The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Live Nation, an events promoter and venue operator, alleging that the company has monopolized the ticket-selling marketplace after it merged with Ticketmaster back in 2010.
Live Nation, as you might expect, disagrees.
Reset checks in with an independent venue owner and Chicago musician to hear how this lawsuit could impact the local music scene.
For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
On May 29, there is one investing account that deserves a celebration.
First up, (00:21) Ricky Mulvey and Bill Barker break down earnings from Chewy, Dick’s Sporting Goods, and CAVA.
Then, (16:16) Robert Brokamp discusses the fundamentals of 529 Plans and saving for college with Roger Young, CFP and Thought Leadership Director at T. Rowe Price.
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One of the show trials of former President Donald Trump is coming to a close. Join Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway and Senior Editor David Harsanyi as they analyze the New York jury's impending verdict, compare President Joe Biden and Trump's recent speeches, and give an update on the media-fueled controversy over Justice Samuel Alito's wife's flags. Mollie also recommends "12 Angry Men" and David discusses his Texas travels.
If you care about combatting the corrupt media that continue to inflict devastating damage, please give a gift to help The Federalist do the real journalism America needs.
If Trump were to win, his plans to sabotage the Justice Department and consolidate power would plunge the country into chaos: Our government would be disabled, Americans would pour into the streets, and our enemies would be very happy. Plus, Alito is not being on the level, and a helpful primer on Mexico's election this weekend.
Should Congress take steps to ban certain foreign-made drones that, despite being owned and used by Americans in a wide variety of helpful ways, could be sending sensitive data to antagonistic foreign governments? Will Duffield discusses the state of play.
Future of Bitcoin Mining 2024 with Shannon Squires, Chief Mining Officer at Compass Mining.
Shannon Squires, Chief Mining Officer at Compass Mining, shares insights on the Bitcoin mining market post-halving. Discussions include mining farm costs, ASIC repair markets, and predictions for summer 2024. Shannon also shares his journey in the industry and Compass Mining's current focus.
Chapter Markers:
00:00 Start
03:02 Shannon intro
06:45 Greenfield vs rack ready sites
08:23 US mining vs global
10:05 Self-taught
11:04 Compass mining move
12:30 Compass business update
14:58 Why has hosting survived?
17:13 The Accelerated program
18:04 How does Accelerated work?
20:18 Facility sizes
22:04 10 megawatts or bust
25:14 Cost per megawatt?
25:42 Transformers are abundant now, right? Right?
27:30 Halving bankruptcies?
28:50 S19 rig bear market
30:38 ASIC sales
32:24 Repair market
35:31 Why are manufacturers training technicians
36:56 Predictions
38:33 $400k per megawatt
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Lizzy McAlpine released her first album in 2020, and her second album in 2022. And between the two, she’s had a lot of success. One of her songs, "Ceilings," was a viral TikTok hit, and has been streamed over half a billion times. So you might think, with all that success, you’d want to keep working in way that’s been working. But while Lizzy was making her third album, Older, after almost a year into the process of recording, she threw the whole thing out. She brought in a new band, and started over with a totally different approach. I talked to her about the song "Staying," from her new album. You’ll hear her original voice memos, as well as the first version she made in the studio, and then how it really came to life once she reimagined it.
Sheila Warren, CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation, joins Unchained to explore the dramatic shift by Democrats in the last few weeks on crypto. She explains why she believes the overturning of SAB 121 and the House vote for the FIT21 bill were both instrumental to the White House's changing view on crypto and may have played a role in the SEC’s surprising approval of spot ETH ETFs.
Having worked for years on passing crypto legislation and as a lifelong Democrat, Sheila describes what kinds of arguments were persuasive to Democratic members of Congress, addresses some criticisms of the FIT21 bill, and gives her perspective on the debate about single-issue voters.
Show highlights:
The overall attitude toward crypto in Washington going into the House vote on SAB 121 on May 8
The bipartisan votes in the House and Senate to overturn SAB 121
Why, by the time of the Senate vote on FIT21, the White House had had a change of heart about crypto
Why, after the Senate vote to repeal SAB 121, the SEC approved the spot ETH ETFs
Why Sheila is so proud of the passage in the House of the FIT21 bill
How Sheila and CCI approached their discussions with Democrats and what arguments they found effective
Whether the industry has survived the negative image of SBF and FTX
The sea change in the White House between the SAB 121 vote and the FIT21 vote
A high-level description of the FIT21 bill
What kind of authority the bill would give the CFTC over crypto
What the implications of the bill are for launching tokens
FIT21’s approach to regulating DeFi and how the FIT21 bill is "kicking the can" on this topic
The overall political and legislation landscape and the next likely steps for crypto
Whether the ETF approval changes anything about the SEC’s investigation into Ethereum
What Sheila thinks about the 'crypto single-issue voter’ debate
Visit our website for breaking news, analysis, op-eds, articles to learn about crypto, and much more: unchainedcrypto.com
Unchained Podcast is Produced by Laura Shin Media, LLC. Distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Michele Musso and Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz.
