Month: May 2023

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: Meme Coin Frenzy and Bitcoin Stability – Navigating the Contrasting Crypto Market Dynamics

With bitcoin and ether falling slightly as meme coin mania has been fueling dramatic shifts in market sentiment, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with the latest news roundup.

Today's Stories...Read the full show notes here.

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This episode was edited & produced by Adrian Blust with original music by Doc Blust & Colin Mealey.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - GEN C: Democratizing Ownership – The Future of Crypto Adoption and Brand Integration, With MoonPay CEO Ivan Soto-Wright

MoonPay’s Ivan Soto-Wright joins Avery and Sam to discuss how MoonPay is helping to onboard brands and consumers into Web3 with simple tools to expand opportunities in a digital future.

From the origin story of trying to create a buy crypto button for bitcoin.com to today, when over 15 million people have engaged with MoonPay financial services, Ivan Soto-Wright has helped to create one of the more ubiquitous Web3 brands. MoonPay is particularly strong in helping many of the world’s top brands join the ecosystem: Time Magazine, Alo Yoga, FOX, Christie’s and many others use MoonPay to enable entry into Web3. Hear about the state of MoonPay with Ivan and learn how they are leveraging MoonPay globally with a new app launch.

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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 Adrian Blust, Uyen Truong and Eleanor Pahl. Our theme music is "1882” by omgkirby x Channel Tres with editing by Doc Blust. Artwork by Nicole Marie Rincon.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: White House Meets on AI Concerns, Woman Orgasms During Orchestra Performance — and It’s a Bad Time to be a Spy

The White House holds a meeting with tech luminaries to discuss concerns about the potential of "AI." A concertgoer apparently experienced an orgasm during an orchestral performance. Around the world, the old rules of tradecraft are thrown out the window as global tension ratchets up. The most recent person arrested? None other than Pras, Earth's third-favorite Fugee. All this and more in this week's Strange News segment.

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Bad Faith - Episode 272 Promo – BRICS House: Part 2 (w/ Ben Norton)

Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast    For subscribers, here is part two of Briahna's epic interview with journalist Ben Norton, editor of the Geopolitical Economy Report. The duo move from international affairs to domestic politics, stopping along the way in 1910s Russia, 1960s France, and America 2024. Find out if Ben finally gets the show demonetized.

Listen to Part One for free here.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Stalled Trains In Hammond, Indiana, Are Putting People In Danger

Stalled trains and blocked railroad crossings are normal in communities like Hammond, Ind. This has been an issue in the city for decades, but it’s getting worse and putting children in danger. Reset talks to Sterman, national investigative reporter for InvestigateTV and Mike Hull, president of Hammond Local 556, to find out why this is a persistent problem from. They also hear from Hammon Community members Carlotta Blake King and Akicia Henderson about what solutions they’d like to see.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Good, bad and ugly: the Taliban and Afghanistan

Their return to rule is unequivocally bad for the country’s women and girls. But wholesale collapse has not come and some aspects of government have improved; it turns out threats of grotesque violence change behaviours. We investigate the curious case of Morocco’s absent king—and his unlikely mixed-martial-artist pals. And how the mobile phone has shaped cinema for half a century.


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