Month: November 2020

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: A Bitcoin Shortage? PayPal and Cash App Buying More Than 100% of New Supply

When demand from these two sources alone exceeds the entire supply of newly minted bitcoins, expect serious supply pressure to follow.

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.

Today on the Brief:

  • AstraZeneca and University of Oxford release third positive COVID-19 vaccine trial data
  • Trump administration ratchets up pressure on China 
  • Another DCEP lottery trial coming 


Our main discussion: a narrative shift, growing attention and a bitcoin shortage. 

What happens when demand exceeds supply and supply is being gobbled up aggressively by new market actors? That’s the question posed by Pantera’s recent investor letter and today’s Breakdown episode. 

NLW also looks at 

  • The reappearance of bitcoin in mainstream media, like today’s Wall Street Journal
  • The rise of celebrities coming out as HODLers
  • BlackRock’s CIO suggests bitcoin could replace gold for many

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Playing his Trump cards: Biden’s China policy

The tone of America’s president-elect on China changed markedly through the campaign; his policies, at least at the outset, may differ little from those of his predecessor. We examine the stark racial disparities in covid-19 outcomes around the world. And the clever use of a waste product to make a better takeaway coffee cup.

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The Best One Yet - “Canal Street of the Internet” — Wish’s public desire. A Wonder Woman Christmas. Affirm’s overdependent IPO.

Circle the calendar (again) for December 25th: It’s the new Streaming-palooza, courtesy of Wonder Woman and HBO. Wish is IPO’ing because Amazon doesn’t feel enough like a TV gameshow. And Affirm is also going public because you hate credit cards. $WISH $AFRM $T Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @TBOYJack @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Strict Scrutiny - Cute as a Button

Leah and Melissa and Kate are joined by Meera Deo, Professor of Law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law at the American Bar Foundation, and author of Unequal Profession: Race and Gender in Legal Academia (Stanford U Press 2019).

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  • 6/12 – NYC
  • 10/4 – Chicago

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Start the Week - Derrida, Woolf, and the pleasure of reading

‘A text is not a text unless it hides from the first comer, from the first glance, the law of its composition and the rules of its game. A text remains, moreover, forever imperceptible’. So wrote the superstar philosopher Jacques Derrida. But what does it mean to question and deconstruct everything we think we know? In a new biography of Derrida titled An Event, Perhaps, Peter Salmon explores the life and works of one of the most enigmatic of thinkers. He questions how far Derrida’s ideas have led to today’s ‘post-truth’ age?

Virginia Woolf's essay ‘How Should One Read a Book?’ posed the question: ‘‘Where are we to begin? How are we to bring order into this multitudinous chaos and so get the deepest and widest pleasure from what we read?’ The English professor Alexandra Harris looks at whether Woolf’s answer stands the test of time.

Bernhard Schlink’s literary career took off in 1995 with the publication of his novel The Reader, which became an international bestseller. His latest work, Olga (translated into English by Charlotte Collins), is a story of love set in Germany against the backdrop of the traumas of the 20th century.

Producer: Katy Hickman

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Start the Week - Derrida, Woolf, and the pleasure of reading

‘A text is not a text unless it hides from the first comer, from the first glance, the law of its composition and the rules of its game. A text remains, moreover, forever imperceptible’. So wrote the superstar philosopher Jacques Derrida. But what does it mean to question and deconstruct everything we think we know? In a new biography of Derrida titled An Event, Perhaps, Peter Salmon explores the life and works of one of the most enigmatic of thinkers. He questions how far Derrida’s ideas have led to today’s ‘post-truth’ age?

Virginia Woolf's essay ‘How Should One Read a Book?’ posed the question: ‘‘Where are we to begin? How are we to bring order into this multitudinous chaos and so get the deepest and widest pleasure from what we read?’ The English professor Alexandra Harris looks at whether Woolf’s answer stands the test of time.

Bernhard Schlink’s literary career took off in 1995 with the publication of his novel The Reader, which became an international bestseller. His latest work, Olga (translated into English by Charlotte Collins), is a story of love set in Germany against the backdrop of the traumas of the 20th century.

Producer: Katy Hickman

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The NewsWorthy - Election Latest, More Vaccine Results & Double World Records- Monday, November 23rd, 2020

The news to know for Monday, November 23rd, 2020!

What to know about:

  • the next steps in the presidential elections process: where votes are now being certified, recounted, and challenged in court
  • the coronavirus breaking new records ahead of the holiday
  • a COVID-19 treatment that could help some patients
  • a new tool for climate scientists
  • the NFL celebrating a historic first
  • who broke two world records in one hour

Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox.com/NEWSWORTHY and LiquidIV.com (listen for how to get a discount)

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Sources:

MI, PA to Certify Results Today: The Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, CNN, Politico

Trump Requests Another GA Recount: NBC News, FOX News, NPR, AP, Axios

WI Recount Issues: FOX News, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, AP

Trump PA Lawsuit Tossed: Axios, WSJ, Reuters, Trump Tweet

MI Group Sues Trump Campaign: Politico, The Hill, WDIV, Full Lawsuit

Donald Trump Jr. Tests Positive: NY Times, NPR, AP

Coronavirus Hospitalizations Hit Record High: WSJ, CNN, Stat, COVID Tracking, Johns Hopkins

AstraZeneca Vaccine Update: AP, WSJ, CNBC, Bloomberg

FDA Authorized Antibody Cocktail: NY Times, Politico, Axios, CNN, FDA, Regeneron

G20 Summit Wrap: AP, NY Times, NPR, WaPo

Holiday Travel Surges: WaPo, AP, Bloomberg, TSA, AAA

Satellite to Track Sea Levels: The Verge, TechCrunch, CBS News, NASA

Ice Bucket Challenge Co-Founder Dies: CBS News, USA Today, Reuters

NFL First All-Black Officiating Crew: NFL, ESPN, USA Today

Swimmer Breaks Two World Records: CNN, CBS Sports, Florida Times-Union

Monday Monday - Thanksgiving Dinner Cheaper this Year: CBS News, Fox Business, Farm Bureau, Lending Tree