Protesters are walking around New York City chanting, "Colbert stays! Trump must go!" How did we get here? What in the world happened to comedy? And speaking of comedy, we discuss Hunter Biden's recent interview. Give a listen.
Haun Ventures CMO Rachael Horwitz breaks down how crypto is going mainstream through stablecoins and why the industry needs better storytelling to reach broader audiences.
Haun Ventures CMO Rachael Horwitz shares insights on branding in crypto, from navigating market volatility to building long-term conviction. Drawing on leadership roles at Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Coinbase, she breaks down how crypto challenges conventional tech narratives—and why VCs must rethink how they position themselves in a rapidly evolving space. A strategic lens on the future of venture and Web3.
Midnight is a privacy-enhancing blockchain introducing vital, programmable privacy and selective disclosure capabilities. It means dApps can allow users to control what information is revealed without putting sensitive data on-chain, allowing you to break free from the limitation of choosing between utility or privacy. We deserve more when it comes to privacy. Experience the next generation of blockchain that is private and inclusive by design. Break free with Midnight, visit midnight.network/break-free.
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"Gen C" features host Sam Ewen. Executive produced by Uyen Truong.
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry say 33 people have died of starvation in the past 48 hours. Also: former US police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor sentenced. Plus: Pakistan cracks down on keeping lions as pets.
High AI costs are pushing more smaller cybersecurity companies to sell. President Trump is expected to deliver a major address about winning the AI race. Ariana Aspuru hosts.
The World Health Organization says Israel's offensive in central Gaza has compromised its efforts to continue working, after its facilities came under attack. Also on the programme, we speak to the Kenyan human rights activist who was arrested on suspicion of terror offences; and Australia's pristine waters off its south coast have been inundated by a toxic algal bloom.
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Just as no one in the world could possibly make something as simple as a pencil all by himself, as the great Leonard Read explained in his famous essay, I, Pencil, so it is with Mises University.
Since the mid-’90s, employers have been using an online system to verify the legal right of employees to work in the U.S. That system often falls short, and now employers have been encouraged to recheck workers' legal status as the Trump administration has canceled work authorizations for hundreds of thousands of immigrants. But first: Universal Music Group is closer to selling shares on a U.S. stock exchange. And, how long will the housing market remain stagnant?
VanEck’s Head of Digital Assets Research, Matthew Sigel, joins the podcast to discuss bitcoin treasury plays, CoreWeave’s $9 billion bid for Core Scientific, and other hot trends in the Bitcoin equities realm.
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, VanEck’s Head of Digital Assets Research Matthew Sigel joins us to talk about Core Scientific's massive $9B CoreWeave acquisition deal, whether Bitcoin treasury companies are getting too crowded with 30+ deals in pipeline, AI infrastructure pivots among miners, and if the crypto equity boom is here to stay.
• Core Scientific $9B all-stock deal with CoreWeave
• 850MW HPC/AI infrastructure potential capacity
• US listed miners hit 31% global hash rate
• 30,000+ Bitcoin bought by 15 treasury companies
• Meta Planet trading at 5x Bitcoin NAV premium
• $150M annual revenue target for Hut 8's AI business
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
02:55 Coreweave & Core Scientific
07:40 Coreweave's BTC mining operation
08:52 Volatility & Coreweave's stock price
12:25 Fractal Bitcoin
13:05 Future of pure BTC miners
17:45 American Bitcoin
20:54 What's keeping public miner stock prices suppressed?
24:02 Too many treasury companies?
29:58 International strategies
35:45 Gamestop & Semler Scientific
39:27 Bit Digital ETH pivot
42:49 Cycle narrative
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Michael F. Cannon and Neal McCluskey let us listen in on their ongoing 20-year debate over who has the more difficult job -- fixing health care or education. McCluskey argues that government's monopolistic control over K-12 education and compulsory schooling creates a more fundamental threat to freedom, while Cannon contends that health care is even more dysfunctional due to cascading government interventions that have created the world's most expensive and gap-ridden health system. Both scholars explore how government subsidies drive up costs in their respective sectors and outline their visions for more libertarian, market-based alternatives.
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