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The Big Take from Bloomberg News brings you inside what’s shaping the world's economies with the smartest and most informed business reporters around the world. The context you need on the stories that can move markets. Every afternoon.

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Episode: The Legal Fight Nightmare Scenario for the US Midterms
Ryan Weeks
Bloomberg crypto editor
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Episode: Binance, North Korea and the Crypto Heist Boom
Adam Farrar
Bloomberg Economics analyst and former National Security Council staffer
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Episode: Binance, North Korea and the Crypto Heist Boom
Ben Otto
Bloomberg Indonesia bureau chief
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Episode: Is Indonesia’s Stock Market Becoming Uninvestable?

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Binance, North Korea and the Crypto Heist Boom
Q: Can governments have both a much bigger crypto economy and effective economic sanctions?
Adam Farrar says the current answer appears to be no: cryptocurrency's decentralized structure makes it difficult to block hacking revenue that can fund North Korea's weapons programs.
Binance, North Korea and the Crypto Heist Boom
Q: How much money might the hackers actually get in the end?
About half the stolen amount had been frozen, primarily through stablecoin issuers, while Binance also responded quickly. The exact amount the hackers ultimately retain remains uncertain.
The Legal Fight Nightmare Scenario for the US Midterms
Q: What do they hope that these lawsuits are going to accomplish? Is it to sort of gum things up or are they targeting some kind of solution here in the end?
Tillman says the Justice Department describes the lawsuits as enforcement of existing laws intended to protect election security and maintain accurate voter rolls. Critics argue those laws do not give the federal government broad power to intervene in elections.
The Legal Fight Nightmare Scenario for the US Midterms
Q: Is there a precedent for this kind of preemptive suit, the way that the Justice Department has approached the ballot issue in Alaska?
Tillman says the case is extraordinarily unusual: it seeks to prevent certification under certain conditions and invokes the National Voter Registration Act, a law focused on voter registration rather than ballot counting.
Global Markets Ride the Blue Wave
Q: How much of the drop in bond yields is about the belief that a Democrat controlled Congress is going to mean less US deficit spending?
Burgess attributes the bond rally partly to falling oil prices and lower inflation expectations, and partly to the prospect that Congress could constrain tariffs. Both developments could ease inflation pressures and support bonds.

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Daily, tightly produced conversations that explain the economic and business forces behind major news stories. Bloomberg reporters and editors speak with colleagues and outside experts, connecting market developments to company strategy, public policy, politics and the effects on households. Coverage ranges from technology investment and corporate earnings to sovereign debt, elections, consumer confidence and industry change.

Sarah Holder is a recurring host, joined by other Bloomberg journalists who bring beat-level reporting and analysis to each discussion. Guests include business leaders, economists, market commentators and specialist reporters. The format is concise but substantive, with an emphasis on explaining why a story matters to... more

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