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The Bulwark Podcast - S2 Ep1009: Amanda Carpenter: Daddy? No, Manny Trump
Trump is siccing the thought police on the Smithsonian, he's got an FBI task force set up to protect Elon's car company, and he's turning random tattoos into gang insignia—unless they're on Pete Hegseth. Meanwhile, Greenlanders did not come to play, Elise Stefanik gets benched, the DOJ won't do its real job, and next week's elections are making Republicans nervous. Plus, courage is contagious—make them come after everybody. Amanda Carpenter joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - Unicorn Fart Dust: A Pipe Dream From the Basement
Ron Branstetter joins CoinDesk with the Unicorn Fart Dust story.
Unicorn Fart Dust developer Ron Branstetter joins CoinDesk with the story of how $UFD came about and the journey that led him to the crypto industry. Plus, what's next for UFD and the significance of honesty and integrity in building a community.
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Friends, DeFi is having a moment — Uniswap Labs' web app and wallet connect you to the excitement. Swapping and bridging are simple, low cost, and lightning fast across 13 chains, including Base, Arbitrum and Unichain, the new Layer 2 network designed for DeFi.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: CoreWeave’s $23B IPO, Crusoe Ditches Bitcoin Mining, and Riot’s Bid For Rockdale Assets
All your Bitcoin mining news from this week, in 30 minutes or less! Including CoreWeave’s downgraded IPO, Crusoe selling assets to NYDIG plus Riot bidding for Rhodium’s mining assets!
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Welcome to The Mining Pod! This week, we dive into Bitcoin's difficulty adjustments with hash rate approaching 850 EH/s while miners face compressed hash prices at $48.63. We analyze Core Weave's IPO reduction from $4B to $1.5B amid market skepticism. Plus, breaking news on Crusoe's mining operations exit to NYDIG, Riot's $185M offer for Rhodium's Rockdale assets, and the hilarious irony of anti-ordinals Ocean Mining processing Taproot Wizards transactions. Join us for expert analysis on the evolving mining and AI compute landscapes.
# Notes:
- Difficulty adjustment estimated at 5.6%
- Hash prices at $48.63 per hash per day
- Network hash rate approaching 850 EH/s
- Core Weave IPO reduced to $1.5B from $4B
- Riot offering $185M for Rhodium assets
- Crusoe selling all mining operations to NYDIG
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
02:16 Hashrate Forecast
04:56 What’s up with CoreWeave?
06:31 Kramer video
17:38 Crusoe Sells Assets to NYDIG
21:52 Riot and Rockdale
25:37 Cry Corner: CATS, Wizards vs Ocean
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