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GEN C: Merging Digital and Physical Through AR Gaming With Niantic CMO Mike Quigley Dec 04, 2023

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Mike Quigley, chief marketing officer of Niantic, discusses the company's history of developing location-based augmented reality games, including Pokemon GO.

Today's episode is sponsored by Chainalysis.

Listen to this week’s episode where we discuss how Niantic encourages people to explore and bring joy to their lives through the use of AR. We talk about tools for developers, partnerships with brands and his thoughts on the future of AR and generative AI.

Links mentioned from the podcast:

Sam Ewen, Avery Akkineni, CoinDesk, Vayner3

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"Gen C" features hosts Sam Ewen and Avery Akkineni, with editing by Jonas Huck. Executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced by Uyen Truong. Our theme music is "1882” by omgkirby x Channel Tres with editing by Doc Blust. Artwork by Nicole Marie Rincon.

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MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | What Triggered Bitcoin's Jump Above $40K? Dec 04, 2023

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Noelle Acheson, the mind behind the Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, explores strong crypto moves, oil price pessimism, bitcoin criticism and more.

Today's episode is sponsored by CME Group and Harpie.

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Today’s Stories:

Bitcoin Tops $42K as Crypto Market Recovers to Pre-Terra Levels

Bitcoin Going From Boiling the Oceans to Draining Them, According to Critic

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This episode was hosted by Noelle Acheson. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

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MARKETS DAILY: Featured Story | COP28 and Bitcoin: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship? Dec 03, 2023

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COP28 kicks off in the UAE this week. While it is likely to deliver the usual ineffective hand-wringing, at significant cost, this year there is a twist: the presence of Bitcoin delegates shows just how far the industry has come.

Today's episode is sponsored by CME Group and Harpie.

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For today’s featured story, Noelle Acheson reads her piece written for CoinDesk, titled: “COP28 and Bitcoin: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship?”

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MARKETS DAILY: CoinDesk Market Index Week in Review Dec 02, 2023

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CoinDesk Indices presents six notable market movement highlights from last week.

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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. Today’s takeaways are provided by Tracy Stephens, senior index manager of CoinDesk Indices with additional analysis from Connor Farley, CEO and Co-Founder of Truvius. For more on the CMI you can visit: coindeskmarkets.com.

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UNCHAINED: Why Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Is So Pro-Crypto Dec 01, 2023

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The GOP presidential candidate also talks about how pegging the dollar to a basket of commodities that could eventually include Bitcoin would help the U.S. economy, and why he hates the idea of a CBDC.

Vivek Ramaswamy is likely the biggest supporter of crypto among the current crop of presidential candidates. But his enthusiasm comes not from an inherent love of the technology or its principles themselves, but a dissatisfaction with what he calls the “administrative state” that’s stifled innovation in a number of important industries, crypto among them.

On this episode of Unchained, Ramaswamy discusses his radical plan to slash the number of people working at federal agencies; his three-point crypto policy plan based on the freedom to code as a protected form of expression, the freedom of financial self-reliance, and the freedom to innovate free from regulatory overreach; why the current orientation of the U.S. government towards regulation of the crypto industry by enforcement isn’t helping anyone; his plans to stabilize the U.S. dollar by pegging it to a basket of commodities that could eventually include Bitcoin; why he’s so opposed to central bank digital currencies; and what industries he thinks could benefit from the use of blockchain technology.

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Show highlights |

How Vivek, who has a background in biotech, fell down the “crypto rabbit hole”
How the administrative branch of government doesn't work like it's supposed to, according to Vivek
Why he believes the government poses a threat to the future of crypto
How he would respond to a situation in which the code of a smart contract is exploited
How Vivek would prevent the use of crypto for illicit ends
Why he thinks that the current status quo in terms of crypto regulation is the “worst of all worlds”
Vivek’s plan to stabilize the U.S. dollar by pegging it to a basket of commodities, potentially including Bitcoin
Why he is so against the creation of a central bank digital currency in the U.S.
How blockchain technology can be used to help the U.S. maintain its technological supremacy

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Guest

Vivek Ramaswamy, 2024 U.S. Presidential Candidate

Vivek on The Chopping Block: Why Vivek Ramaswamy Wants Less Crypto Regulation

Links

Original speech unveiling his crypto policy plan at the North American Blockchain Summit 2023

Unchained: GOP Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Makes the Case for Reduced Crypto Regulation

Bloomberg: Ramaswamy’s Crypto Deregulation Plan Is Scaring the Industry

CoinDesk: Ramaswamy Shares Crypto Plan, Making Him the Only GOP Candidate Who Has One

Unchained Podcast is Produced by Laura Shin Media, LLC. Distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Michele Musso and Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz.

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MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | Would Lower Oil Prices Be Good or Bad for Bitcoin? Dec 01, 2023

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Noelle Acheson, the mind behind the Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, explores the crypto market rally, energy prices, how oil prices impact bitcoin and more.

Today's episode is sponsored by CME Group and Harpie.

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Today’s Stories:

Bitcoin Rises to $38.8K for the First Time Since May 2022

Bitcoin - Monthly Return

GDPNow - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

China’s Xi Seen Delaying Key Economic Plenum, Defying Norms - Bloomberg

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MONEY REIMAGINED: The Dichotomy of AI | MIT Professor Sandy Pentland Examines Whether It Poses a Threat or Opportunity to Humanity Dec 01, 2023

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Is AI older than you think? Exploring AI Governance challenges and solutions from centralization concerns to data ownership and community empowerment.

This episode is sponsored by Cboe Digital

In this week's episode of "Money Reimagined," – host Michael Casey sits down with MIT Professor Alex “Sandy” Pentland to discuss data ownership, data control, crypto, and AI technologies as they reshape the landscape of digital innovation, offering new possibilities and problems concerning security considerations that affect humanity now.

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Sam Altman to Return as OpenAI CEO Following In-Principle Agreement

Sriram Krishnan: AI, Crypto and Entrepreneurship

The Creator Economy, AI and Future of Web3

Professor Alex 'Sandy' Pentland

Overview ‹ Data Provenance for AI

Overview ‹ The Atlas of Opportunity — MIT Media Lab

Overview ‹ Safe Paths — MIT Media Lab

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Money Reimagined has been produced and edited by senior producer Michele Musso and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “The News Tonight ” by Shimmer.

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THE PROTOCOL: Leadership Turmoil Hits Cosmos, ENS and Unstoppable Domains Fuel Tech Ownership Debate and More Nov 30, 2023

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Cosmos faces internal leadership challenges, with its founder advocating for a 'hard fork.' Concurrently, the Ethereum Name Service founder contemplates challenging Unstoppable Domains in light of its recently approved patent. Meanwhile, concerns arise about a potential Blast 'backlash,' leaving investors unsettled by recent developments in the crypto landscape.

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In this installment of "The Protocol," hosts Brad Keoun, the founding editor of The Protocol Newsletter, and tech journalists Sam Kessler and Margaux Nijkerk, explore the following stories:

Cosmos - Cosmos' founder Jae Kwon favors splitting the blockchain into two

Cosmos Hub is an intermediary among all independent blockchains created within the Cosmos network. ATOM powers the Cosmos ecosystem of blockchains programmed to scale and interoperate with each other.

Ethereum Name Service (ENS), in an intellectual-property dispute with rival Unstoppable Domains.

ENS Founder Nick Johnson told CoinDesk he’s unhappy with Unstoppable Domains's patenting of work that he claims he produced and published earlier.

PROTOCOL VILLAGE SEGMENT

BLAST

The idea of a yield-paying layer-2 blockchain atop Ethereum has demonstrated market allure. However, even the project's biggest investor has taken issue with the execution and marketing surrounding the initial rollout.

And something hot off the presses - CELO

With hot competition between layer-2 technology providers like Optimism, Polygon, and Matter Labs, Celo's choice is being closely watched by the blockchain industry.

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Cosmos Founder Calls for Chain Split; ATOM Down 3%

'We Are Prepared to Go to the Mat:' ENS Founder on Patent Dispute With Unstoppable

Celo Developer Proposes Mid-January Timeline for Evaluating Closely Watched Layer-2 Move

Blast's One-Week, $600M Haul Shows Promise of Yield, Pitfalls of Hype

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The Protocol has been produced and edited by senior producer Michele Musso and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Take Me Back” by Strength To Last.

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MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | Proposed U.S. Rule Change Gives Treasury Broad Expansion of Powers, Including Over Crypto Platforms Nov 30, 2023

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Noelle Acheson, the mind behind the Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, explores signals in the U.S. economy, regulatory overreach, market moves and more.

Today's episode is sponsored by CME Group and PayPal.

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Today’s Stories:

U.S. Treasury Campaigning for Amplified Powers to Chase Crypto Overseas

China Investment Bank Bans Bearish Research, Wealth Displays - Bloomberg

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CARPE CONSENSUS: Can You Put a Price on Decentralized Governance? Polygon and DraftKings Did Nov 30, 2023

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Danny Nelson describes his recent scoop where he learned that Polygon quietly gave DraftKings preferential treatment while telling the public it was an "equal" member of the validator community.

On "Carpe Consensus," hosts Ben Schiller and Danny Nelson take a deep dive into a recent scoop of Danny's, involving layer 2 blockchain Polygon and sports betting company DraftKings.

[1:04] Inside the Desk: When Polygon announced DraftKings would be joining its validator community, it failed to disclose the financial incentives lurking in the background of the deal. Read Danny's full piece on CoinDesk: "Polygon's Secret Deal: Sending DraftKings Millions to Run Failed Validator."
[17:09] Ben previews CoinDesk's Most Influential 2023, releasing Dec. 4.

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