The latest crypto insights with Jennifer Sanasie and former CFTC chairman Timothy Massad.
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Timothy Massad, research fellow and director of the Digital Assets Policy Project at the Harvard Kennedy School, joins CoinDesk to discuss why he considers the U.S. crypto reserve a "very bad idea". "I see this really as a payback to a lot of the crypto people who supported [Trump]" the former CFTC chairman said. "I just don't see any national interest."
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Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as Donald Trump's support for a U.S. crypto reserve sent bitcoin, XRP and ADA skyrocketing.
Bitcoin skyrockets 10%, Cardano’s ADA up to 60% and Ripple’s XRP up to 25% within 24 hours of U.S. President Trump announcing his support for a Crypto Strategic Reserve. Meanwhile, Switzerland's central bank rejects the idea of holding bitcoin reserves and the Ethereum Foundation names two new executive directors. CoinDesk's Christine Lee hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
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Friends, DeFi is having a moment — Uniswap Labs' web app and wallet connect you to the excitement. Swapping and bridging are simple, low cost, and lightning fast across 13 chains, including Base, Arbitrum and Unichain, the new Layer 2 network designed for DeFi.
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Swap, send, on-ramp, off-ramp, and bridge into a bright future — get started at uniswap.org.
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This episode was hosted by Christine Lee. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Christine Lee and edited by Victor Chen.
Bob Bodily’s platform “Odin.fun” lets users trade tokens blazingly fast. He explains how he hides all the complexities of Bitcoin so the users get straight to trading.
Bob Bodily explains how Odin.fun hides all the complexities of Bitcoin so the users get straight to doing what they want: trading tokens fast. Odin.fun solves the bonding issue, the token namespace reservations, threshold signing, etc. But at the end of the day you have to solve the biggest problem: user acquisition.
Notes:
• Chain abstraction for Bitcoin
• Engineering challenges of Bitcoin tokens
• User experience vs technical complexity
• Going head-to-head with the Solana ecosystem
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Timestamps
2:30 What is Odin.fun?
4:36 Why Are Runes Hard to Design For?
7:00 Under the Hood
11:56 Asian Markets
13:57 Token Creation on L2
15:57 Front Running
18:47 Abstracting Away Complexity
22:38 Current BTC Developments
24:52 OP_CAT
28:43 Plans for BRC20
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! For today’s Bitcoin Stock Show, MARA’s Chief Strategy Officer Adam Swick joins to discuss the forward-looking plans CEO Fred Thiel mentioned in MARA’s 2024 earnings call. Specifically, Swick unpacks claims that MARA wants to offshore 50% of its operations by 2028 by entering into similar joint-ventures as its Zero Two partnership in the UAE. Swick also speaks to the company’s goal to own more energy-generating assets in the United States and how it would finance such purchases. Finally, why MARA is so hot on the new ASIC manufacturer, Auradine, and whether or not we should expect MARA to enter the inference field for AI compute.
• Mara went from 0% to 70% owned mining assets
• Q4 revenue: $214.4M with lower operating costs
• Target: 50% of operations outside US by 2028
• Wind farm acquisition extends life of older miners
• Focus on AI inference rather than training models
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
03:53 MARA lowering OpEx
06:24 Trend toward owned assets
09:01 Zero cost mining
14:17 Debt financing BTC purchases
19:27 Considering power production
22:01 Foreign mining sites
27:08 Has Africa been sufficiently de-risked?
30:25 Free-er energy markets vs controlled
33:57 Auradine
40:40 AI & HPC
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The latest price moves and insights with Jennifer Sanasie and JAN3 CEO Samson Mow.
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JAN3 CEO Samson Mow joined CoinDesk live at Consensus Hong Kong to discuss the priorities for countries to establish strategic bitcoin reserves with the rise of bitcoin as a major economic driver. And, could bitcoin reach $1 million by the end of 2025?
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “Markets Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.
Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as the SEC dismisses its lawsuit against crypto exchange Coinbase.
Bitcoin touching a low of about $78,000 early Friday amid U.S. tariff uncertainty. Plus, the U.S. SEC dismisses its Coinbase lawsuit and BitMEX searches for a buyer. CoinDesk’s Christine Lee hosts “CoinDesk Daily.”
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This episode was hosted by Christine Lee. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Christine Lee and edited by Victor Chen.
InvestHK Global Head of Financial Services, FinTech & Sustainability King Leung joined Jennifer Sanasie and Andy Baehr live for a discussion on crypto regulation in Hong Kong.
InvestHK executive King Leung joins CoinDesk live at Consensus Hong Kong to discuss the regulatory landscape for digital assets in the United States and Hong Kong. Plus, insights into the acceleration of adopting emerging technologies like crypto, AI, and Web3.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie and Andy Baehr.
Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as U.S. spot-listed ETFs bled over $750 million.
Bitcoin fell for a fourth straight day Thursday morning as U.S. spot-listed ETFs saw total outflows of over $750 million. Meanwhile, Bybit is pointing fingers at Safe wallet for their $1.5B hack and there are a few bright spots on the regulatory front with the SEC dropping investigations, most recently against Gemini. CoinDesk's Christine Lee reports "CoinDesk Daily."
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This episode was hosted by Christine Lee. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Christine Lee and edited by Victor Chen.
The latest price moves and insights with Jennifer Sanasie and CoinDesk Senior Analyst James Van Straten.
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The overall crypto market has been in a blood bath as U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he will go forward with the import tariffs on Canada and Mexico in March. CoinDesk Senior Analyst James Van Straten weighs in on how the tariffs will move the market once deployed.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “Markets Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.
Lyn Alden’s recent report on Bitcoin Consensus provides a helpful rubric for defining Bitcoin stakeholder groups, their power dynamics, and the game theory of forks.
Lyn Alden’s just dropped a report a little different than her normal Bitcoin & macro focus: Bitcoin Consensus. She takes us through defining the various stakeholder groups and how the game theory works as these groups’ influence wax and wane.
Notes:
• What is an Economic Node
• What are the Six Bitcoin Stakeholder groups?
• Protocol Developers power
• Game Theory of stakeholder power dynamics
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
02:52 - Lynn’s Background & Bitcoin Research
05:16 - The Six Bitcoin Stakeholder Groups
08:09 - Economic Nodes
12:03 - Miners vs. Nodes
16:33 - Protocol Developers & Their Influence
20:19 - Podcasters
23:08 - “State of Mind” Concept
29:26 - Should More Stakeholders Be Involved in Consensus?
31:43 - Game Theory Behind Bitcoin Consensus Changes
34:31 - Weaknesses & Risks in the Process
38:52 - Future Soft Forks
39:15 - Lyn’s View
42:46 - Potential Future Optimizations
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