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COINDESK DAILY: Nishad Singh’s Lawyers Ask Judge to Spare Him Prison; Italy to Raise Capital Gains Tax on Crypto Oct 17, 2024

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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the news in the crypto industry including filings from Nishad Singh's lawyers and the latest cyberattack at Radiant Capital.

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as Nishad Singh's lawyers have asked a federal judge to spare him prison. Plus, lending protocol Radiant Capital lost more than $50 million in an apparent cyberattack and Italy is raising capital gain taxes on cryptocurrencies.

This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Christine Lee, Jennifer Sanasie, Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.

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COINDESK DAILY: Tesla Is Moving Bitcoin; Trump-Supported Token Falls Flat Oct 16, 2024

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Host Christine Lee breaks down the news in the crypto industry from Tesla's bitcoin moves to Trump's token launch.

Elon Musk's Tesla moves $760 million worth of bitcoin. Plus, Trump-linked World Liberty Financial's token launch fails to gather much interest and the latest on the legal battle between Coinbase and the U.S. SEC. "CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today.

This episode was hosted by Christine Lee. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Christine Lee, Jennifer Sanasie, Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.

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UNCHAINED: 2 Crypto Investors on Why They Believe DeFi Is Poised for a Bull Run Oct 16, 2024

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DeFi tokens have lagged in this cycle. Is that trend over? Investors Arthur Cheong and Jordi Alexander say yes.

DeFi tokens have faced significant challenges in recent years. However, are we now on the verge of a new bull market?

Arthur Cheong, founder and CIO of DeFiance Capital, and Jordi Alexander, founder of Selini Capital and chief alchemist at Mantle, join the show to discuss why they believe DeFi is poised for growth. They dive into how DeFi's security and user experience have improved, the impact of Layer 2 solutions on Ethereum, and whether Ethereum or Solana will drive the next bull run. Plus, they discuss whether interest in memecoins takes attention from DeFi, and why sustainable tokenomics matters when it comes to valuing coins.

Are DeFi tokens finally ready to shine again?

Show highlights:

Why they believe that DeFi is poised for a bull cycle
How DeFi's security and UX have improved
Whether DeFi activity can be sustained in the long term
Why Jordi thinks that Layer 2s are not parasitic to ETH but Arthur thinks they are
Whether the DeFi bull case is stronger on Ethereum, Solana or other chains
Whether the Ethereum Foundation and Vitalik Buterin should be more proactive in supporting DeFi
How memecoins reflect a broader societal problem
The importance of tokens that don’t have big unlocks
How the lack of solid frameworks for valuing tokens might be causing capital misallocation in crypto
Whether a liquid venture investing approach is better for crypto
Why Jordi says that there’s a lot of “potential to unlock” with the overlap of Bitcoin and DeFi

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Guests:

Arthur Cheong, founder and CIO of DeFiance Capital
Aave, the Core Pillar of Decentralized Finance and Onchain Economy
Liquid Venture Investing in Crypto
Jordi Alexander, Chief Alchemist at Mantle, Founder of Selini Capital

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Previous coverage of Unchained on this cycle & DeFi: Has Decentralized Finance Hit Bottom?
Kain Warwick’s tweet on Vitalik being anti-DeFi
Cointelegraph: Vitalik Buterin responds to criticism that Ethereum ‘doesn’t care’ about DeFi
The great return of DeFi, by @tradetheflow_

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COINDESK DAILY: Trump Pumps DeFi Token Sale; Bitcoin Price Jumps Above $65K Oct 15, 2024

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Host Christine Lee breaks down the news in the crypto industry from Donald Trump promoting the token launch of his DeFi project to bitcoin's price movements.

Donald Trump promotes the token launch of decentralized finance project World Liberty Financial. Plus, bitcoin price jumps above $65,000 amid renewed hopes of a China stimulus and a British man files a legal claim against a local council in an attempt to retrieve his buried bitcoin. "CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today.

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MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | MoneyGram Announces Its Latest: MoneyGram Wallet Oct 15, 2024

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The latest price moves and insights with Christine Lee, Sam Ewen and MoneyGram Chairman and CEO Alex Holmes.

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MoneyGram Chairman and CEO Alex Holmes discusses what future integration between fiat and crypto would like. Plus, the latest on how users can request funds (USDC) with other MoneyGram Wallet Users.

This content should not be construed or relied upon as investment advice. It is for entertainment and general information purposes.

This episode was hosted by Christine Lee. “Markets Daily” is produced by Christine Lee, Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez, and edited by Victor Chen. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

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THE MINING POD: Home Bitcoin Mining For The Masses With Bitaxe Oct 15, 2024

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Want to mine Bitcoin but don’t know how to do it from home? Have we got a podcast for you!

Welcome back to the Mining Pod! Today we’re joined by Skot, the creator of the open source Bitcoin mining project Bitaxe! Launched a bit over a year ago, Bitaxe is a simple way to bring mining back to the household by taking a chip from state of the art Bitcoin miners like the Bitmain S21 and gluing it with a bunch of other parts into a mini-home miner! We talk with Skot about the origin of the idea, why he wanted to make something like the Bitaxe, the value of home mining and the future of mega miners like Riot, Marathon or others.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:10 What's a Bitaxe?

05:20 How is it open source?

06:15 Salvaging chips

10:45 Sourcing components

13:11 How are they sold?

15:05 Why make the Bitaxe?

19:19 Node + Bitaxe?

21:04 Increasing collaboration

26:42 Pleb mining

30:30 The future of mining

36:09 Bitaxe timeline

36:50 The experience making the Bitaxe

42:13 Wrap up

Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday!

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COINDESK DAILY: Cumberland, Bitnomial Lawsuits vs. SEC, Nigeria Denies Bail for US Compliance Officer Oct 11, 2024

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Host Christine Lee breaks down the news in the crypto industry from the latest SEC moves to Nigeria denying bail for Tigran Gambaryan.

The U.S. SEC sues crypto market maker Cumberland DRW. Separately, crypto exchange Bitnomial sues the SEC and Nigeria denies bail for American crypto compliance officer Tigran Gambaryan. "CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today.

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UNCHAINED: FTX's Ryan Salame Is Going to Prison. Here’s What He Has to Say Oct 11, 2024

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As former FTX executive Ryan Salame heads to prison, he blames Alameda’s lawyers, says prosecutors misled his attorneys, and explains why he thinks Caroline Ellison is at least as guilty as Sam Bankman-Fried.

Ryan Salame, the former CEO of FTX Digital Markets, is headed to prison, but not before sharing his side of the story. Ryan talks candidly about the decisions he made at FTX, why he withdrew millions of dollars worth of assets in the days leading up to its bankruptcy, and the backstory behind the Thai prostitute trading scheme to unfreeze Alameda’s funds in China. He also disputes the claims about his campaign finance violations, while explaining why he thinks Caroline Ellison is “at least as guilty as SBF” and that Nishad Singh lied.

Show highlights:

Ryan’s life pre-FTX and how he got into crypto
His three attempts to quit working at FTX
How Ryan committed campaign finance violations
Why Ryan disputes claims that FTX misled banks and misused customer funds
How Ryan was involved in setting up trading accounts with the identities of Thai prostitutes to unfreeze Alameda’s funds
Whether Ryan was involved in bribing a Chinese official
Why he withdrew millions of dollars worth of assets from his FTX accounts right before its bankruptcy
Why Ryan claims he was cooperative with prosecutors, despite common belief
How he refuses to comment on his wife Michelle Bond's case, but denies wrongdoing
Why Ryan pleaded the Fifth Amendment
His allegations that prosecutors lied to his lawyers about whether they would pursue charges against Michelle
Why he thinks that SBF could have never coerced Caroline Ellison and whether Ellison is “equally guilty” as SBF
Why Ryan believes Nishad Singh lied to save himself and his take on Gary Wang
How, if he didn’t know about the fraud, he could be so certain that Caroline or Nishad lied
Whether the legal advice from FTX’s and Alameda’s lawyers should have been considered in Bankman-Fried's trial
Whether testimony from more employees could have created reasonable doubt in SBF's trial
Why Ryan is going to law school
His plans post-prison
What Ryan learned from the FTX debacle

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Guest:

Ryan Salame, former CEO of FTX Digital Markets

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MARKETS DAILY: CoinDesk Markets Week In Review Oct 11, 2024

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CoinDesk Indices presents notable data insights from the week, followed by additional analysis from Caleigh Crossman, Data Ops Lead at Security Token Market.

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The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) functions as a benchmark for the performance of the digital asset market, delivering institutional quality information to digital asset investors. Subsets of the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) are investable CoinDesk Crypto Sectors and the CoinDesk 20 Index, designed to measure the performance of top digital assets. Today’s takeaways are provided by Tracy Stephens, senior index manager at CoinDesk Indices with additional analysis from Caleigh Crossman, Data Ops Lead at Security Token Market.

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THE MINING POD: Difficulty Update, IREN Lawsuit, Antminer S21, Tokenized Whiskey and Satoshi Nakamoto Oct 11, 2024

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Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? It’s unclear but he might have been on our very own show!

Welcome back to the Mining Pod! We’re going through Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news including a difficulty update after Florida hurricanes, IREN’s lawsuit about HPC, Bitmain releasing another version of the S21 with less efficiency (why?), Marathon’s Anduro platform getting in on tokenized whiskey, Marathon also getting sued for being too loud at its Granbury, Texas site and HBOs new Satoshi Nakamoto documentary uncovering the creator of Bitcoin was none other than Peter Todd, a guest and friend of the show! We dig in.

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Timestamps:

00:15 Start

01:16 Difficulty update

03:14 IREN HPC lawsuit

09:26 Bitmain announces new S21 variants

15:04 MARA’s whiskey on the blockchain

25:30 MARA’s continued dispute with Texas town

29:16 Cry corner: HBOs documentary

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