Month: November 2023

Noelle Acheson, the mind behind the Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, explores market reactions to the employment data, gold buying, bitcoin vs. ether investment theses and more.

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Today’s Stories:

15 Years After the Bitcoin White Paper, Bitcoin Builder Culture Flourishes 

Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade Is a Step Toward a Scalable Settlement Layer: Goldman Sachs 

Gold Demand Trends Q3 2023 

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This episode was hosted by Noelle Acheson. “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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There is growing concern over the spread of dengue fever around the world. A medical specialist tells us what dengue is, why cases are rising and what the difference is between dengue and malaria.

Also, a year after the bloody war in Ethiopia came to an end, we look at how life has changed for people in Tigray, and what more needs to be done.

And we hear a discussion on the recent royal visit to Kenya, by King Charles. What was it really about?

Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty. Twelve jurors spent less than five hours deciding the facts. They asked for portions of transcripts from Paradigm's Matt Huang and Third Point's Robert Boroujerdi testimony, as well as highlighters and Post-it Notes, and when they didn't immediately receive the version of the indictment, they requested that too.

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Secretary of State Blinken back in Israel as the Gaza ground war expands. Israel funding fight. Crypto king dethroned. CBS News Correspondent Deborah Rodriguez has today's World News Roundup.

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From can-do-no-wrong wunderkind to one of the biggest fraudsters in the history of finance: we look at Sam Bankman-Fried’s fall and conviction, and what it has done to the wider cryptocurrency industry. The evident successes of IVF treatment mask many disappointments; how to improve both outcomes and accessibility (13:15)? And take note, y’all: generational change is affecting America’s southern accent (22:14).

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Alabama

• Death by nitrogen hypoxia of Kenneth Smith approved by state Supreme Court
• The race for District 9 state senate seat has 2 candidates
• The newly formed Congressional District 2 now has 4 seeking the seat
• Birmingham Southern seeks funding from other local sources rather than state
• Bubba Copeland doubles down on his double life as a fake transgender woman
• State lawmaker John Rogers denied bail, returns to jail cell until Monday
• Wawa convenience store breaks ground in Mobile

National

• 74 Americans released from Gaza, hundreds more remain trapped
• Joe Biden says he will veto any aid bill for Israel if Ukraine not included
• CO lawyer calls out judges bias in the case to remove Trump's name from ballot
• VA Governor wants to "Bud Lite" Event Brite for its bias and censorship
• NYC jury finds Sam Bankman-Fried guilty of fraud in FTX financial collapse
• NJ residents thrilled that wind turbine company ends its plans offshore
• 5th and final part on scientists finding contaminants in Covid vaccine