Month: May 2023

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | BTC Price Fell Today After Fed Member Stated ‘No Reason’ To Halt Rate Hike Cycle and Student Loan Payments Will Resume This Year

With the Fed's historic string of increases to the core interest rate, up 1900% in just one year, as well as its reverberations throughout global markets, many potential catastrophes have been prevented only through bailouts or other interventions. And as part of the debt ceiling agreement, the painful game of student loan repayment may soon be over for those with student loans.


Today's Stories: 

The Great Student Loan Nonpayment Boondoggle Is Over And Household Spending Is About To Collapse

UK Enters Worst Period Of Strikes Since Thatcher As Gov't Calls For Price Controls

Stablecoin Issuer Tether Invests in Sustainable Bitcoin Mining in Uruguay

Texas Bill That Would Limit Miners' Participation in Cost-Saving Grid Programs Stopped in House Committee

Former Coinbase Employee, U.S. SEC Settle Insider Trading Charges


Market Watch Links: 

BRN00 | Brent Crude Oil Continuous Contract Overview | MarketWatch 

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Slumps Back to $27K on Fed Worry

Crypto Traders Need to Pay Attention to Chinese Yuan

ProShares’ Bitcoin Futures ETF Underperforms BTC This Year: K33 Research

Nvidia Does All The Heavy Lifting, Can't Prop Up Market Forever


This episode was hosted by Adam B. Levine, edited by Ryan Huntington, and Senior Producer is Michele Musso. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

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SCOTUScast - United States v. Hansen – Post-Argument SCOTUScast

On March 27, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in United States v. Hansen. At issue in Hansen is whether 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) and (B)(i), a federal criminal statute that prohibits encouraging or inducing unlawful immigration for commercial or financial benefit sometimes termed “the encouragement provision,” violates the First Amendment.

Helamen Hansen operated an advising service for undocumented immigrants who wanted to pursue U.S. citizenship. Under the encouragement provision, Hansen was convicted of two counts of encouraging or inducing illegal immigration for financial gain (along with other federal crimes). He challenged those convictions, contending the law is facially overbroad. The Ninth Circuit agreed, vacating his convictions on those counts.

Hansen follows on the heels of another case with similar questions. Back in 2020, in United States v. Sinening-Smith, the Supreme Court reversed a Ninth Circuit decision that attempted to strike down the encouragement provision on the grounds the decision attempted to address an issue that was outside of the issue before the court. Hansen now brings those same constitutional issues to the fore.

Please join us to hear the oral argument broken down and analysed.

Featuring:
Brian Fish, Special Assistant, United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland
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Federalist Radio Hour - ‘You’re Wrong’ With Mollie Hemingway And David Harsanyi, Ep. 48: Forever Primary

Organic conservative boycotts against corporations promoting the radical LGBT agenda are working. Join Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway and Senior Editor David Harsanyi as they discuss the results of the debt deal, analyze the effectiveness of blowback against Bud Light and Target, and review the Republican primary fight. Mollie and David also give an update on Mollie's Bible-reading journey.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE HASH: Binance ‘Reevaluating’ Roles After Reported Job Cuts; Who Won the Ethereum Wager Between Joe Lubin and Jimmy Song?

The most valuable crypto stories for Wednesday, May 31, 2023.


This episode is sponsored by Ciphertrace.


"The Hash" hosts take a deep dive into today's top stories moving the crypto markets, including Binance saying it needs to "focus on talent density across its organization," as it responded Wednesday morning to a report of job cuts. Separately, a new blockchain token standard is allowing traders to convert their Ethereum-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to NFTs on the Bitcoin network. And, "The Hash" unpacks the results of a wager made at Consensus 2018 that hinged on how far Ethereum adoption would get by now.


See also:

Binance Says 'Reevaluating' Roles After Report of Layoffs

Bitcoin Trades at a 20% Discount on Binance Australia Following Banking Issues in the Country 

BRC-721E Token Standard Converts Ethereum NFTs to Bitcoin NFTs

Find Satoshi Labs Rolls Out AI Tool That Turns Selfies Into NFTs


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Amarica's Constitution - Crossfire on the Ceiling – Special Guests Jack Balkin and Saikrishna Prakash

Congress is attempting to pass a bill that would implement a deal that President Biden reached with Speaker McCarthy and House Republicans.  The issues are many - what does the President due if the bill is not passed?  How imminent is the threat of default?  Would a default be constitutional?  Does the Constitution require any action by the President in such a situation?  What does the 14 Amendment, Section 4, say about this?  What does an originalist analysis of the global situation look like? We bring the best experts from both sides of the political aisle for a vigorous but intellectually honest debate on the subject, and in the process, hope to find some areas of agreement and wide areas to enrich our audience.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - CONSENSUS CONVERSATIONS: FTX – What Happened?

A Consensus 2023 panel with Brett Harrison and Anthony Scaramucci.

The fast and hard fall of Sam Bankman-Fried's empire sent shockwaves through the global crypto markets and raised troubling questions about industry governance practices. A hedge fund manager whose firm invested in SBF's exchange (and vice versa) and the former president of FTX's U.S. arm candidly reflect on how it all went wrong, what they'd do differently, and how they are reengaging and working to build a better industry.

Tracy Wang, deputy managing editor of CoinDesk, moderates alongside panelists:

  • Brett Harrison, founder and CEO of Architect
  • Anthony Scaramucci, founder and managing partner of SkyBridge Capital

This episode is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and edited by Ryan Huntington, with additional production assistance from Eleanor Pahl. Cover image by Kevin Ross and the theme song is "Get Down" by Elision.

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