In a state where every vote matters, campaigns are not only trying to win in counties where they're strongest. They're also trying to lose by less in places where votes for their candidate are harder to find. We take a look at volunteers in Wisconsin who are working to make less more.
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CoinDesk Indices presents notable data insights from the week, followed by additional analysis from Hugo Takimoto, Head of Product and Liquidity at Rho Labs.
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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 investable CoinDesk Crypto Sectors and the CoinDesk 20 Index, designed to measure the performance of top digital assets. Today’s takeaways are provided by Tracy Stephens, senior index manager at CoinDesk Indices with additional analysis from Hugo Takimoto, Head of Product and Liquidity at Rho Labs.
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Last month, Microsoft and Constellation Energy announced a deal to restart Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island, the site of the country’s worst nuclear power accident. WSJ’s Jennifer Hiller reports that the goal is to power the tech giant’s growing artificial intelligence ambitions.
Cerebras is approaching chipmaking differently, can it carve out a space for itself in an industry of titans?
(00:45) Asit Sharma and Jason Moser discuss:
The dock workers strike, its daily cost, and the industries it could impact most.
Upcoming AI chip IPO Cerebras, and how the company is approaching high-performance chips differently than the competition.
Fresh earnings from: Nike, Paychex, and McCormick.
(19:04) October 2024 marks 20 years of Rule Breakers at The Motley Fool. To celebrate, we’re airing a portion of a conversation with David and former Rule Breakers analyst Matt Argersinger from our premium Epic Opportunities podcast. David fielded questions from our investing team about his own investing process, reflected on his 6 traits of a Rule Breaker and the companies that the framework led him to follow.
(35:56) Jason and Asit break down two stocks on their radar: Pepsico and Joby Aviation.
Stocks discussed: NKE, PAYX, MCK, PEP, JOBY
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Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz seems to have a poor understanding of what the First Amendment protects. Donald Trump pledges to use the Department of Justice to punish Google over the presentation of negative news stories about him. Cato's Brent Skorup and Nico Perrino of FIRE detail the candidates' troubling views.
Liz Cheney sticks to her values under incredible pressure in an old-fashioned Republican way. And she reminded us that Jan 6 is not in the past—but is directly tied to the threat from a presidency where loyalty is built around a lie. Plus, the politicizing of FEMA, Trump's baiting of the media to fact check, more Megyn derangement syndrome, and the longshoremen and job automation. John Dickerson joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
With geopolitical tensions rising in the Middle East, how does Bitcoin react to global risk events? And is ‘Uptober’ still on the table?
October started with hopes for “Uptober”—a positive price trajectory in October—in the Bitcoin community, since, historically, Bitcoin has performed well this month. But things took a turn when geopolitical tensions in the Middle East escalated, raising concerns about how that could affect Bitcoin’s price this month.
In this episode, André Dragosch, European Head of Research at Bitwise, talks about how Bitcoin typically responds to geopolitical shocks, whether this could present a buying opportunity, and how major events like the U.S. elections might shape Bitcoin’s future.
Show highlights:
How Bitcoin’s reacted to the geopolitical escalations
Why André believes this is a buying opportunity
How there was a macro capitulation after the beginning of the unwind of the Japan carry trade in August
Whether Bitcoin can truly act as a safe haven asset
How the clientele of ETFs have changed the market structure for Bitcoin
Whether ‘Uptober’ is canceled
How Andre expects Bitcoin will perform depending on the winner of the U.S. elections
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Host Christine Lee breaks down the news in the crypto industry including a new HBO documentary that claims to have cracked the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto to the stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data.
"CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as a new HBO documentary is set to unveil the identity of Bitcoin's anonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. Plus, the U.S. jobs data returned stronger than expected and Binance's combined market share in spot and derivatives volume dropped to its lowest level since September 2020.
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This episode was hosted by Christine Lee. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Christine Lee, Jennifer Sanasie, Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.