Month: May 2025

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - U.S. Reaching Out to China for Tariff Talks | COINDESK DAILY

Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as Chinese state media acknowledges that the U.S. is reaching out to them to hold tariff talks.

Chinese state media acknowledges that the U.S. is reaching out to them to hold tariff talks, boosting bitcoin above $97,000 as optimism about a possible U.S.-China trade deal emerges. Plus, an April U.S. jobs report surprise and Tether plans to launch a U.S.-focused stablecoin by late 2025. CoinDesk's Christine Lee hosts "CoinDesk Daily.

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Big Technology Podcast - The ‘AI-First Company,’ Big Tech Mega Earnings, NVIDIA vs. Anthropic

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) What an 'AI-First Company' is 2) Aaron Levie's AI-first memo to Box. 3) Luis von Ahn's AI-first memo to Duolingo 4) Tobi Lutke's AI-first memo to Shopify 5) Can non-tech company be AI-first? 6) Apple earnings 7) Apple's federal government issues 8) Microsoft earnings 9) Amazon earnings 10) Meta Earnings 11) NVIDIA vs. Anthropic 12) More on AI consciousness 13) The very handy Mag2

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The Indicator from Planet Money - American science brain drain

President Trump's federal cuts and scrutiny of academic institutions are forcing some U.S. scientists to head for the border. On today's show, an entomologist keeping America's farms safe from pests reconsiders America. And a CEO of a Canadian hospital explains how they are benefiting from the exodus.

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Marketplace All-in-One - Education Department to go after student loan defaulters

The U.S. Department of Education will begin taking action against federal student loan borrowers who are in default starting on Monday. The Treasury Department could soon start withholding money from government payments like tax refunds and Social Security payments or even garnish wages. Plus, we'll digest this morning's jobs report. And later: Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" is a masterpiece in filmmaking — and in dealmaking. We'll unpack Coogler's deal with studios.

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Focus on Africa - Ivory Coast: Why opposition leader removed from electoral list?

Ivory Coast's main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam has been struck off the electoral list. The judiciary has declared he is ineligible to run in October's presidential election due to his citizenship. Tidjane Thiam also held French citizenship which he renounced in order to run for the presidency. A court this week argued, that the former Credit Suisse boss forfeited his Ivorian nationality when he acquired French citizenship in 1987. We'll get analysis

Also, did past African National Congress party (ANC) governments in South Africa interfere with investigation and prosecution of apartheid-era crimes? President Cyril Ramaphosa has set up an inquiry. How will it work?

And, how does money laundering work, what is a 'grey list' and how do countries can get off it?

Presenter: Charles Gitonga Technical Producer: Jack Graysmark Producers: Tom Kavanagh and Nyasha Michelle in London and Richard Kagoe in Nairobi Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp Editors: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard

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Getting Hammered - Here Those Elephants Were

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Today, we discuss the departure of Mike Waltz, new details surrounding a potential Ukraine deal, the internal struggle within the Democratic party, the economy, Canada, and the devastating report coming out of Harvard. This episode is jam-packed!

Time stamps:

10:59 - Mike Waltz

15:29 - Ukraine

17:30 - Hogg + Dems

46:33 - Economy + Tariffs

57:08 - Canada

59:56 - Harvard report

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: Tether and Antalpha, Galaxy’s CoreWeave Expansion, OP_RETURN drama

For this week’s news round up, Tether is seeking a $25M stake in Anatalpha, CoreWeave expands at Galaxy’s Helios site, and more.


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Welcome to The Mining Pod News Roundup! The gang breaks down Tether's latest foray into the bitcoin mining sector as it seeks a $25M stake in AntAlpha, Galaxy's CoreWeave deal expanding to a total of 393MW, and the dramatic impact of the 2024 halving one year later. Plus, they dive into Cambridge's latest report showing Bitcoin uses 0.5% of total global electricity, and for this week’s cry corner: the contentious proposal to abolish the OP_RETURN data limit.


# Notes:

- Bitcoin price approaching $97,000

- 100 EH/s hash rate disappeared recently

- 40% difficulty increase post-halving

- Tether eyeing $25M stake in Ant Alpha IPO

- Galaxy secured additional 260MW from Helios

- Bitcoin uses 0.5% of total global electricity


Timestamps:

00:00 Start

07:51 Tether Antalpha stake

12:21 Galaxy + CoreWeave + AI

20:01 1-year after the halving

29:35 Cambridge Report: Miners Turn to Renewables

35:47 Cry corner: OP_RETURN wars


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