Host Sam Ewen breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as President Trump warns Iran.
President Donald Trump's warning on Iran sent overall crypto markets in turmoil and Polymarket bettors believe that there's an over 60% chance that the U.S. will take military action against Iran. Plus, the Senate passed the GENIUS Act and the USELESS coin draws hype. CoinDesk’s Sam Ewen hosts “CoinDesk Daily.”
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Jeremy discusses his Miami Bitcoin office, building a staking platform directly into Bitcoin client, redesigning Bitcoin script entirely, CTV endorsement process, and why Bitcoin should make users feel dramatically more free on the day they start using it.
Jeremy Rubin joins us to talk about his secretive Miami Bitcoin office building Polybeam bridge and a Bitcoin staking platform, his controversial ideas for redesigning Bitcoin script entirely using RISC-V instead of the current "crappy programming language," his CTV endorsement process and why CAT proposals fell short, plus his theory on optimal soft fork activation timing to avoid holidays and summer vacations.
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Notes:
• Building Bitcoin staking platform into core client
• Polybeam bridge connects Bitcoin to StarkNet
• CTV endorsement process received few submissions
• Recommends 10 megabytes memory for new script
• Early November best time for soft fork activation
• In-person work more effective than remote
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
01:39 Working from home
03:10 Jeremy's secret project
04:17 Polybeam
05:28 Char & Bitcoin staking
07:11 Staking within the client
09:58 Whiteboarding at OP_NEXT
11:47 64 byte transactions
28:49 Drama & Kanye
30:52 CTV
36:54 Softfork activation (the human version)
45:21 Best day of life
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In this episode, we explore how people consistently choose digital convenience over privacy protection. With key thought leaders and featuring street interviews that reveal the gap between what people say they value and their actual online behavior. We examine why true privacy solutions remain inaccessible to most users, the concerning opacity of AI data usage and the need for better education about the real costs of our data exchanges.
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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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, 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.