Month: August 2025

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: China Mining Ban Fake News, Semiconductor Tariffs, $14.5B Mining Pool Heist

No, China is not banning bitcoin mining again.


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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Will, Colin, and Matt touch on Bitcoin’s hashrate hitting an all-time high of 972 EH/s, Trump's proposed 100% semiconductor tariffs, false Chinabitcoin mining ban rumors, MicroStrategy's 2.5x NAV share issuance rule, and tracking down a $3.5B mining pool heist (now worth $14.5B!) four years later.



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**Notes:**

• Hash rate reaches 972 EH/s all-time high

• 1.4% difficulty adjustment expected 

• Hash price at $58 per PH/day

• 100% semiconductor tariff proposed

• China controls 13-14% of network hash

• $3.5B mining pool heist now worth $14.5B


Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:36 Difficulty Report by Luxor

07:41 Tariffs... again

13:59 No, China is not banning bitcoin mining again

21:56 MSTR will no longer issue equity under 2.5x mNAV

33:25 Cry Corner: Mining pool heist


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Marketplace All-in-One - Would you add crypto to your retirement portfolio?

You might be able to before too long. Tax-protected retirement savings may soon allow riskier assets to be included in 401(k)s or 403(b)s, such as cryptocurrency accounts or private-equity investments. The gears for this were set in motion by presidential order yesterday, though the changes won't happen immediately. We'll learn more. And later in the program, we'll explore how tariffs are shaping business for both a Switzerland-based generic drugmaker and a Portland, Oregon-based building contractor.

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Marketplace All-in-One - Tariffs won’t force a major Swiss pharma company to move production

From the BBC World Service: The pharmaceutical industry is still waiting to see what duties they’ll be hit with, but pharma giant Sandoz, based in Switzerland, says the duties won't get them to move manufacturing to the U.S. Then, President Donald Trump called for the boss of U.S. chipmaker Intel to resign. And, the Congolese government is in the spotlight for spending massive amounts of money to sponsor some of the world's biggest soccer teams.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Record Stores, We Salute You

Record stores aren’t dead. Across the Chicago area, they’re a mainstay for discovery and for community connection. So, let’s salute the role they play in expanding our musical horizons. We chatted with Jack and John Dreznes, father-son duo at Beverly Records in the Beverly neighborhood, Nigel Ridgeway, co-founder of Miyagi Records, Kelli Lynch, music director at WRRG at Triton College and Natalie Moore, Chicago Sun-Times columnist. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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Up First from NPR - Gaza Occupation Decision, Redistricting Update, Trump Orders New Census

Israel's cabinet has voted to expand the war in Gaza by taking control of Gaza City, Republican efforts to redraw Congressional districts ahead of next year's midterms continue to escalate, and President Trump is calling for a "new" census that excludes people who are in the U.S. without legal status.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Not all’s fair: Israel and accountability

We take an expansive look at how much the Israeli justice system is holding its war machine to account. The results are so far unpromising. The idea, popular on social media, of “job-hopping” to ratchet up pay is looking ever less wise. And a look back on the life of Father Patrick Ryan, unrepentant improver of the IRA’s bombs.


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WSJ Minute Briefing - Israel’s Security Cabinet Approves Plan to Control Gaza CIty

Plus: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky defends his right to participate in possible peace talks with Vladimir Putin and President Trump. And, a shake-up to 401(k) investing could allow Americans to put their pensions in crypto. Azhar Sukri hosts.


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Native America Calling - Friday, August 8, 2025 – Lakota project breathes new life into Chief Sitting Bull’s songs

Sitting Bull is remembered for strong leadership and resistance against the U.S. government, but a series of songs by and about him reveal another side to the renowned Lakota leader. Courtney Yellow Fat (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe) has been sifting through oral and written history to identify the songs that are known to the tribe, but only recently attributed to Sitting Bull. Yellow Fat and others are recording those songs through the Densmore/Lakota Songs Repatriation Project.

(Photo: KUYI radio)

And Hopi radio station KUYI is marking 25 years on the air. The celebration comes amid new uncertainty about the future of many public and tribal radio stations. We’ll talk with the station manager about the milestone for the station and the role community radio plays for Hopi citizens.

GUESTS

Courtney Yellow Fat (Hunkpapa Lakota), chief cultural consultant and co-producer with the Densmore/Lakota Songs Repatriation Project

John Eagleshield Jr. (Hunkpapa Lakota), singer

Samantha Honani Molina (Hopi), KUYI general manager

 

Break 1 Music: Fearless I Live by Chief Sitting Bull (song) Courtney Yellow Fat (artist)

Break 2 Music: I Am the Beginning and the End (song) Dorothy Tsatoke (artist) Native American Healing Songs Come to me Great Mystery (album)

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Freakonomics Radio Archives - Freakonomics - The First Great American Industry (Update)

Whaling was, in the words of one scholar, “early capitalism unleashed on the high seas.” How did the U.S. come to dominate the whale market? Why did whale hunting die out here — and continue to grow elsewhere? And is that whale vomit in your perfume? (Part 1 of “Everything You Never Knew About Whaling.”)

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