First off, Nikki, you're canceled. And while Trump's out on bail flaunting his partnership with Putin and showcasing two men charged with murder, too many members of the media are covering 2024 like it's a normal campaign. Plus, Ted Cruz gets owned, Alito has too many flags, and Dems keep sending progressive DAs packing.
With crypto becoming more politicized than ever, U.S. Senator from Wyoming Cynthia Lummis came on Unchained to talk about the recent regulatory action in Washington, D.C.
She delves into what led to bipartisan support to repeal SAB 121, and how the strength of the vote there in both the House and Senate may have affected the about-face decision to approve spot ether ETFs. Sen. Lummis also explains why she disagrees with how Gary Gensler’s SEC is handling the industry, how to avoid the next TerraUSD, why she feels Wyoming-chartered Custodia Bank is not being treated fairly, the ban on a Chinese-owned, Wyoming-based Bitcoin mining firm, and what advice she would give to the crypto industry during this election year.
Show highlights:
Why the SAB 121 approval was bipartisan
Whether President Biden will veto the resolution
How it's a "mystery" to Sen. Lummis why the SEC had a change of heart about Ether ETFs
How the SEC's approach to regulating the industry "is not the American way"
Whether there is a bipartisan majority in favor of crypto in Congress
How bitcoin has come a long way in terms of adoption
Sen. Lummis' thoughts on how to regulate the stablecoin industry and avoid a Terra Luna situation
The differences between the Lummis-Gillibrand bill and FIT21
How Sen. Lummis feels about the denial of a master account for Custodia Bank
Whether there's a move against Bitcoin mining companies in the US, given the recent ban of an operation in Wyoming
What Sen. Lummis would advise for the industry to accomplish its goals
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Unchained Podcast is Produced by Laura Shin Media, LLC. Distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Michele Musso and Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz.
Continuing our pattern of staying a week behind the Court's latest output, we discuss last week's opinions: CFPB v. Community Financial Services Association (the Appropriations Clause), Harrow v. Department of Defense (jurisdiction and equitable tolling); and Smith v. Spizzirri (arbitration), while also covering the shadow docket order in a Louisiana redistricting case. Before those, we touch on a bunch of topics including Justice Alito's flag display and the degree of existential risk posed by artificial intelligence.
Should the government prove you shouldn't be allowed to immigrate, or should individuals have to prove that they should be allowed to immigrate? A century ago today, immigration policy shifted from the former to the latter. David Bier explains how the change has implicated Americans’ rights.
Dan Reecer, COO of the Wormhole Foundation, explains that open-source code and decentralization are essential for transparency and trust in the blockchain industry.
This installment of "The Protocol," hosts Brad Keoun, the founding editor of The Protocol Newsletter, and tech journalists Sam Kessler and Margaux Nijkerk interview Dan Reecer, the COO of Wormhole Foundation. Wormhole is a messaging layer protocol that connects different blockchains, allowing for the transfer of assets and data. They discuss the Wormhole Interoperability Project and its recent token airdrop. Reecer, emphasizes the importance of open-source code and decentralization in the blockchain industry.
Takeaways |
Wormhole is a messaging layer protocol that connects different blockchains, enabling the transfer of assets and data.
Wormhole recently conducted a token airdrop, rewarding token holders and aligning with power users who have contributed to the network.
Controversies surrounding airdrops highlight the importance of transparency, fairness, and thoughtful allocation of tokens.
The future of blockchain interoperability will likely involve collaboration between different protocols, with two to three winners emerging in the long term.
Chapters |
00:00 Introduction and Overview
02:10 The Wormhole Token and Governance
04:22 Multi-Gov and DAO Voting
07:22 Governance Interoperability and Bridge Protocols
11:39 Addressing Bridge Flaws with Technologies like Storage Proofs
19:55 Building Connections Between Blockchains
24:12 Competition and Multiple Interoperability Solutions
The Protocol has been produced and edited by senior producer Michele Musso and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Take Me Back” by Strength To Last.
The besieged city of El-Fasher in Sudan's Darfur region, is facing a growing risk of genocide as the world's attention is focused on other conflicts, that's the warning from a United Nations expert. Alice Wairimu Nderitu told the BBC, many civilians have been targeted based on their ethnicity in El-Fasher, where fierce fighting has intensified in recent days. What constitutes a genocide?
Also why some of the main political parties in South Africa have raised concern about the rise in illegal immigration ahead of the general elections
And we meet 18 year old Helms Ategeka from Uganda who has broken the internet after being accepted into over 120 colleges in the United States!
Presenter: Richard Kagoe
Producer: Frenny Jowi, Toda Opeyemi, Rob Wilson, Yvette Twagiramariya, Bella Hassan and Sunita Nahar.
Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp
Technical Producer: Daniela Victoria Varela Hernandez
Editors are Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard
On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," The Blaze's Christopher Bedford joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss corporate media's ongoing smear campaign against Republican-nominated Supreme Court justices, explain why the political temperature is rising, and analyze the duality of modern America.
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.
Have you ever wondered whether some secret group genuinely runs the world? Ben, Matt and Noel finally explore the concept that hybrid reptilians change shape at will, dictate the path of human civilization, and -- for some reason -- seek to keep the entire mission a secret.
The House grilled a new round of university presidents who seemed to have benefited from a kind of human machine learning. They avoided some previous mistakes but continued to bring shame on their institutions all the same. And Donald Trump was up to something very interesting in the Bronx. Plus a new AI song from Eli Lake. Give a listen.
