Host Sam Ewen breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as X suspended Pump.fun’s official account.
Social media giant X suspended Pump.fun’s official account and co-founder Alon Cohen’s handle on June 16, along with other memecoin platforms in an apparent crackdown. What does it say about the freedom of speech on the platform? Plus, Polyhedra suffered a liquidity attack and ARK Invest sold $51.8 million worth of Circle shares. CoinDesk’s Sam Ewen hosts “CoinDesk Daily.”
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Sean McDonough, president and founder of New West Data joins us to talk about the company’s vertically integrated oil and gas bitcoin mining operations in Alberta, Canada. We explore the pros and cons of full O&G ownership versus JV partnerships, barriers for large oil companies entering Bitcoin mining, regulatory considerations in Alberta, and the convergence of oil, gas, and AI data centers.
• Generators are largest CapEx item, more than miners
• Hash rate trading in 800-900 range for months
00:00 Start
02:38 New West
04:26 Ownership instead of service
07:35 Why don't we see more miner vertical integration
10:06 JV's and risk
10:56 Nat Gas economics
12:30 Nat Gas more profitable than mining?
15:48 Regulation in Alberta
17:57 Understanding of BTC mining in Alberta
19:58 Drillers shifting thinking
24:37 Economics of pure play Nat Gas mining?
28:45 Have oil producers soured on BTC miners?
32:55 NYDIG & Caruso buyout
36:09 Ai energy bottleneck
41:00 Hashrate predictions
42:41 Hashrate chart waves
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Dr. Melyn McKay of Coala Pay explains how blockchain rails are transforming humanitarian aid by enabling instant, secure payments to partners in the world's most challenging locations.
Dr. Melyn McKay brings 15 years of humanitarian aid experience to her role as founder of Coala Pay, a blockchain-based payment platform revolutionizing how aid money moves globally. In this conversation, she shares her journey from carrying cash in war zones to building technology that enables instant, transparent aid disbursements through stablecoins and smart contracts. McKay discusses the massive inefficiencies plaguing the traditional aid sector, the trust challenges preventing more direct giving and how Coala Pay is scaling across conflict zones to ensure aid funding reaches local partners safely and efficiently.
Host Sam Ewen breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as Strategy buys more BTC.
The overall crypto market remain stable with a slight uptrend under the looming threat of war in the mideast. Plus, Vietnam passes new crypto law and Strategy buys 10,100 more BTC. CoinDesk’s Sam Ewen hosts “CoinDesk Daily.”
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Charlie and Colin demolish every popular Bitcoin price model - stock-to-flow, rainbow charts, power law, and Metcalfe's law. Why they're all wrong and what might actually work this cycle.
Charlie and Colin break down every major Bitcoin price prediction model and explain why they're all fundamentally flawed. From Plan B's broken stock-to-flow to Giovanni's power law obsession, rainbow charts, and Metcalfe's law - we expose the problems with each approach and introduce Charlie's new "institutional structured bid corridor" theory for this cycle.
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NOTES:
• Stock-to-flow predicted $1M by 2025 - failed
• Rainbow chart undefeated since 2013
• Power law predicts $100K by 2028 latest
• Metcalfe's law broken by ETF adoption
• Hyper-bitcoinization chart shows $100B BTC
• Institutional money creating price channels
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
00:34 Price Models
02:09 Stock to Flow
10:48 Rainbow Chart
14:59 Arch Network
15:31 Power Law
21:40 Metcalfe's Law
28:03 Hyperbitcoinization Model
30:47 Institutional Structure Bid Corridor Model
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Will, Colin, Matt, and Nick discuss Bitcoin mining's summer slowdown, American Bitcoin's massive 25 EH/s anticipated ramp up, a big week for public miner fundraising, Amazon's $20B Pennsylvania data center investment, institutional ETF flows showing hedge fund exits, and the controversial filter wars dividing Bitcoin's community.
• American Bitcoin raising for $320M U3S21EXPH buy
• IREN upsizes convertible note to $500M
• Amazon investing $20B in Pennsylvania
• Hedge fund ETT holdings dropped from 122K to 83K BTC in Q1
00:00 Start
01:12 Difficulty Report by Luxor
06:37 American Bitcoin $320M U3S21 Cost
13:40 Fundraising season
23:07 Hedge funds ditched BTC ETFs in Q1
32:08 Amazon going balls deep in PA
37:41 Cry Corner - The Filter Boys Mount UP!
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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as Israeli forces bombed targets in Iran.
Bitcoin tumbled below $104,000 before rebounding as Israeli forces bombed targets in Iran, including the country's capital. The airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear and missile sites roiled global sentiment and sent investors fleeing risk assets, sending the CoinDesk 20 index down nearly 6% in the last 24 hours. 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.
Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as the U.S. Senate passed its first vote 68-30 on the long-awaited stablecoin bill.
The U.S. Senate passed its first significant vote 68-30 on the long-awaited stablecoin bill, bringing final approval within reach. This legislative momentum is mirrored in the House of Representatives, where a key crypto market structure bill cleared two essential committees on Tuesday. Plus, GameStop is raising another $1.75 billion for potential bitcoin purchases. 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.
Nick from Gamma explains how Bitcoin ordinals differ from traditional NFTs and introduces Signals - a platform solving the broken price discovery process that forces users to jump through ridiculous hoops just to buy digital collectibles.
Nick, co-founder of Gamma, joins us to talk about the broken NFT market discovery process and how their new platform Signals fixes the ridiculous whitelist system. We dive into Bitcoin ordinals vs traditional NFTs, why inscriptions are superior to off-chain storage, and how auction-style price discovery creates fairer markets for creators and collectors.
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Notes:
• Tens of thousands of Bitcoin nodes store inscriptions
• 2021 marked peak NFT hype cycle craze
• Most NFT data stored on centralized servers
• Signals uses auction clearing price model
• Bitcoin inscriptions permanently on-chain
• Traditional NFTs just track ownership
Timestamps
00:00 Start
00:49 Inscribing Vegas conference
02:47 NFT market currently
05:45 Market participants
11:44 Why are Ordinals & Inscriptions interesting?
20:36 Arch Network
21:08 Price discovery (it's harder than it looks)
29:09 Signals Art
39:54 Blockspace
40:43 Is a market equilibrium possible?
45:05 Wrap up
47:53 Invite code #BS2
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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as U.S.-China tensions cool.
Bitcoin briefly jumped above $110,000 this morning amid an agreement between the U.S. and China to lower tensions. Will the market rise once the two economic superpowers eventually reach a broader tariff deal? Plus, Polygon’s Sandeep Nailwal is set to take over as the CEO of the Polygon Foundation amid strategic shakeup. 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.
