Month: May 2024

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: Bitcoin Mining Post-Halving

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


Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - UNCHAINED: Why Many Democrats, Including the White House, Have Come Around on Crypto

Sheila Warren delves into the political dynamics and regulatory shifts driving the recent regulatory change of heart around crypto.

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

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

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Guest:

Links

SAB 121

FIT21

Spot Ether ETFs

Ethereum Foundation investigation


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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Is De Niro Biden’s Idea of a Youngster?

Why on earth would the Biden campaign haul out 80 year-old Robert De Niro to tussle with protesters outside the New York courthouse? Could it be that, for Biden, De Niro is a strapping young fellow with the vim and vigor to speak to today's youth? More seriously, Jonathan Schanzer joins us with some actual good news coming out of the Israeli effort in Rafah. Give a listen.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - What are Freight Brokers?

Civilization only exists as a result of global trade. Without countless trucks, trains, cargo ships and aircraft, the world as humans understand it will collapse. In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt, and Noel explore a particularly fascinating aspect of global shipping -- the freight brokers. These companies are logistical giants: in theory, they intervene to make sure everything gets from Point A to Point Z in the most efficient manner possible. This evening, we ask: What happens when these industries conspire?

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Time To Say Goodbye - Biden’s Disappointing Black Voter Agenda and RIP Bill Walton

Hello!

Today, we talk about Biden’s speech at Morehouse College which should be seen as a preview for his message to Black voters amidst polling results that show he has lost a significant percentage of both the Black and Latino vote.

We also talk about the passing of Bill Walton, activism in the NBA and sports, in general, and what we should think about the social justice basketball moment from 2020 in the bubble when the league and its corporate sponsors wallpapered half of Disney World with social justice slogans.

Enjoy!



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Focus on Africa - Will Burkina Faso ever become democratic?

The military junta in Burkina Faso extends its military rule for another five years. So does this mean it is consolidating its power?

There have been chaotic scenes in Sierra Leone during the Bar Association’s ballot for a powerful executive, deeply steeped in the country’s politics,

and Gen Z’s desire for promotion in the South African workplace – what are employers doing to accommodate them?

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Native America Calling - Wednesday, May 29, 2024 – Native Americans and the Republican Party

Most polls over the years show Native Americans’ substantial support for Democrats. But that hasn’t stopped strong representation in Congress by Native Republicans. That includes U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (Chickasaw Nation/R-OK), who recently took the reins of the powerful House Appropriations Committee. He is also the longest-serving Native congressman in history. We’ll get perspectives from some notable Native Republicans about what they see the party does for their Native constituents in the first of a series of profiles shedding light on political positions heading into the general election.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - What’s That Building? Former Little Village Firehouse

The National Museum of Mexican Art plans to turn this long-vacant structure into the Yollocalli youth arts center. Located at 2358 S. Whipple St., the former Little Village firehouse will have performance and studio spaces, an indoor garden made from an old spiral staircase and disco balls. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.