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From the Consensus stage, we explore the rise of meme coins and the financialization of cultural ideas through blockchain technology.

In this episode, we feature a panel from Consensus moderated by Camilla McFarland with artist Rhett Mankind, marketer Liz Hagelthorn, talent representative Chris Jacquemin, and investor Derek Edwards to discuss the emergence of meme coins, the tokenization of cultural concepts and the potential impact of this trend on art, celebrity and the monetization of ideas. This episode was recorded live at Consensus 2024 in Austin, TX.

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• Derek on Twitter
• Liz on Twitter 
• Rhett on Twitter
• Chris on Twitter
• Camilla on Twitter

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"Gen C" features hosts Sam Ewen and Avery Akkineni. Executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced by Uyen Truong. Our theme music is "1882” by omgkirby x Channel Tres with editing by Doc Blust. Artwork by Nicole Marie Rincon.

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Venice.ai founder and CEO Erik Voorhees joins the company's Chief Operating Officer Teana Baker-Taylor to discuss the significance of user privacy in AI systems.

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Venice.ai founder and CEO Erik Voorhees joins the company's Chief Operating Officer Teana Baker-Taylor live at Consensus 2024 to discuss the significance of user privacy, non-censorship, and open-source models in artificial intelligence (AI) systems.

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “First Mover” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.

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Napster CEO Jon Vlassopulos weighs in on decentralization in the music industry.

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Napster CEO Jon Vlassopulos joins CoinDesk Live at Consensus 2024 to discuss the brand's evolution and its upcoming initiatives. Plus, insights on community and artist engagement in the music and Web3 space.

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “First Mover” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.

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Host Helene Braun breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry from the U.S. jobs report to Semler Scientific's bitcoin purchase.

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"CoinDesk Daily" host Helene Braun breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as bitcoin (BTC), stocks and bond markers have all turned lower in response to the strong employment data in May. Plus, Saudi Arabia’s central bank has joined Project mBridge as a full participant and medical device maker Semler Scientific has broadened its corporate strategy to include buying bitcoin.

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This episode was hosted by Helene Braun. “First Mover” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.

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Coinbase has launched its new smart wallet with partners such as DeFi lending protocol Moonwell, offering them freebies they can pass onto consumers to get more people on-chain. 

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Coinbase’s “on-chain summer” has kicked off with the launch of its new smart wallet. This interview with Luke Youngblood, founding contributor to Moonwell, gives a peek at how it’s sweetening the pot for developers and users alike. 

In this episode, Youngblood describes how smart wallets are different from traditional wallets, how they do away with past security issues, and the more minor potential risks that still do exist with smart wallets. He also gives details on the ways that Coinbase is trying to use its smart wallet to get users on-chain: making it much easier to transact on-chain directly from their Coinbase accounts, subsidizing gas costs for certain dapps, and making sure everything is web-accessible. 

Plus, he explains why Moonwell chose Base, how it is branching out to non-crypto native DeFi users, such as populations that only have mobile phones and not desktop computers in geographies like Africa, Latin America, and Asia, and how the DeFi lending protocol differentiates itself from bigger ones that have established a beachhead on Base. 

Show highlights:

• How smart wallets differ from traditional wallets and embedded wallets
• Why Luke is excited to be working with Coinbase smart wallet
• What happens if the user loses the device linked to their smart wallet
• How hard it would be for a hacker to try to get access to the assets in this smart wallet
• How Coinbase is initially paying for user gas fees on dapps like Moonwell and other launch partners
• How Coinbase’s Magic Spend feature enables users to transact onchain straight from their Coinbase accounts
• How Coinbase might keep paying gas fees for some dapps even after the initial launch period
• Why the smart wallet is also accessible via the web, and not just through an app
• Why Moonwell has focused on lending and borrowing
• Why Moonwell chose to build on Base as opposed to, say, Solana
• Moonwell’s plans to grow 
• How having access to Coinbase’s user base changes Moonwell’s strategy for attracting users

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• Previous coverage on Unchained:
• Coinbase Smart Wallet: Coinbase Launches Its Smart Wallets, Dubbing It Crypto’s ‘IPhone Moment’
• Wallets: 
• Why (Almost) Everyone in Ethereum Is So Excited About a Wallet-Related Proposal
• What Are Externally Owned Accounts (EOAs) in Ethereum?
• An Introduction to ERC-4337 (Account Abstraction) Standard
• Base: 
• How Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade Could Lead to the Rise of Millions of Layer 3s
• Dencun Day One: Ethereum Layer 2 Networks See Drastic Drop in Transaction Fees
• Base Daily Transactions Spike to 2 Million Post Dencun Upgrade 
• Why Base’s Creator Thinks Social Apps Will Be a ‘Huge Part’ of the Layer 2 Blockchain’s Success
• Base TVL Hits $4 Billion as Transactions Per Second Surpass Ethereum
• 3 Reasons Why Layer 2 Network Base Has More Than Doubled Its Total Value Locked This Year
• Ethereum Layer 2s:
• Ethereum L2 Networks Reach Record High of 7 Million Distinct Addresses

Unchained Podcast is Produced by Laura Shin Media, LLC.  Distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Michele Musso and Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz. 

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There’s too much M&A in Bitcoin mining to keep track of! 

Will and Charlie dig into this week’s Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news, including the short report leveled at Riot Platforms, CoreWeave’s declined bid to purchase Core Scientific, BitDeer buying a fabless ASIC manufacturer for $140 million in shares, and lastly, Cleanspark’s involvement in the Cheyenne, Wyoming Bitcoin mining slapped with an executive order by the Biden administration.

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Chapters:

00:00 Start

02:31 Difficulty update

04:51 Mining stocks

08:04 Riot & Bitfarms

16:30 Core Scientific rejects Coreweave

22:00 Desiweminer (new AISC)

27:21 Cleanspark vs White House

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CoinDesk Indices presents notable data insights from the week, followed by additional analysis from an industry expert.

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The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) functions as a benchmark for the performance of the digital asset market, delivering institutional quality information to digital asset investors. Subsets of the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) are investible CoinDesk Crypto Sectors and the CoinDesk 20 Index, designed to measure the performance of the top digital assets. Today’s takeaways are provided by Tracy Stephens, senior index manager at CoinDesk Indices with additional analysis from Alex Ryvkin, Founder and CEO at Rho Labs.

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Ryan Rugg, Head of Digital Assets for Citibank's TTS business, discusses Citi's crypto plans.

Ryan Rugg, Head of Digital Assets for Citibank's Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) business, joined Consensus 2024 with a conversation on Citi's exploration into metaverse, tokenization and the broader crypto industry. Plus, the regulatory hurdles they faced along the way and the significance of collaborations with FinTech companies.

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Consensus is where experts convene to talk about the ideas shaping our digital future. Join developers, investors, founders, brands, policymakers and more in Austin, Texas from May 29-31. The tenth annual Consensus is curated by CoinDesk to feature the industry’s most sought-after speakers, unparalleled networking opportunities and unforgettable experiences. Register now at consensus.coindesk.com.

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “First Mover” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.

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Host Helene Braun breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry from Robinhood's announcement on its Bitstamp acquisition to CoreWeave's more than $1 billion buyout offer for Core Scientific.

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"CoinDesk Daily" host Helene Braun breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as trading platform Robinhood announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire crypto exchange Bitstamp for $200 million in cash. Plus, Core Scientific has rejected the more than $1 billion buyout offer from cloud computing firm CoreWeave and Binance can once again allow Mastercard users to purchase crypto on the exchange.

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This episode was hosted by Helene Braun. “First Mover” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.

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David Schwartz and Robert Leshner share how the convergence of traditional financial markets and on-chain systems presents a major opportunity for driving adoption over the next 20 years.

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This installment of "The Protocol," comes to you LIVE from Consensus 2024 in Austin Texas. Hosts Brad Keoun, the founding editor of The Protocol Newsletter, and tech journalists Sam Kessler and Margaux Nijkerk chat with David Schwartz, CTO of Ripple, and Robert Leshner,  CEO & Co-Founder of Superstate, on the challenges and opportunities in bringing real-world assets on-chain and more.

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00:00 The Conference Experience and Developer Mix

02:12 The Convergence of Traditional Financial Markets and On-Chain Systems

04:25 Challenges and Opportunities in Bringing Real-World Assets On-Chain

05:49 The Impact of Restaking in Traditional Finance

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