Month: December 2022

South Africa's President Ramaphosa breathes a sigh of relief after being re-elected leader of the ruling African National Congress, following a serious challenge by his former Health Minister.

Also, the High Court in London rules the UK Government's asylum plan to send migrants to Rwanda is legal.

And we hear from Senegal's rising music star Samba Peuzzi.

Those stories and more in this podcast with Bola Mosuro.

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:

• South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says goodbye to her health secretary, Joan Adam, seemingly over a transgender issue. 
• The January 6th Committee holds its final meeting.
• The border crisis is on track to get a lot worse this week with the end of Title 42.
• Elon Musk’s days as the head of Twitter might be numbered. 
• The Supreme Court is going to weigh in on President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.

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Mazars and Armanino are getting out of the crypto audit game after a wave of negative PR.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and Kraken.

On today’s episode, NLW catches up on the latest in the crypto industry, including:

• Sam Bankman-Fried changes his tune on extradition
• DCG-owned coins on the move
• Audit firms ceasing crypto operations 

(CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of DCG.) 

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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsors today is “Glasgow” by Falls. Image credit: Feodora Chiosea/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.

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For big corporations like PepsiCo, we talk about the challenges of bringing their heritage brands into the space.

This week’s guest is Kate Brady, Head of Next Gen DTC Connections and Innovation of PepsiCo. Brady has helped bring highly beloved brands including Cheetos, Gatorade and Pepsi into the metaverse and Web3. She discusses the mindset needed to bring Web3 innovation to a large, cross-functional organization.

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• The Pepsi Mic Drop Website
• Pepsi Mic Drop NFT Collection
• The Pepsi Black, Zero Sugar NFT Collection
• PepsiCo Twitter
• PepsiCo website

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