This week, Ivy Zelman, CEO of Zelman and Associates, and the author of the Z report, came on to talk about trends in the the housing market and if this year is looking up after a rough 2018. Ryan Selkis, founder and CEO of the cryptocurrency research firm Messari, went through bitcoin's surprise surge and what could be behind it. Mike Mayo, senior analyst at Wells Fargo Securities, joined to discuss why earnings results for banks are boring and beautiful to him, and why it should be another boring quarter for financial institutions. Then Stephen Palley, partner and co-chair of the Blockchain and Virtual Currency group at the law firm of Anderson Kill, came on to walk through the SEC's long-awaited guidance on digital assets and the impact on ICOs. 

<p>This week, Ivy Zelman, CEO of Zelman and Associates, and the author of the Z report, came on to talk about trends in the the housing market and if this year is looking up after a rough 2018. Ryan Selkis, founder and CEO of the cryptocurrency research firm Messari, went through bitcoin's surprise surge and what could be behind it. Mike Mayo, senior analyst at Wells Fargo Securities, joined to discuss why earnings results for banks are boring and beautiful to him, and why it should be another boring quarter for financial institutions. Then Stephen Palley, partner and co-chair of the Blockchain and Virtual Currency group at the law firm of Anderson Kill, came on to walk through the SEC's long-awaited guidance on digital assets and the impact on ICOs. </p>

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What'd You Miss This Week

The Tale of Two Housing Markets

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