CoinDesk Podcast Network - Elon Musk Plans for the ‘America Party;’ Drake Raps About Bitcoin | COINDESK DAILY

Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as Elon Musk plans to form a pro-tech centrist party called the ‘America Party.’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk plans to form a pro-tech centrist party called the ‘America Party’ after splitting from President Trump and Canadian rapper Drake drops a new song that mentions bitcoin. CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie hosts “CoinDesk Daily.”

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BITCOIN SEASON 2: The Average American Bitcoin Owner Is Not Who You’d Expect

Deep dive into the Nakamoto Project's survey of 3,500 Americans reveals surprising demographics about Bitcoin ownership, political leanings, and moral foundations of crypto holders vs non-holders.


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Colin and Charlie dive deep into the Nakamoto Project's groundbreaking survey revealing what the average American really thinks about Bitcoin. From surprising ownership demographics to political shifts and moral foundations, this data challenges everything you think you know about who owns Bitcoin and why.


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**Notes:**

• 48 million Americans own Bitcoin (18.6% surveyed)

• 11 million hold their own keys (4.21%)

• Hispanic/Latino ownership leads at 24.2%

• 58.8% keep Bitcoin on exchanges

• Political shift right since 2024

• 4 in 5 support gold-to-Bitcoin conversion


Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:14 Highlights

05:12 Who holds Bitcoin?

08:35 How do people hold Bitcoin?

12:02 Ethnicity of Bitcoin holders

16:32 Politics

20:38 Changes in ownership from 2024

22:22 Sentiment

27:26 Moral Foundations

39:00 Crypto Reserve

43:12 Policy


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CoinDesk Podcast Network - Stuck in a Range, Bitcoin Finds Support From Corporate Balance Sheets | Markets Daily

The latest price moves and insights with CoinDesk's Andy Baehr.

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CoinDesk's Andy Baehr and Jennifer Sanasie break down the top stories in crypto from Strategy's recent bitcoin purchase to the state of bitcoin in corporate treasuries. And, when will bitcoin break out from the current trading range.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: ASIC Market Update, Hut 8 / American Bitcoin Business Updates, Tether’s New Mining Venture, 50 EH/s Club

For this week’s news roundup, we cover trends in the ASIC market, a series of business updates from Hut 8, and Tether’s latest mining venture. 


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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin and Matt are joined by Ethan Vera, the COO of Luxor Technology, to talk about Hut 8's 205 MW Vega facility and its 310 MW deal to deliver electricity to Ontario. Plus, American Bitcoin's $220 million fundraise, an ASIC market update, Tether's surprise mining expansion into Brazil, and how just four public companies now control nearly a quarter of Bitcoin's total hash rate.


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**Notes:**

• Difficulty dropped 7.48% after US heat wave

• American Bitcoin raised $220M private placement

• Hut 8 secured 310MW deal with Ontario to supply electricity via natural gas plant

• Four miners control 200+ exahashes (~20% network)

• ASIC prices are decoupling from hashprice movements 

• Tether goes in on mining venture in Brazil


Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:00 Difficulty Report by Luxor

05:32 Hut 8 energizes Vega

06:22 Hut 8 310 MW electricity deal in Ontario

13:57 American Bitcoin raises $220M 

18:22 ASIC market update with Ethan

26:33 Antminer S23 market

31:07 China ban reverse rumors

32:09 Tether in Brazil

38:20 50 EH/s club


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CoinDesk Podcast Network - Will Sovereign Investment Be the Game Changing Catalyst for Bitcoin? | Markets Daily

The latest price moves and insights with Amberdata Director of Derivatives Greg Magadini.

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Amberdata Director of Derivatives Greg Magadini joins CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie and Andy Baehr for a conversation on bitcoin's low volatility and increasing maturity. Plus, how it now takes "more money to move around bitcoin" at its current $2 trillion market cap.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - U.S. Adds Stronger-Than-Expected 147K Jobs, Will Fed Cut Rates? | COINDESK DAILY

Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as the U.S. added 147,000 jobs in June.

The U.S. economy added 147,000 jobs in June with the unemployment rate falling to 4.1%. Do the strong numbers indicate that the Fed might keep rates steady? Plus, leaders at the SEC are reviewing the agency's recent approval of a Grayscale application to turn the Digital Large Cap Fund into an ETF. CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie hosts “CoinDesk Daily.”

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - Companies Pile Into Bitcoin as Grayscale Nabs ETF Green light | COINDESK DAILY

Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as corporates continue to explore bitcoin treasuries.

Publicly traded companies continue to explore bitcoin treasuries and they have been buying more BTC than ETF products for the third straight quarter according to a CNBC report. Plus, SEC green-lights Grayscale's new ETF products and Coinbase's new acquisition. CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie hosts “CoinDesk Daily.”

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BITCOIN SEASON 2: Bitcoin Was Always Political w/ Casey Rodarmor

Casey Rodarmor discusses Bitcoin politics, ordinals/runes development, stablecoins, and his wild new project adding Chinese numerology and divination features to Bitcoin ordinals protocol.


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Casey Rodarmor, creator of Bitcoin Ordinals and Runes protocols, joins us to talk about his frustration with Bitcoin politics, why he thinks Bitcoiners are becoming too cozy with politicians, the future of ordinals and runes adoption, his thoughts on stablecoins, and his fascinating new project to integrate Chinese numerology and divination systems into Bitcoin through SAT-based fortune telling.


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**NOTES:**

• Bitcoin currently trading at $110,000

• Runes has built-in 4-year hype cycle for names

• One-letter rune names unlock in final phase

• Casey blames lack of creativity for runes adoption

• Stablecoins expand dollar demand globally

• Chinese numerology integration planned for ordinals


Timestamps:

00:00 Start

00:55 Tired of Ordinals & Runes?

03:25 Bitcoin is feeling weird

06:41 Politicians

10:02 Arch Network

10:34 Bitcoin & politics

12:02 Stablecoins

14:02 Hell Money Podcast

15:20 Numerology

22:04 Vaporware?

23:35 Interesting stuff right now


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CoinDesk Podcast Network - Trump/Musk Feud Continues Over Elon’s Subsidies | COINDESK DAILY

Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as the feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk continues.

The feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk continues with the President said in a social media post that the federal government should look into cutting subsidies for Elon's companies. This comes as Musk has been critical of Trump’s tax and spending bill making its way through Congress. How will the Tesla stocks react to the renewed dispute? CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie hosts “CoinDesk Daily.”

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: Inside Galaxy Digital’s $15 Billion CoreWeave AI Deal w/ Brian Wright

Brian Wright from Galaxy Digital joins the pod to talk about Galaxy’s CoreWeave deal, Galaxy Mining’s HPC pivot, the Texas Grid, and more!


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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Brian Wright, co-head of mining data centers at Galaxy Digital joins us to talk about their massive pivot from bitcoin mining to HPC at the Helios facility. We dive into the company’s CoreWeave partnership, scaling from 200MW to a potential 2.5GW, Texas grid dynamics, and transforming rural Dickens County's economy through data center development.


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**Notes:**

• 393MW Core Weave deal worth $300M annually

• $11-13M per MW retrofit costs vs bitcoin mining

• 2.5GW potential campus capacity planned

• 800MW currently approved by Ercot

• 80% loan-to-cost financing structure

• 15-year guaranteed lease agreement signed


Timestamps:

00:00 Start

01:48 Core Scientific & Coreweave

03:45 Potential Coreweave acquisitions

05:29 Helios pivot to AI

11:52 Site conversion plans

13:29 What's unique about Helios?

15:51 Fractal Bitcoin

17:35 AI accelerating building?

18:39 Financing

20:26 AI vs mining

22:26 Who pays for retrofit?

25:57 Transition

28:04 Tenants

29:25 Dickens County

31:55 Employee incomes & training

35:01 Politics

36:19 Texas bill SB6

37:15 Interconnect queue

38:26 Fiber line infrastructure

40:02 Can other miners pivot to AI?

41:52 Ending curtailment due to AI


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