What happened this week, Chicago? Well, the city is making final preparations for the Democratic National Convention, a judge dealt a blow to protest organizers, Riot Fest does an about-face, and a former school official is sentenced to prison for stealing nearly $1.5 million in chicken wings.
Reset goes behind the headlines of those stories and much more in our Weekly News Recap, with Julie Bosman, Chicago bureau chief for The New York Times; Carrie Shepherd, Chicago reporter with AXIOS; and WBEZ state politics reporter Dave McKinney.
For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:
Democratic Party Nominee Kamala Harris delivers a speech laying out her economic policy agenda.
Louisiana Republican Rep. Clay Higgins releases a preliminary investigative Report on the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
ESPN fires a newscaster after spoke out in defense of women’s sports.
Following the protests on the campus of Columbia University this spring, the college formed a committee to determine protest rules. But the Washington Free Beacon has found that two of the professors serving on that committee appear to have participated in the protests.
Mediators for Hamas and Israel hold talks to try to find a peace agreement.
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 Tracy Stephens, senior index manager at CoinDesk Indices with additional analysis from Greg Magadini, Director Of Derivatives at Amberdata.
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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the news in the crypto industry from Donald Trump's Ether holdings to a Nigerian court freezing almost $38M of crypto.
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"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as election disclosures show that Donald Trump holds between $1 million to $5 million in Ether and made over $7 million in an NFT licensing deal. Plus, a Nigerian court issued an order to freeze almost $38 million in crypto, and the NYSE has withdrawn a proposed rule change to trade options based on bitcoin ETFs.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.
You might have seen ads for online banking services that seem to offer a lot of great stuff — accounts you can open in minutes and without a minimum balance or monthly fees. The ads seem to say: "These aren't your parents' boring old banks." But the truth is: Even though they might resemble banks, they aren't.
These "bank-like" companies are a type of "fintech" or financial technology company. And this is a story about the potential risks of putting your money into these apps.
Banks go through a whole regulatory gauntlet in order to exist. But, in the past several years, there has been a rise in fintechs that skirt regulations. And many of these pose a real threat to even the most savvy of depositors.
When a little known tech company filed for bankruptcy a few months ago, thousands of people couldn't access the millions of dollars they saved. On today's show, we meet some of the people affected and learn what the fintech industry reveals about banking regulation.
Today's show was hosted by Erika Beras and Sally Helm. It was produced by Sam Yellowhorse Kesler and Sofia Shchukina with help from James Sneed. It was edited by Jess Jiang and fact-checked by Kevin Volkl. It was engineered by Valentina Rodríguez Sánchez with help from James Willetts. Alex Goldmark is our executive producer.
It's a simple metal box that moves nearly all of our goods around the world. Designed for uniformity and interchangeability, the shipping container has reshaped global trade and our lives in the nearly 70 years since its creation.
But listener Paul wants to know if these heavy steel containers could be made with lighter materials to cut down on the fuel needed to transport them, especially when they're empty. Could we make shipping containers a more efficient process and reduce the shipping industry’s sizable greenhouse gas emissions?
Host Anand Jagatia travels to Europe's largest port in Rotterdam looking for answers. Speaking to environmental scientists and industry insiders along the way, he takes a look at how the humble container might be modified to once again remake global shipping, from materials, to designs, to how it’s shipped. And thinking outside the box, we explore which innovations might benefit the whole system – from machine learning to new, carbon-free energy sources.
For an industry that’s not always quick to change, we speak with the changemakers trying to disrupt the way 90% of the stuff we buy moves, in hope of a greener future.
Featuring:
Maarten van Oosten - Port of Rotterdam Authority
Marc Levinson - historian, economist and author
Greg Keoleian - School for Environmental Sustainability and Center for Sustainable Systems, University of Michigan
Hans Broekhuis - Holland Container Innovations
Trine Nielsen, Flexport
Tristan Smith - University College London
Elianne Wieles – Deep Sea Carriers, Port of Rotterdam
Presenter: Anand Jagatia
Producer: Sam Baker
Editor: Cathy Edwards
Production Coordinator: Ishmael Soriano
Studio Manager: Steve Greenwood
(Photo: Port of Rotterdam, Maasvlakte Deep Sea Carrier Area. Credit: Sam Baker, BBC)
July's Consumer Price Index showed that annual inflation dipped below 3 percent for the first time since 2021. Experts say this puts the Federal Reserve firmly on track to cut interest rates at its meeting next month.
Meanwhile, two military groups are at war in Sudan, each trying to take control of the country.
Ukraine deals a major counterblow when its military launches a surprise attack into Russia.
And the World Health Organization declares mpox a global health emergency. Mpox was first identified in humans in 1970.
We cover all this and more during the News Roundup.
Swapping out Biden for Kamala has been such a big mood boost that consumer confidence among Dems and independents is suddenly surging. Meanwhile, Trump keeps having Potemkin press conferences as a ploy to reclaim the narrative. Plus, Bond-style villains have made hating Project 2025 so easy, and the 'suckers and losers' guy again shows that he doesn't respect the troops.
Brian Beutler joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
With everyone talking about the risks of Wrapped bitcoin (WBTC), can this project emerge as a new alternative?
In this episode, Aki Balogh, CEO of dlcBTC, explores how Discreet Log Contracts (DLC) can change how Bitcoin works in DeFi by creating a self-sovereign Wrapped Bitcoin. He delves into the mechanics of dlcBTC, its security features, and how it aims to be more decentralized than existing Wrapped Bitcoin solutions like WBTC. Aki also shares future plans for dlcBTC, including integration with Bitcoin Layer 2 solutions and expansion to various blockchain ecosystems.
Show highlights:
Aki’s background and how he got into crypto
What Discreet Log Contracts (DLC) are and why they are relevant for Bitcoin
How dlcBTC leverages these types of contracts to build a self-sovereign Wrapped Bitcoin and the differences with the current WBTC
Aki’s reaction to the news that WBTC will soon be handled by a joint venture between BitGo, Justin Sun, and the Tron ecosystem
The role of attesters in making dlcBTC secure
How redemptions work in this kind of setup
Whether dlcBTC is more decentralized than WBTC
How many attesters the protocol should have to make it more safe and secure
How dlcBTC, the company, makes money with this product
Whether dlcBTC will be used in Bitcoin L2s, not just in the Ethereum ecosystem
What the future plans are for dlcBTC
Visit our website for breaking news, analysis, op-eds, articles to learn about crypto, and much more: unchainedcrypto.com
Dan Boeckner recounts the saga of Canadian journalist being “elicited” by a nice Chinese man and his wife.
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