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Thousands gather in D.C. for the 51st March for Life.
Former President Donald Trump says he opposes an emerging Senate deal on border security.
Trump’s legal team files a brief with the Supreme Court arguing that a Colorado Supreme Court ruling to keep him off the ballot would “disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans.”
Congress votes to pass a stop gap spending bill to continue funding the federal government.
Donald Trump has been making extreme promises on the campaign trail. And unlike in 2016, this time he has a team drawing up the plans for implementing them. Amanda Carpenter joins Charlie Sykes to explain how Trump would follow through on his most anti-democratic pledges in a second term.
On Wednesday, a federal court in New York heard oral arguments in Coinbase’s motion to dismiss the SEC’s case against it for, among other things, allegedly acting as an unregulated securities exchange. Notably, Judge Katherine Polk Failla pressed the SEC to explain how it has jurisdiction over Coinbase in the case by defining what it considers a security.
Sam Enzer, a partner at Cahill Gorden & Reindel who represents Coinbase but not in this matter, joined Unchained to discuss why this case is so significant for the crypto industry, how he believes the government contradicted itself on the crucial definition of what constitutes a security, why he thinks the judge will not dismiss the case at this early stage, how the Ripple and Terraform Labs cases could be used by each side, and why he thinks Judge Failla is such a perfect choice to rule in this case.
Show highlights:
Why SEC v Coinbase holds important implications for the U.S. crypto ecosystem
What the SEC alleges against Coinbase, focusing on its trading platform, wallet, and staking services
How Coinbase forcefully counters the SEC's claims as it strives to get the case dismissed
What the “major questions doctrine” entails and its critical role in this dispute
Why Sam perceives the judge as “extremely skeptical” of the SEC's stance
Whether inconsistencies surfaced in the SEC lawyers' arguments
What “strict liability” means and its frequent mention in this legal battle
What takeaways from the Ripple and Terraform Labs cases offer about secondary market sales
Why Sam believes Judge Katherine Polk Failla is exceptionally well-suited for this case
Whether Judge Failla might reject the motion to dismiss, and when
Unchained Podcast is Produced by Laura Shin Media, LLC. Distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Michele Musso and Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz.
Consumer Choice Center senior analyst Bill Wirtz joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to break down farmers' clash with the German government. He also explains how the European Union's agriculture regulations exacerbate tensions between food growers and bureaucrats.
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CoinDesk Indices presents notable data insights from the week, followed by additional analysis from an industry expert.
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The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) functions as a benchmark for the performance of the digital asset market, delivering institutional quality information to digital asset investors. Subsets of the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) are investible CoinDesk Crypto Sectors and the CoinDesk 20 Index, designed to measure the performance of the top digital assets. Today’s takeaways are provided by Pallavi Chintam and Max Good of CoinDesk Indices with additional analysis from Gorast Tasevski, product analyst of Purpose Investments. For more on CoinDesk Indices, visit: coindeskmarkets.com.
This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl, alongside Senior Booking Producer Melissa Montañez. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.
Today's podcast looks at a stunning new poll of the attitudes of Americans who earn more than $150,000 a year, have a graduate degree, and live in in densely populated areas. Those attitudes are so profoundly in opposition to those of Americans who make less and have less education that they explain a great deal about the continuing strength of Donald Trump. Give a listen.
Museums like the Field are now federally required to get “free, prior and informed consent” from tribes or descendants before allowing display of cultural items or ancestral remains. The Field already does not display those remains, but it does hold one of the largest collections in the nation. Reset hears from Debra Yepa-Pappan, artist and former community engagement coordinator for the Native American exhibition renovation at the Field Museum, about the museum’s repatriation procedures and the changes following these rules.
All eyes on New Hampshire on this last weekend to campaign before the first Presidential primary. Another snowy forecast. Shrimpers' shrinking profits. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
A report from the Justice Department finds multiple failures in how law enforcement responded to the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Congress has passed yet another short term funding bill against the wishes of the far-right Freedom Caucus. And Iran's role in a number of conflicts in neighboring countries.
The ominous disappearance of Russia’s opposition leader led many to fear the worst. But he has turned up in an Arctic penal colony—his message of resistance unchanged. From Batman-themed restaurants to playing a (non-lethal) version of “Squid Game”, movie studios are trying anything to squeeze more from their intellectual property (9:47). And a new film examines what lies behind losing streaks (17:16).
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