Month: September 2023

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | Bitcoin Still Stuck in Limbo

Bitcoin has remained almost entirely locked below the $26,000 mark since the start of September.

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Today’s Stories:

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Still Stuck in Limbo 

Bitcoin Set to Form Death Cross as Dollar Index Teases Golden Crossover 

Sam Bankman-Fried's Laptop Has a New Battery Now, DOJ Says 

Russian Lawmaker Predicts That Digital Ruble Will Displace Banks

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This episode was hosted by Michele Musso. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

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Federalist Radio Hour - ‘You’re Wrong’ With Mollie Hemingway And David Harsanyi, Ep. 62: Old Fogeys

Former President Donald Trump is comfortably leading the Republican presidential candidate pack. Join Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway and Senior Editor David Harsanyi as they further analyze 2024 developments, explore how President Joe Biden's age and track record will sit with voters, discuss the Washington Post National Columnist Philip Bump's embarrassing weekend interview, and break down the Anti-Defamation League's central role in advancing the partisan left's agenda. Mollie and David also share their top culture picks for the week, including "Daisy Jones & The Six," and discuss the Jewish holiday Purim.
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Focus on Africa - Taiwan’s president visits last African ally Eswatini

Taiwan's president is visiting Eswatini. It's to mark 55 years of cooperation with her country's last African ally. Has Taipei's influence on the continent waned ?

We examine the recent spate of coups in former French colonies in Africa.

Plus do we really need vultures? Fears that the scavengers are facing extinction

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - How Corn Took Over America

The US is a corn superpower. Over the past few decades, corn has infiltrated all sorts of things, from soda pop and snacks to your own gas tank. But how did it get this way? In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel dive deep into the strange world of agribusiness conspiracies in what just may be their corniest episode yet.

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - So Do We Stop Worrying About Medicare Now?

Yuval Levin joins the podcast to discuss an extraordinary piece in the New York Times alleging that the cost of Medicare has fallen radically to such an extent that it is no longer the budgetary monster looming on the horizon. Is that true? Or is it just a way of denying a danger and pushing it forward? Give a listen.

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NPR's Book of the Day - In ‘The Breakaway,’ Jennifer Weiner touches on love, mothers and body-shaming

Abby Stern is very much looking forward to leading a biking trip from NYC to Niagara Falls – until her mom, an old one-night-stand, and some uneasy memories are added to the mix. In Jennifer Weiner's new novel, The Breakaway, that two-week trip becomes filled with tension: sexual, political, and familial. Weiner tells NPR's Juana Summers how different women manage their mothers' expectations, and how she learned to see "almond moms" quite differently while writing this novel.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Will Temporary Casino Medinah Temple Open Its Doors Soon?

We’re back with another update on the Johnson administration. This week, we’re taking a look at the long-awaited Medinah Temple temporary casino. WBEZ’s city government and politics reporters Tessa Weinberg and Mariah Woelfel give us the latest updates on what’s left to be done before opening day.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - UNCHAINED: Friend.tech | The Legal and Tax Ins and Outs of This Year’s Hottest Crypto App

Friend.tech, a decentralized social media platform in which you can buy and sell “keys” in your friends on X (formerly known as Twitter) whose value can go up and down, has become a viral sensation, racking up as many as 100,000 users since launching on August 10. 

Should keys be considered securities and thus regulated by the SEC? How should gains and losses be taxed? And how private should users assume their communications and transactions on the platform are? Securities and banking law professor at George Mason Law School JW Verret, and tax partner and co-head of the Digital Assets and Blockchain Practice at Fried, Frank Jason Schwartz, share their thoughts. 

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.

Show Highlights | 

  • How Friend.tech works and how the price of keys is determined
  • How Friend.tech is different from many other past attempts at creating a decentralized social media platform
  • Whether the keys offered by Friend.tech could be deemed securities by the SEC
  • What wrapped Friend.tech tokens are and whether these could be considered securities
  • Why the traditional approach to crypto taxation is bad for most Friend.tech taxpayers
  • What the tax implications of Friend.tech airdrops are
  • What Friend.tech users should assume about their privacy on the app
  • What the future holds for Friend.tech


GUESTS | 

J.W. Verret, Associate Professor of Law at George Mason Law School

Previous appearance on Unchained: Coinbase's Legal Action Against the SEC: How It Will Likely Unfold

Jason Schwartz, tax partner and co-head of the Digital Assets and Blockchain Practice at Fried, Frank

Friend.Tech Shows How Complicated Taxing Crypto Transactions Can Be by Jason Schwartz


Links | 

Unchained: 

Friend.tech Threatens to Penalize Users That Move to Copies or Forks

Friend.tech Clarifies That Database of 100,000 Users Was Not Leaked

What Is SocialFi? A Beginner’s Guide

The ‘Howey Test’ and the Debate Over Crypto's Legal Status - Crypto Security vs Commodity

CoinDesk: 

Friend.tech Attracted NBA Influencers. So Why Does Everyone Think Crypto’s Latest Trend Will Die?

Decrypt:

Friend.tech Renames Its Token—But Is It Even Legal?


Unchained Podcast is Produced by Laura Shin Media, LLC.  Distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Michele Musso and Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz. 

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