitcoin and other digital currencies.
We cover news and analysis on the trends, price movements, technologies, companies and people in the bitcoin and digital currency world.

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