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COINDESK DAILY: Trump Leads Harris on Polymarket After Musk Endorsement; Tether Celebrates 10-Year Birthday Oct 07, 2024

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Host Christine Lee breaks down the news in the crypto industry including Elon Musk's endorsement of Trump to Tether's new moves in Europe.

"CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as Donald Trump is leading Democratic rival Kamala Harris by 3 percentage points in Polymarket's election contract following Elon Musk's endorsement. Plus, Tether is developing a customized stablecoin solution to adhere to regulatory requirements in Europe and the UAE has exempted all crypto transactions from having to pay value-added tax.

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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MARKETS DAILY: CoinDesk Markets Week In Review Oct 04, 2024

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CoinDesk Indices presents notable data insights from the week, followed by additional analysis from Hugo Takimoto, Head of Product and Liquidity at Rho Labs.

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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 Hugo Takimoto, Head of Product and Liquidity at Rho Labs.

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UNCHAINED: Bitcoin's Price Dropped After Iran's Attack on Israel. Is ‘Uptober’ Canceled? Oct 04, 2024

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With geopolitical tensions rising in the Middle East, how does Bitcoin react to global risk events? And is ‘Uptober’ still on the table?

October started with hopes for “Uptober”—a positive price trajectory in October—in the Bitcoin community, since, historically, Bitcoin has performed well this month. But things took a turn when geopolitical tensions in the Middle East escalated, raising concerns about how that could affect Bitcoin’s price this month.

In this episode, André Dragosch, European Head of Research at Bitwise, talks about how Bitcoin typically responds to geopolitical shocks, whether this could present a buying opportunity, and how major events like the U.S. elections might shape Bitcoin’s future.

Show highlights:

How Bitcoin’s reacted to the geopolitical escalations
Why André believes this is a buying opportunity
How there was a macro capitulation after the beginning of the unwind of the Japan carry trade in August
Whether Bitcoin can truly act as a safe haven asset
How the clientele of ETFs have changed the market structure for Bitcoin
Whether ‘Uptober’ is canceled
How Andre expects Bitcoin will perform depending on the winner of the U.S. elections

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André Dragosch, European Head of Research at Bitwise
Bitcoin as a Safe-Haven: Hedging Against Geopolitical Risks

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Previous coverage of Unchained on the recent market movements::
Investors Ditch Bitcoin, Scoop Up Gold, as Iran-Israel Tensions Escalate
$500 Million Liquidated From Crypto Markets Cools ‘Uptober’ Enthusiasm
Unchained:
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan’s thread on how bitcoin & gold have performed
BlackRock’s bitcoin report

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COINDESK DAILY: An HBO Documentary Is Set to Reveal Satoshi's Identity; U.S. Added Blowout 254K Jobs in September Oct 04, 2024

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Host Christine Lee breaks down the news in the crypto industry including a new HBO documentary that claims to have cracked the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto to the stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data.

"CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as a new HBO documentary is set to unveil the identity of Bitcoin's anonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. Plus, the U.S. jobs data returned stronger than expected and Binance's combined market share in spot and derivatives volume dropped to its lowest level since September 2020.

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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THE MINING POD: Bullish Inflows, Ocean’s DATUM, CleanSpark & Helene and Swan’s Lawsuit Oct 04, 2024

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We dig into this week’s Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news, including Ocean announcing a new Stratum v2 competitor and more on Swan’s dramatic lawsuit.

Welcome back to the Mining Pod! This week, we’re talking about about bullish inflows to the crypto (mostly Bitcoin) ecosystem that could support better asset prices, Ocean launching a new decentralized template program for miners, CleanSpark’s hurricane woes and updates from the recent catastrophe in the Southeast US and Swan’s dramatic lawsuit against its former employees!

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Timestamps:

00:00 Start

04:18 Difficulty update

05:26 Coinshares: Digital Asset Flows

10:40 Ocean Pool's Datum

18:46 Cleanspark & the hurricane

24:03 Swan mining update

31:32 Cry Corner: Satoshi Has Been Found! LOL

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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Show links:

https://blog.coinshares.com/volume-202-digital-asset-fund-flows-weekly-report-e00fa60eac86

https://ocean.xyz/docs/datum

https://www.theblock.co/post/318784/bitcoin-miner-cleanspark-restores-200mw-in-the-wake-of-hurricane-helene

https://blockspace.media/insight/new-filings-raise-questions-about-mining-ownership-in-swan-lawsuit/

https://x.com/disclosetv/status/1841896077865230409

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MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | Boomers Hold Tight, While Gen Z Shakes It Up: How the U.S. Election is Shaping Portfolios Oct 03, 2024

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The latest price moves and insights with Jennifer Sanasie and eToro US Investment and Options Analyst Bret Kenwell.

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eToro US Investment and Options Analyst Bret Kenwell discusses the Retail Investor Beat survey, with a focus on how investors are allocating their portfolios ahead of the election.

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

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COINDESK DAILY: SEC Files Notice of Appeal in Ripple Case; Swift's Next Move With Global Banks Oct 03, 2024

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Host Christine Lee breaks down the news in the crypto industry including the SEC's announcement that they would appeal the ruling in its case against Ripple and global banks to start using Swift for live trials of digital assets transactions.

"CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as the U.S. SEC is appealing a federal judge's ruling in its case against Ripple. Plus, banks around the world will be able to use the Swift network to carry out trial digital assets transactions and Grayscale has introduced a new fund that offers exposure to Aave's AAVE token.

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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MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | Bitcoin’s Rocky Start in October: How Geopolitical Tensions Affect the Crypto Market Oct 02, 2024

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The latest price moves and insights with Jennifer Sanasie.

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CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the rocky start to the month of October for bitcoin, as the largest cryptocurrency by market cap regained the $61,000 level. Plus, the impact of geopolitical conflicts on digital assets as Mideast tensions intensify.

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COINDESK DAILY: North Korea Is Infiltrating the Crypto Industry; Diddy Hires Sam Bankman-Fried’s Appeal Lawyer Oct 02, 2024

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Host Christine Lee breaks down the news in the crypto industry from CoinDesk's investigation on North Korean IT workers in crypto to Diddy hiring Sam Bankman-Fried's appeal lawyer.

"CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as a CoinDesk investigation reveals that crypto firms are unknowingly hiring IT workers from North Korea. Plus, Sean “Diddy” Combs has hired the lawyer who handles Sam Bankman-Fried's appeal and Bitwise registered a trust entity in the state of Delaware, taking a first step at an XRP ETF.

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UNCHAINED: Could Bittensor End Up Being the Only Crypto/AI Project That Matters? Oct 02, 2024

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Bittensor, a decentralized AI project, is gaining attention as one of the most promising intersections of AI and crypto.

AI and crypto are two of the hottest topics of the decade, but are there any projects truly making waves at the intersection of both? Bittensor, an open-source, decentralized AI network, is positioning itself as a leader in this space, with its TAO token seeing explosive growth and its model challenging traditional centralized AI companies.

In this episode, we’re joined by Joseph Jacks, aka JJ, founder of OSS Capital, and Sami Kassab, partner at OSS Capital, to explore why they’ve gone all-in on Bittensor. They discuss how Bittensor works, what makes it different from centralized AI models, and why they believe this project could be transformative for both crypto and AI.

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