One of the world’s most interesting thinker joins NLW for a wide-ranging discussionThis episode is sponsored by NYDIG.This interview originally aired December 19th, 2020. Balaji Srinivasan is an angel investor and entrepreneur, the former CTO of Coinbase, a former General Partner at Andressen Horowitz and more. In this wide-ranging conversation with NLW, he discusses:How networks are taking a power role once reserved for god and the stateWhy pre-internet institutions will not survive the internet Why bitcoin at $1 million is a global governmentWoke capital vs. communist capital vs. crypto capitalFind our guest online: @balajis-NYDIG, the institutional-grade platform for Bitcoin, is making it possible for thousands of banks who have trusted relationships with hundreds of millions of customers, to offer Bitcoin. Learn more at NYDIG.com/NLW.-“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Only in Time” by Abloom. Image credit: Oleksii Liskonih/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.