A reading of two recent essays. This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.On this week’s “Long Read’s Sunday,” NLW looks at DAOs and their benefits over traditional fundraising, reading:“DAOs and the Next Crowdfunding Gold Rush” by Will Gottsegen“What Kickstarter Going Decentralized Means for Web 3” by Daniel Kuhn -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 Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill 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 “Dark Crazed Cap” by Isaac Joel. Image credit: mathisworks/DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images, 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.