Month: October 2024

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - UNCHAINED: The Backstory of How 3 AI Agents Led to the Rise of the Hottest Memecoin, GOAT

The intersection of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency is gaining momentum with the rise of memecoins like GOAT, an AI-created token now valued at over $700 million.

The two-week-old GOAT memecoin, which hit a market cap of almost $880 million on Thursday, is captivating everyone in crypto. Not because this is memecoin szn, but because its rise was fueled by an AI called Truth Terminal, which is itself a baby of two other AI models. 

Teng Yan, founder of Chain of Thought, joins Unchained to break down how this unexpected AI creation has turned into a phenomenon, why it has captured the attention of the crypto world, and what the future holds for AI-driven tokens. 

At the end, Laura also discusses with Unchained’s regulatory reporter Veronica Irwin two interesting and important news stories: who Kamala Harris is vetting for SEC chair and how one Senate race could inadvertently give Senator Elizabeth Warren more power over crypto. 

Show highlights:

  • How an AI experiment unexpectedly led to the creation of GOAT and sparked interest in AI-generated subcultures
  • How "Terminal of Truth" evolved its own personality, gained attention from Marc Andreessen, and began posting about a new "Goat Sea gospel" religion
  • How the spelling mistake sparked skepticism about the AI model
  • What happened with the $50,000 in BTC that Marc Andreesseen gave to Truth Terminal
  • Whether an AI can have its own wallet and what the implications are 
  • Whether AI memecoins could start surging on other chains
  • What we can expect in terms of the proliferation of AI memecoins
  • What the future looks like for the intersection of crypto and AI
  • Who Kamala Harris is considering for SEC Chair if she wins the U.S. election
  • Why one Senate race could give Elizabeth Warren more power over crypto

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - COINDESK DAILY: Microsoft Urges Shareholders to Vote Against Bitcoin Proposal

Host Christine Lee breaks down the news in the crypto industry including Microsoft urging shareholders to vote against a bitcoin proposal and Balance becoming a qualified crypto custodian in Canada.

Bitcoin is trading flat around the $68,000 threshold while options traders weigh a price increase to $100,000 by the end of 2024. Plus, Microsoft urges shareholders to vote against a proposal that assesses bitcoin as a diversification investment and crypto custodian Balance wants to bring Canada’s crypto ETF assets back to the country. "CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today.

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Focus on Africa - LRA Thomas Kwoyelo sentenced : A victim’s testimony

A court in Uganda has sentenced Thomas Kwoyelo, a former senior commander of the rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army, to 40 years in prison for war crimes including murder, rape, enslavement and torture. Victoria Nyanjura was 14 years old when she was abducted by the group from her school in Northern Uganda. She was forced to work for the group and was repeatedly raped. Victoria shares her thoughts on the sentencing and recounts her experience at the hands of the LRA.

Also a review of this year's BRICS summit, as Ethiopia and Egypt join the bloc

And why does asthma, a chronic lung condition, remain undiagnosed in children on the continent?

Presenter: Audrey Brown Producers: Patricia Whitehorne, Sunita Nahar, Daniel Dadzie and Joseph Keen in London Technical Producer: Jonathan Greer Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp Editors: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: Russia’s Bitcoin Economy, Coinmint’s Expansion, and Core Scientific’s $8.7B AI Deal

Will Russia actually encourage trade in bitcoin to evade sanction? Plus, an update on Core Scientific’s 500 MW, $8.7 billion deal with Core Weave.

Welcome back to the Mining Pod! Will, Colin, and Matt are back with another news roundup. It’s election season, so naturally, headlines about Russia have weaseled their way into the news cycle – only this time, the news is about how Russia allegedly wants to encourage trade in bitcoin to bypass sanctions. The gang also talks about Coinmint’s partnership with NYDIG to expand its Massena, NY facility, and our friends at Compass give us an update on the bitcoin mining hosting market. The show wraps up with the latest on Core Scientific’s $8.7 billion deal with Core Weave, and in this week’s cry corner, the fellas are perplexed at why Dennis Porter, founder of Satoshi Action Fund, is getting so much heat for Pennsylvania’s new bitcoin rights bill.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Start

00:53 Difficulty update

04:00 Russia using bitcoin for international trade?

15:26 Massena & the Alcoa East plant

18:36 Hosting update w/ Karoon from Compass

32:46 Core Scientific Final Contract Option by CoreWeave

37:49 Cry corner: why so butthurt about Dennis Porter?


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Native America Calling - Friday, October 25, 2024 – An apology, a long time coming

President Joe Biden is taking the historic step to formally apologize for the federal government’s role in the failed Indian Board School era. The first-of-its-kind acknowledgement comes after Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland released the final report from a three-year investigation that included formal listening sessions from boarding school survivors and their relatives. The report documented at least 18,000 Native children who were sent to distant live-in schools where they were forced to abandon their languages and cultures. They were subjected to extensive physical and sexual abuse. Nearly 1,000 children died while attending the institutions far from their families. We’ll hear from Sec. Haaland and others who have been working on building the infrastructure of healing from the Boarding School Era.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - As Women’s Sports Explode In Popularity, Fans Want A Space To Call Their Own

It started with “The Sports Bra” in Portland. Then, “A Bar of Their Own in Minneapolis.” Now, bars catering to women’s sports fans are popping up all over. Chicago is home to Whiskey Girl Tavern in Edgewater and future home to Babe’s Sports Bar in Logan Square. Reset learns how these spaces came to be and how their owners think about community amidst a huge surge in popularity with Nora McConnell-Johnson the future owner of Babe’s Sports Bar And Heather Roberts, co-owner of Whiskey Girl Tavern. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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Up First from NPR - Harris in Texas, Georgia On Edge, Menendez Brothers Case

T​he presidential candidates are racing around the seven swing states and today they're both in Texas — one of the reddest states in the country. Swing states like Georgia are on edge as the FBI warns state and local officials that extremists with election grievances could turn to violence in the coming weeks. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is recommending that the Menendez brothers be resentenced and released from prison. And President Biden is set to make a formal apology for the federal government's Native American Boarding schools.

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