Month: September 2023

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | Franklin Templeton Joins List of Asset Managers Wanting Spot Bitcoin ETF, With Host Noelle Acheson

Noelle Acheson, author of the Crypto is Macro Now newsletter, discusses Franklin Templeton’s bitcoin spot ETF filing, prediction markets and jobs.

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Today’s Stories:

Franklin Templeton Joins Spot Bitcoin ETF Race

Gensler Hearing Shows Key Senate Democrat Digging in Heels on Crypto

Top 100 Asset Manager Managers by Managed AUM - SWFI

How Much? How Long? Where’s it Going? Prediction Markets is Now Live at BitMEX

BitMEX's Prediction Market Is Now Live

48.00 (P_XBTETFV23) Trade - BitMEX

Ripple Will Do 80% of Its Hiring This Year Outside the U.S: Bloomberg

Coinbase Targets Regulatory Clarity in International Expansion Plan

OPEC+ cuts, firm demand in Asia to lift Brent above $100/bbl by year-end -BofA | Reuters 

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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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Federalist Radio Hour - ‘You’re Wrong’ With Mollie Hemingway And David Harsanyi, Ep. 63: Impeachment

Will President Joe Biden finally face consequences for his role in the family influence-peddling scheme? Join Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway and Senior Editor David Harsanyi as they discuss the rationale behind House Republicans' impeachment inquiry, explain why Democrat efforts to keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot make U.S. elections unfree and unfair, break down Democrats' "banned books" lie, and review the Kavanaugh confirmation smears. Mollie and David also share their culture picks for the week.
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Articles of Interest - Plus Sizes

Plus-sized fashion seems to live in a separate trend cycle. There are different patterns, different cuts. And most notably, women’s shirts often have holes in their shoulders. And this separate plus-sized fashion universe reveals a lot about the way clothes are made and measured… and the way clothes dictate who is allowed to participate in public life.

This episode was made in collaboration with the show Weight For It. Links, images, and more at articlesofinterest.substack.com

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Focus on Africa - Libya floods: What you need to know

There are scenes of utter devastation in Libya's eastern city of Derna, after a powerful storm caused two dams to burst, sweeping away large parts of the port city. Some aid has arrived, but with the country struggling under divided political administrations in the east and west, Libya's Prime Minister in Tripoli said they would only accept "necessary aid". We look at how the catastrophic impact of Storm Daniel has brought the country’s fragile and complex political situation to the fore.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lifted a year-long visa ban imposed on Nigerian travellers. Flights were stopped last year after Dubai’s Emirates airline suspended operations in Nigeria as it was angered by moves preventing it from transferring its revenues overseas because of a foreign currency crisis.

Also…Conservationists in Egypt oppose the government’s plan to build a highway through Cairo’s centuries old cemetery The City of the Dead.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - The Future of The Past: Who Will Control History?

For thousands of years groups of humans have each told their own religious and social narratives, building a past that attempts to explain the present and the future. And, unfortunately, since the dawn of recorded time these groups have also sought to make sure their version of history is the 'real' one. In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel dive into the strange practice of controlling the past -- and why this conspiracy continues, unabated, in the modern day.

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NPR's Book of the Day - In ‘Fly,’ Mitchell S. Jackson looks back over the history of fashion in the NBA

From Walt "Clyde" Frazier to Russell Westbrook, a new book by Pulitzer Prize winner Mitchell S. Jackson chronicles the relationship between style and basketball over decades. Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion features photos and analysis of how the Civil Rights movement, the infamous dress code, and Instagram have all played a role in the evolution of NBA players' modes of expression. In today's episode, Jackson tells NPR's Ayesha Rascoe how race and activism also intersect with the perception of the sport, and why he thinks we're seeing the most exciting tunnel walks yet.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Plan To Move Migrants From Police Stations To Tents

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a plan to move roughly 1,600 migrants from Chicago police stations to tent camps around the city. These tents are being modeled after the ones built in New York City that can house up to 1,000 people. Reset turned to WBEZ city government and politics reporters Mariah Woelfel and Tessa Weinberg to get the latest on that plan and on the city’s financial forecast.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - UNCHAINED: Jeremy Allaire on Circle’s ‘Multi-Decade’ Strategy and Where Stablecoin Regulation Is Headed

It’s been a busy year for USDC issuer Circle, with several new product launches and partnerships, a crypto banking crisis to contend with, the entry of PayPal into the stablecoin business, and plenty of new global regulatory developments, including a bill in the U.S. now making its way through Congress. Circle co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire joins Unchained for an in-depth discussion on the reasons behind Coinbase’s investment in Circle, how Circle has emerged stronger from the banking crisis, what he thinks of PYUSD, what he likes and doesn’t like about the current U.S. stablecoin bill, and his thoughts on what the final bill will look like. 


Show highlights:

  • Why Circle and Coinbase created the Center Consortium and why Coinbase acquired a stake in Circle?
  • Whether Circle is aiming to be acquired or become a public company, and why Jeremy is pursuing a "multi-decade" strategy.
  • Why Circle partnered with MercadoLibre and the stablecoin usage in Latin America?
  • How the company has been supporting developers to build applications.
  • Why Circle is launching native USDC on so many new blockchains?
  • What the purpose of cross-chain transfer protocol (CCTP) is and what the big problems with bridges are.
  • How Circle responded to Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse and why the world began to feel that "it's not safe to be exposed to the US."
  • Jeremy's thoughts on the launch of PayPal's stablecoin, PYUSD.
  • Why is having stablecoin legislation a "national priority," according to Jeremy?
  • Why Jeremy is a proponent of a fully reserved banking system?
  • Why did he think the US needs to "aggressively" take action to preserve the global reserve currency status of the US dollar?
  • How China’s national digital currency is likely to develop.
  • How crypto can provide a better way of support identity without giving up privacy?
  • Why blockchain technology is much more than just a financial regulatory matter?


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Unchained: 

Coinbase Acquires Equity Stake in Circle Amid USDC Updates and Market Challenges

Will PayPal’s PYUSD Steal Market Share From Tether and Circle?

The Fall of SVB: What Happened and How It Affects Crypto

CoinDesk | 

U.S. Stablecoin Bill Takes Big Step Despite Fight From Democrats, White House

Circle Seeks to Make Crypto Payments Easier With New 'Programmable Wallets'

Written Statement of Jeremy Allaire Before the United States House Committee on Financial Services, “The Future of Digital Assets: Providing Clarity for the Digital Asset Ecosystem”


South China Morning Post:

Head of crypto firm Circle accepts ban in mainland China, but sees role for yuan-backed stablecoins 

TechCrunch: Solana Pay integrates plug-in with Shopify for USDC payments 

Decrypt: Circle Partners With Mercado Libre to Bring USDC to Chile 

Jeremy’s comments on the launch of PYUSD


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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