Author: CoinDesk

With geopolitical tensions rising in the Middle East, how does Bitcoin react to global risk events? And is ‘Uptober’ still on the table? 

October started with hopes for “Uptober”—a positive price trajectory in October—in the Bitcoin community, since, historically, Bitcoin has performed well this month. But things took a turn when geopolitical tensions in the Middle East escalated, raising concerns about how that could affect Bitcoin’s price this month. 

In this episode, André Dragosch, European Head of Research at Bitwise, talks about how Bitcoin typically responds to geopolitical shocks, whether this could present a buying opportunity, and how major events like the U.S. elections might shape Bitcoin’s future.

Show highlights:

• How Bitcoin’s reacted to the geopolitical escalations
• Why André believes this is a buying opportunity
• How there was a macro capitulation after the beginning of the unwind of the Japan carry trade in August
• Whether Bitcoin can truly act as a safe haven asset
• How the clientele of ETFs have changed the market structure for Bitcoin
• Whether ‘Uptober’ is canceled
• How Andre expects Bitcoin will perform depending on the winner of the U.S. elections

Visit our website for breaking news, analysis, op-eds, articles to learn about crypto, and much more: unchainedcrypto.com

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• Polkadot
• Mantle’s FBTC

Guest

• André Dragosch, European Head of Research at Bitwise
• Bitcoin as a Safe-Haven: Hedging Against Geopolitical Risks

Links

• Previous coverage of Unchained on the recent market movements::
• Investors Ditch Bitcoin, Scoop Up Gold, as Iran-Israel Tensions Escalate
• $500 Million Liquidated From Crypto Markets Cools ‘Uptober’ Enthusiasm
• Unchained: 
• Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan’s thread on how bitcoin & gold have performed
• BlackRock’s bitcoin report

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Host Christine Lee breaks down the news in the crypto industry including a new HBO documentary that claims to have cracked the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto to the stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data.

"CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as a new HBO documentary is set to unveil the identity of Bitcoin's anonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. Plus, the U.S. jobs data returned stronger than expected and Binance's combined market share in spot and derivatives volume dropped to its lowest level since September 2020.

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We dig into this week’s Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news, including Ocean announcing a new Stratum v2 competitor and more on Swan’s dramatic lawsuit.

Welcome back to the Mining Pod! This week, we’re talking about about bullish inflows to the crypto (mostly Bitcoin) ecosystem that could support better asset prices, Ocean launching a new decentralized template program for miners, CleanSpark’s hurricane woes and updates from the recent catastrophe in the Southeast US and Swan’s dramatic lawsuit against its former employees! 

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Timestamps:

00:00 Start

04:18 Difficulty update

05:26 Coinshares: Digital Asset Flows

10:40 Ocean Pool's Datum

18:46 Cleanspark & the hurricane

24:03 Swan mining update

31:32 Cry Corner: Satoshi Has Been Found! LOL

Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 

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Follow our hosts on Twitter: @wsfoxley, @cbspears, @AsILayHodling, @MatthewKimmell

Show links:

https://blog.coinshares.com/volume-202-digital-asset-fund-flows-weekly-report-e00fa60eac86

https://ocean.xyz/docs/datum

https://www.theblock.co/post/318784/bitcoin-miner-cleanspark-restores-200mw-in-the-wake-of-hurricane-helene

https://blockspace.media/insight/new-filings-raise-questions-about-mining-ownership-in-swan-lawsuit/

https://x.com/disclosetv/status/1841896077865230409

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The latest price moves and insights with Jennifer Sanasie and eToro US Investment and Options Analyst Bret Kenwell.

To get the show every day, follow the podcast here.

eToro US Investment and Options Analyst Bret Kenwell discusses the Retail Investor Beat survey, with a focus on how investors are allocating their portfolios ahead of the election.

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This content should not be construed or relied upon as investment advice. It is for entertainment and general information purposes.

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Host Christine Lee breaks down the news in the crypto industry including the SEC's announcement that they would appeal the ruling in its case against Ripple and global banks to start using Swift for live trials of digital assets transactions.

"CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as the U.S. SEC is appealing a federal judge's ruling in its case against Ripple. Plus, banks around the world will be able to use the Swift network to carry out trial digital assets transactions and Grayscale has introduced a new fund that offers exposure to Aave's AAVE token.

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The latest price moves and insights with Jennifer Sanasie.

To get the show every day, follow the podcast here.

CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the rocky start to the month of October for bitcoin, as the largest cryptocurrency by market cap regained the $61,000 level. Plus, the impact of geopolitical conflicts on digital assets as Mideast tensions intensify.

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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 Jennifer Sanasie. “Markets Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez, and edited by Victor Chen. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

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Host Christine Lee breaks down the news in the crypto industry from CoinDesk's investigation on North Korean IT workers in crypto to Diddy hiring Sam Bankman-Fried's appeal lawyer.

"CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as a CoinDesk investigation reveals that crypto firms are unknowingly hiring IT workers from North Korea. Plus, Sean “Diddy” Combs has hired the lawyer who handles Sam Bankman-Fried's appeal and Bitwise registered a trust entity in the state of Delaware, taking a first step at an XRP ETF.

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This episode was hosted by Christine Lee. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Christine Lee, Jennifer Sanasie, Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.

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Bittensor, a decentralized AI project, is gaining attention as one of the most promising intersections of AI and crypto.

AI and crypto are two of the hottest topics of the decade, but are there any projects truly making waves at the intersection of both? Bittensor, an open-source, decentralized AI network, is positioning itself as a leader in this space, with its TAO token seeing explosive growth and its model challenging traditional centralized AI companies.

In this episode, we’re joined by Joseph Jacks, aka JJ, founder of OSS Capital, and Sami Kassab, partner at OSS Capital, to explore why they’ve gone all-in on Bittensor. They discuss how Bittensor works, what makes it different from centralized AI models, and why they believe this project could be transformative for both crypto and AI.

Show highlights:

• OSS Capital’s background and how they got to invest in Bittensor
• Why Sami and JJ are bullish on TAO
• What the three roles in the Bittensor ecosystem are
• How new subnets incentivize miners to develop AI models
• Why it’s so expensive to launch a subnet
• Why Bittensor was built on the Polkadot SDK
• The pros and cons of rolling out EVM compatibility 
• What Allora and Commune AI are focused on within the ecosystem
• How Bittensor can compete with the big AI companies 
• The dangers AI poses to humanity and whether Bittensor can mitigate them

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• Polkadot
• Mantle

Guests:

• Joseph Jacks, Founder and General Partner of OSS Capital
• Sami Kassab, Partner at OSS Capital

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The latest price moves and insights with Jennifer Sanasie.

To get the show every day, follow the podcast here.

Retail trader activity for bitcoin is at normal levels despite increasing purchases from crypto whales as we head into the month of October, which has traditionally been bullish for digital assets. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the market sentiment around bitcoin and the upcoming catalysts to look out for.

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This content should not be construed or relied upon as investment advice. It is for entertainment and general information purposes.

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Host Christine Lee breaks down the news in the crypto industry from the surging open interest in XRP tokens to a JPMorgan's report on the falling bitcoin mining profitability.

"CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as open interest in XRP tokens have surged in the past few days amid the hype around Ripple Labs' forthcoming stablecoin RLUSD. Plus, a reorganization plan for bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has gained support from 94% of so-called FTX Dotcom customers and a JPMorgan report shows that bitcoin mining profitability fell for the third straight month.

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This episode was hosted by Christine Lee. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Christine Lee, Jennifer Sanasie, Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.

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