Month: April 2024

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Consider This from NPR - Is Israel perpetuating a cycle of radicalization rather than ending it?

For months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been insisting that the goal of Israel's bombardment in Gaza is to "destroy Hamas."

But in the path of that destruction, more than 33,000 Palestinian civilians have been killed. Regular people, entire families, and more than 13,000 children.

Yet, it's not clear if Israel is any closer to its stated goal of destroying Hamas. In fact, is it possible that the horrors of this war could ignite a cycle of radicalization in the region?

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Planet Money - TikTok made me deduct it

TikTok, and other apps like it, are filled with financial advice. Some of it is reliable, some... less so.

There are videos about running a business, having a side hustle, generating passive income. And also, there are a lot of tips and tricks, many of them questionable, about saving on your taxes.

On this show, we run some of the greatest hits of TikTok tax advice by some bonafide tax experts. We'll talk about whether you can use gambling losses to reduce your tax bill, whether your pets qualify you for tax deductions – and we'll fact check the claim that all rich people own expensive Mercedes G-Wagons... for tax purposes.

Along the way, we'll drill down on the concepts like taxable income and the standard deduction. And we'll ask why so many videos on TikTok suggest that you (fraudulently) categorize personal expenses as business expenses. Sometimes with a literal wink and a nod.

This episode was hosted by Nick Fountain. It was produced by Emma Peaslee with help from Willa Rubin, who also fact-checked this episode. It was edited by Molly Messick and engineered by Cena Loffredo. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money's Executive Producer.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - COINDESK DAILY: Could Hong Kong See Spot BTC and Spot ETH ETFs on Monday? ‘Bitcoin Sign Guy’ Sells His Bitcoin Sign

Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry from the potential approval of spot bitcoin and spot ether ETFs in Hong Kong to the "bitcoin sign guy" selling his "Buy Bitcoin" sign.

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"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, including a Bloomberg report that says investors could see approval as early as next Monday for spot bitcoin and spot ether ETFs. Plus, insights on the partnership between the TON ecosystem and HashKey Group to drive crypto on-ramping in Telegram. And, 'bitcoin sign guy' is auctioning the "Buy Bitcoin" sign he held up during Janet Yellen's testimony.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - UNCHAINED: Gary Gensler’s Case Against Uniswap: Does the SEC Even Stand a Chance?

Amanda Tuminelli dives deep into the SEC's confrontation with Uniswap, examining the implications for the entire DeFi sector.

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On Wednesday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Wells notice to Uniswap Labs, the team behind the prominent decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap, signaling a forthcoming enforcement action.

Amanda Tuminelli, Chief Legal Officer at the DeFi Education Fund, joined Unchained to unpack what the case could mean for Uniswap and the overall decentralized finance (DeFi) industry.

Amanda also talks about the DeFi Education Fund's recent lawsuit against the SEC over its airdrop policies and the industry’s need for a proactive counteroffensive approach in dealing with the SEC.

Show highlights:

  • Why Amanda thinks that the SEC is going to take a “kitchen sink approach” to their charges
  • How the SEC could make a case that some of the tokens traded via Uniswap are securities
  • What the next steps are in the case, with a lawsuit possibly coming soon
  • Whether there’s an inconsistency between the SEC’s position and Judge Failla’s rejection of the motion to dismiss the Coinbase lawsuit
  • How the different components of Uniswap make it hard to prove that Uniswap Labs is responsible for everything that happens on the protocol
  • Why the DeFi Education Fund recently filed a lawsuit against the SEC
  • Why Amanda believes in a “proactive counteroffensive strategy” with the SEC
  • How Amanda would like legislation to be implemented in the U.S.
  • Why the Tornado Cash developers are not liable for the actions of third parties such as North Korean hackers, according to Amanda
  • Why Amanda thinks Uniswap will ultimately win against the SEC

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Amanda Tuminelli, Chief Legal Officer at DeFi Education Fund

Previous appearance on Unchained: Is This the End of DeFi? Why the US Government Is Going After Tornado Cash

You’ve got a friend in me: How amicus briefs are helping the crypto industry win over the courts, Amanda’s op-ed for Fortune

Links

Wells Notice

Unchained: SEC Puts DeFi in Its Sights With Potential Uniswap Suit

Unchained: UNI Drops 16% as SEC Targets Uniswap Labs

Uniswap Blog Post on the Wells notice

Marvin Ammori Thread on Wells notice

Other cases:

Fortune: Don't blame Uniswap for crypto scams, judge rules—and she's right

The Block: Three crypto advocacy groups file amicus briefs in Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm's case

The DeFiant: SEC Faces Lawsuit Seeking To Exempt Airdrops From Securities Classification

Unchained: Court Rejects Coinbase's Bid to Dismiss SEC Charges Against It

Social media commentary:

Paul Grewal’s tweet on the potential inconsistencies with the Coinbase case.

Gabriel Shapiro’s tweet on how Uniswap AMM smart contracts are not run by the Uniswap company

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The Daily Signal - FISA Amendment to Protect Americans Fails, More Student Loan Bailouts, California Not Tracking Homeless Programs | April 12

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


  • The biggest news out of D.C. today was the House vote to renew the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
  • Conservative legal advocate and co-chairman of the Federalist Society Leonard Leo refuses to comply with a Senate subpoena. 
  • The White House announces another $7.4 billion in loan forgiveness. 
  • California has spent about $24 billion to tackle the homeless in the past five years, but the state has not consistently been tracking the effectiveness of its initiatives. 


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Motley Fool Money - Everything at Highs: Tech, Rates, Gold and Cocoa

Conventional theory says stocks, debt, and hedges shouldn’t all be at highs at the same time – what does it mean for investors?


(00:21) Emily Flippen and Matt Argersinger discuss:

- The latest inflation numbers and whether the Fed will actually cut rates in 2024.

- The oddity of stocks, interest rates, and alternative hedges like commodities all being up at the same time.

- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s annual letter, and why Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft are all doing what they can to reduce reliance on Nvidia in AI. .


(19:11) Motley Fool Money’s Deidre Woollard talks with Barbara Kellerman – author of Leadership from Bad to Worse: What Happens When Bad Festers – about bad leaders, and bad followers, and lessons we can borrow from Volkswagon’s emissions scandal.


(28:33) Emily and Matt break down two stocks on their radar: Hershey and Coupang.


Stocks discussed: AMZN, META, MSFT, NVDA, CPNG, HSY


Host: Dylan Lewis

Guests: Emily Flippen, Matt Argersinger, Deidre Woollard, Barbara Kellerman

Engineers: Dan Boyd

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CrowdScience - How do my ears sense direction?

How do we know where a sound is coming from?

Another chance to hear this ear-opening episode, exploring a question from CrowdScience listener Chiletso. One day, he heard his son bounce a ball and instantly knew the direction it was travelling. How?

Anand Jagatia sets out to discover what makes left, right, up and down sound so different.

First, he gets blindfolded, so Alan Archer-Boyd, former auditory scientist and lead engineer at BBC R&D, can put his sound localisation skills to the test. It turns out that having two ears and pinnae, those flappy bits of cartilage on the side of your head, help a lot.

Professor Eric Knudsen shares how the barn owl’s asymmetrical ears allow it to hunt mice, even in complete darkness.

And Anand uncovers how far he can push his own spatial hearing. Blind activist and researcher Thomas Tajo teaches him how to echolocate like a bat, and Dr Lore Thaler explains what is going on in the brain of experienced echolocators.

This programme was originally broadcast in March 2023.

Presented by Anand Jagatia Produced by Florian Bohr for the BBC World Service

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The Indicator from Planet Money - What Subway’s foot-long cookie says about inflation

In this edition of Indicators of the Week: the new incentive for speed in cash prizes for Olympic track and field, growing iPhone assembly in India and the curious inflation puzzle of the foot-long cookies at Subway.

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Can India become the next high-tech hub? (Apple / Spotify)

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