February 2025 – Page 83

February 7, 2025

CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: Bitdeer’s Power Plant, Trump’s ETFs, Softbank’s $50m Cipher Bet, and Nebraska’s Mining Tax

On this week’s news roundup, Bitdeer’s acquiring rights for a 101 MW power plant and Trump wants to launch a BTC ETF.

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Colin, Will, and Matt are back at it this week with a packed docket of news. Bitdeer has acquired the rights for a $90 million, 101 MW natural gas power plant in Alberta in a bid to become even more vertically integrated, and Cipher cashes in on Project Stargate with a $50 million investment from Softbank. Plus, two cheers for taxation (but not actually): Russia has codified a tax code for bitcoin miners, and a Nebraska Senator introduces a bill for a $0.025 per kw excise tax on bitcoin miners. For our last news item, Trump wants to launch bitcoin ETFs, because memecoins just weren’t sophisticated enough. And for this week’s cry corner, why Ethereum is no longer deflationary and what a croissant can tell us about the future of ETH issuance (seriously).

Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:21 Difficulty report

05:03 Bitdeer Power Plant

11:32 Softbank invests $50m in Cipher

16:18 Russian miners reporting & taxes

22:20 Nebraska rate hike

28:17 Bitcoin Plus ETF

32:20 Cry corner: uLTrA SOunD MooONeeY

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!

👉Enjoying the show? Check out our newsletter at miningpod.blockspace.media!

👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show!

Follow our hosts on Twitter: @wsfoxley, @cbspears, @AsILayHodling, @MatthewKimmell

Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner!

And Luxor Tech, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power!

"The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey Inc. with Senior Producer Damien Somerset.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

February 7, 2025

CBS News Roundup - 02/07/2025 | World News Roundup

Judge puts federal buyout offer on hold. FBI turmoil over January 6th list. L-A's toxic fire debris. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

February 7, 2025

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - This Chicago Cafe Owner Is Resisting Trump’s Immigration Agenda

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained more than 100 people in the Chicago area in an effort to carry out President Trump’s campaign promise of mass deportations. But on Monday, dozens of stores and restaurants closed as part of Day Without Immigrants in protest and to honor the contributions of immigrants. Reset checks in with Héctor Aguirre, co-owner of La Malinche Coffee and Tea House, a business in Pilsen that participated. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

February 7, 2025

Up First from NPR - Trump’s Justice Department, Disappearing DEI, Flu Peaks Again

The Justice Department is moving to implement President Trump's agenda for the agency, some large companies in the US are deleting or softening DEI language from their investor disclosures and influenza is peaking twice this winter.

Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.

Today's episode of Up First was edited by Anna Yukhananov, Rafael Nam, Scott Hensley, Janaya Williams, Alice Woelfle and Ben Adler. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Patrick Murray, our technical director is Zac Coleman. And our Executive Producer is Kelley Dickens.

Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NPR Privacy Policy

February 7, 2025

Unexpected Elements - All by myself

French president Emmanuel Macron recently announced that Leonardo da Vinci’s famous Mona Lisa painting will be moved to her very own room at the Louvre, as part of a plan to renovate the iconic museum.

And that got us thinking. Once the crowds have gone home every night, the Mona Lisa will be all by herself, with no other paintings to smile at enigmatically across the room.

So this week, we are talking all things isolation. We start things off by finding out about a key cognitive skill that may have been impacted by COVID-19 lockdowns.

Next, we discover more about the history of loneliness and the impact it can have on your health, before discussing what evolutionary roads isolated island species will go down.

Plus, we’re joined by Professor Jonathan Harrington from the University of Munich. He reveals how our accents can be affected by isolation. That, plus many more Unexpected Elements.

Presenters: Marnie Chesterton, with Christine Yohannes and Affelia Wibisono. Producers: Alice Lipscombe-Southwell, with Dan Welsh, William Hornbrook and Imaan Moin.

February 7, 2025

The Intelligence from The Economist - It could happen to you: introducing “Scam Inc”

Our new podcast series is a shocking look at transnational organised crime: nearly as big as the illegal-drug trade and far more sophisticated than you might think. Beware. After a week that started with bold tariff moves by the Trump administration, what can be gleaned from how things progressed (09:20)? And a staid, ancient game gets a glitzy modern makeover (16:20).

Get a world of insights by subscribing to Economist Podcasts+. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.

February 7, 2025

The Journal. - Trump 2.0: Less Foreign Aid, More Tariffs

WSJ’s Joel Schectman joins Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball to explore the dismantling of USAID and what it means for America’s future as a global leader. Plus, Trump's tariffs, a Gaza proposal and remaking the CIA.

Further Listening:

- Inside USAID as Elon Musk and DOGE Ripped It Apart

- Trump’s Tariff Whiplash

Money Girl - How to Budget with Irregular Income: 6 Steps for Freelancers & Self-Employed Workers

Laura answers a listener's question about how to manage money and create a budget when you have an irregular income.

Money Girl is hosted by Laura Adams. A transcript is available at Simplecast.

Have a money question? Send an email to money@quickanddirtytips.com or leave a voicemail at 302-365-0308.

Find Money Girl on Facebook and Twitter, or subscribe to the newsletter for more personal finance tips.

Money Girl is a part of Quick and Dirty Tips.

Links:

https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/

https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/money-girl-newsletter

https://www.facebook.com/MoneyGirlQDT

https://twitter.com/LauraAdams

https://lauradadams.com/

February 7, 2025

The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 2.7.25

Alabama

Sen. Tuberville offers bill to eliminate tax of social security benefits for seniors
The State of Alabama executed Demetrius Frazier via nitrogen hypoxia
State lawmaker offers bill that allows death penalty for child rapists
The AL senate passes a bill that recognizes only two genders: male & female
A bill offered in state senate allows AL to borrow more money for prison build
A bill that bans electronic devices in public school is filed in AL House
The South Alabama Veterans Council opposes restructuring bill for AL Dept of Veterans Affairs

National

Judge puts hold on Trump buyout option for federal workers due to lawsuit
Judge orders DOGE team to not access certain materials within US Treasury
Trump says the USAID stole billions of dollars from taxpayers, big scandal
Border czar Homan will find out who tipped off gang members of ICE raids
House hearing reveals Fauci to be big promoter of cruel animal "research"
Katie Hopkins of UK says America winning hard now that Trump is back

February 7, 2025

Everything Everywhere Daily - Kim Philby and the Cambridge Five

In the 1950s and 1960s, the British Intelligence community was shocked by a series of high-profile defections to the Soviet Union.

These defections proved to be devastating to British intelligence during the Cold War and may have led to the death or imprisonment of hundreds of undercover British operatives.

These defections changed Western intelligence gathering forever in ways that can still be felt today.

Learn more about the Cambridge Five and how they influenced the Cold War on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

Sponsors

Mint Mobile
Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed
MasterClass
Get up to 50% off at MASTERCLASS.COM/EVERYWHERE
Quince
Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order!
ButcherBox
New users that sign up for ButcherBox will receive 2 lbs of grass-fed ground beef in every box for the lifetime of their subscription + $20 off your first box when you use code daily at checkout!