Month: August 2023

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

• Locals weigh in on President Biden’s handling of the Hawaii wildfires 
• House conservative lawmakers say any spending bill must include provisions on border security, and Justice Department “weaponization”
• Former President Trump confirms he won’t participate in first GOP primary debate
• Republican candidates Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Chris Christie speak at a conservative conference. 

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The most valuable crypto stories for Monday, August 21, 2023.

"The Hash" tackles today's top crypto stories, including social tokenization protocol Friend.tech becoming a massive revenue maker among crypto protocols in just over two weeks. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin transferred over $1 million worth of ether to crypto exchange Coinbase. Billionaire investor Mark Cuban aims at NFT marketplace OpenSea's plans to sunset the enforcement of creator royalties. And, NFT platform Recur announces it will shut down in phases.

See also:

Friend.tech Becomes Massive Ether Money Machine as NBA Players, FaZe Clan Join In

Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Sends $1M ETH to Coinbase

This episode has been edited by senior producer Michele Musso and the executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”

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The ether-bitcoin ratio rose more than 2% last week. The gain is inconsistent with its record of taking losses during bouts of risk aversion.

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Today's Stories:

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Trades Flat; Vitalik Transfers $1M Ether to Coinbase

Crypto Analysts Split on Why Ether Outperformed Bitcoin During Last Week's Slide

Bitcoin and U.S. Real Yield Reach Strongest Inverse Correlation Since April

Friend.tech Becomes Massive Ether Money Machine as NBA Players, FaZe Clan Join In

Crypto Miners Are Attempting to Diversify Into Other Business Areas: JPMorgan     

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Avery and Sam speak with Austin Hurwitz from Doodles on recent collaborations, managing a Web3 community and channeling creativity with a Web3 based brand.

This week's guest is Austin Hurwitz, head of business development and strategy at Doodles. Austin has worked at Amazon and other brands with a focus on music. Now, he is helping to steer Doodles from a pure play Web3 project to a mainstream brand, including recent collaborations with Adidas and CAMP. We hear what Austin and Doodles are focusing on and how they are doing so far.

Links mentioned from the podcast:

• Adidas and BAPE Launch Tokenized Sneakers
• Zynga's First Web3 Game
• South Korean Web 2 Metaverse Platform Zepeto Gets a Web3 Makeover
• Doodles Website
• Austin’s Twitter

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

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South Africa to host Brics summit but Russia’s President Putin will only join by video link. On the agenda global economic and security matters and the creation of new financial institutions.

More than 1,400 people starve to death in Ethiopia's northern Tigray since food aid was suspended because of theft

And Ghanaian immunologist Yaw Bediako on how to expand research and keep African scientists on the continent.