CoinDesk has released its inaugural list of the Top 50 Women in Web3 and AI, powered by Proof of Talk. Julia Bonafede, co-founder of Rosetta Analytics AI who served as one of five judges, joins CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie to discuss the rigorous criteria used to curate this list of 50 trailblazing women, emphasizing their groundbreaking work driving innovation and ethical frameworks in emerging technologies.
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Ledn is the leading platform for Bitcoin-backed loans, offering a secure and transparent way to unlock liquidity without selling your Bitcoin. Ledn has issued over $9 billion in loans since 2018 and has never lost a single satoshi of client assets, earning a reputation as the name you can trust in the crypto space.
Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Will, Colin and Matt talk about May mining production numbers from major players like CleanSpark, Riot, and Marathon; the explosive growth of corporate Bitcoin treasury companies following MicroStrategy's playbook; and CoreWeave’s $7 billion deal with Applied Digital. Plus, for this week’s cry corner, silver just hit a 13-year high, but it’s still only up 5% in those 13 years…
• Hash price currently around $52 per petahash/day
• CleanSpark mined 694 BTC in May at 45.6 EH/s
• Riot sold 500 BTC for $51M operational costs
• Marathon holds almost 50,000 Bitcoin treasury
• Applied Digital signed $7B, 15-year AI deal
• Silver hit $36, highest since February 2012
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
01:08 Difficulty Report by Luxor
06:16 Monthly Production Figures
16:55 Fractal Bitcoin
17:30 The Bitcoin Treasury Movement
24:16 Saylor’s copycats fall behind
30:03 Applied Digital and CoreWeave
33:27 Cry Corner - Silver rips higher
37:43 Circle IPO
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ChainPatrol co-founder and COO Vito Giovannetti joins CoinDesk to reflect on the journey that led them to winning the pitchfest at Consensus 2025 as a dark horse. Plus, how they plan to accelerate its mission to protect Web3 companies, brands, and communities from relentless online threats.
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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as Elon Musk bashed President Donald Trump’s proposed spending package.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk bashed President Donald Trump’s proposed spending package, calling the One Big Beautiful Bill Act a "Debt Slavery Bill." CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie hosts “CoinDesk Daily.”
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Ledn is the leading platform for Bitcoin-backed loans, offering a secure and transparent way to unlock liquidity without selling your Bitcoin. Ledn has issued over $9 billion in loans since 2018 and has never lost a single satoshi of client assets, earning a reputation as the name you can trust in the crypto space.
At Consensus 2025, Eric Trump, Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov and the World Liberty Financial team joined forces with Charles Hoskinson for a discussion on bitcoin mining, the fastest-growing stablecoin (USD1) and the fight for financial freedom against outdated banking systems.
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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as World Liberty Financial airdropped $47 worth of its USD1 stablecoin to each participant in its token sale.
World Liberty Financial, backed by the Trump family, airdropped $47 worth of its USD1 stablecoin to each participant in its WLFI token sale. Plus, top Pump.fun tokens slid amid reports on the platform's plan to raise $1 billion for a token sale. CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie hosts “CoinDesk Daily.”
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Ledn is the leading platform for Bitcoin-backed loans, offering a secure and transparent way to unlock liquidity without selling your Bitcoin. Ledn has issued over $9 billion in loans since 2018 and has never lost a single satoshi of client assets, earning a reputation as the name you can trust in the crypto space.
The latest price moves and insights with Bitwise Asset Management CIO Matt Hougan.
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Bitwise Asset Management CIO Matt Hougan joins CoinDesk live at Consensus 2025 to explain why he is more confident now with his $200,000 bitcoin price target. Plus, why now is the "best moment" to buy the asset.
This content should not be construed or relied upon as investment advice. It is for entertainment and general information purposes.
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This episode was hosted by Christine Lee and Any Baehr.
Vortex returns to discuss Bitcoin's future, soft fork upgrades like CTV, the dangers of cult personalities, and why Bitcoin development must continue despite political resistance in this technical deep dive.
Vortex joins us to talk about Bitcoin's unfinished evolution, the critical need for soft fork upgrades like CTV and check sig from stack, parallels between Roger Ver and Michael Saylor's influence, lessons from the block size war, and why technical development can't stop despite growing political resistance within the Bitcoin community.
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**Notes:**
• Bitcoin at $110,000 feels eerily casual in 2025
• CTV has $500k+ bug bounty with no exploits found
• Only 3-5% of global population has used Bitcoin
• Next cycle could see $2M+ Bitcoin price target
• ETFs defined this cycle; governments next
• Lightning needs upgrades for high-fee environments
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
01:20 The RETURN of Vortex
03:47 Blocksize War vs Now
08:41 Roger Ver & Micheal Saylor
14:56 Why not big blocks?
19:38 UASF (user activated soft fork)
20:47 CTV + CSFS
24:49 Current state of Bitcoin
31:50 Protecting your psyche
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Dan Tapiero, founder and CEO of 1RT and 10T, joins Pantera Capital founder and CEO Dan Morehead at Consensus 2025 in Toronto to reflect on their pioneering journey into crypto, from launching the first crypto fund in 2013 to navigating past market cycles. They discuss why bitcoin and the broader blockchain space represent the "biggest macro trade of a generation," offering returns unseen in traditional finance.
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Recorded live from the Global Dollar Network event, Network Effect in New York City please enjoy this conversation with Raj Dhamodharan, EVP Blockchain / Digital Asset Products & Digital Partnerships at Mastercard and CoinDesk Indices' Andy Baehr.
