The latest price moves and insights with Jennifer Sanasie and Off the Chain Capital CEO Brian Dixon.
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On "Markets Daily," Off the Chain Capital CEO Brian Dixon breaks down the recent price movements in bitcoin and explains why various models indicate that bitcoin is currently undervalued. Plus, insights on the impact of Russia's potential crypto ban and spot ETF products in Hong Kong.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Victor Chen, alongside Senior Booking Producer Melissa Montañez. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.
Sky Mavis co-founder and Chief Growth Officer Jeff Zirlin discusses the rapid growth of the Ronin blockchain.
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Sky Mavis co-founder and Chief Growth Officer Jeff Zirlin joins "First Mover" to discuss the rapid growth of the Ronin blockchain with a focus on the game Pixels, and insights on the play-to-earn model.
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Consensus is where experts convene to talk about the ideas shaping our digital future. Join developers, investors, founders, brands, policymakers and more in Austin, Texas from May 29-31. The tenth annual Consensus is curated by CoinDesk to feature the industry’s most sought-after speakers, unparalleled networking opportunities and unforgettable experiences. Register now at consensus.coindesk.com.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “First Mover” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.
Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry from ARK Invest selling the last of its BITO shares to Consensys filing a lawsuit against the SEC.
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"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today. Cathie Wood's ARK Invest offloaded the last of its shares in ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO). Plus, Consensys files a lawsuit against the SEC, and bitcoin-centric stablecoin company OpenDelta, raised $2.15 million in a pre-seed round.
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Consensus is where experts convene to talk about the ideas shaping our digital future. Join developers, investors, founders, brands, policymakers and more in Austin, Texas from May 29-31. The tenth annual Consensus is curated by CoinDesk to feature the industry’s most sought-after speakers, unparalleled networking opportunities and unforgettable experiences. Register now at consensus.coindesk.com.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “First Mover” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.
Charlie and Will go through this week’s headlines, including the $2.1 million ‘Epic Satoshi’ mined by ViaBTC during the Bitcoin halving, then auctioned off to the highest bidder.
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We go through this week’s news in Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining, including ViaBTC’s 33.3 BTC auction reward, Jack Dorsey’s Block announcing its 3 nm chip plans for a Bitcoin ASIC, and a behind-the-scenes look at TSMCs Arizona chip fab!
CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Start
00:07:27 Post-Halving Difficulty
00:12:16 Via BTC's Epic Sat Sale
00:16:14 Block's 3nm Mining Chip
00:20:01 Challenges for New ASICS
00:24:28 Jack Dorsey's Support
00:27:28 TSMC's Arizona Fab Issues
00:32:26 Wrap-up
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"The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC with Senior Producer, Damien Somerset. Distributed by CoinDesk with Senior Producer Michele Musso and Executive Producer Jared Schwartz.
With its lawsuit, Consensys aims to settle the question of whether staking turned ether into a security, and to hopefully put an end to what it calls the SEC’s “regulatory overreach.”
On Thursday, Consensys sued the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a Texas federal court, seeking to prevent an impending SEC action against its MetaMask wallet and to clarify that ether is not a security.
The complaint calls out the agency for what Consensys describes as “regulatory overreach,” challenges its notion that ETH is a security, and says the SEC has violated the Constitutional requirement of fair notice under the due process clause. It notes that for years, the SEC and its sister agency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, took the position that ETH is not a security.
The lawsuit also challenges the SEC’s recent focus on Ethereum's switch to proof of stake in 2022 as a basis for increased scrutiny, a stance Lubin deemed "preposterous."
Laura Brookover, Senior Counsel & Head of Litigation and Investigations at Consensys, joined Unchained to unpack the lawsuit and what it means for the future of Ethereum and overall crypto in the US.
Show highlights:
Why Consensys sued the SEC and why Brookover feels like the SEC has gone too far
How they are looking for a Judge to declare that the ETH is not a security
Whether the switch to proof of stake turned ETH into a security
Why the SEC issued Consensys a Wells Notice, with one potential allegation being that it is operating an unregistered securities broker through its MetaMask wallet
How the major questions doctrine applies to what the SEC is doing in the industry, according to Brookover
Why Hinman’s speech is still relevant today, even after 6 years
Whether the moves by the SEC are related to a motivation to deny ether spot ETFs
How the several cases against the SEC show that the industry “has had enough”
Whether Texas is a jurisdiction favorable to crypto, given that many lawsuits are being filed there
The implications of a Consensys victory for the industry and what the next steps in the case are
Unchained Podcast is Produced by Laura Shin Media, LLC. Distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Michele Musso and Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz.
CoinDesk Indices presents notable data insights from the week, followed by additional analysis from an industry expert.
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The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) functions as a benchmark for the performance of the digital asset market, delivering institutional quality information to digital asset investors. Subsets of the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) are investible CoinDesk Crypto Sectors and the CoinDesk 20 Index, designed to measure the performance of the top digital assets. Today’s takeaways are provided by Tracy Stephens, senior index manager at CoinDesk Indices with additional analysis from Phillip Moran, Co-Founder & CEO at Digital Opportunities Group. For more on CoinDesk Indices, visit: coindeskmarkets.com.
Author, journalist and podcast host Kara Swisher reflects on her decades-long reporting career.
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Tech journalist, author and podcast host Kara Swisher joins "First Mover" to reflect on her decades-long career reporting on some of the biggest technological advancements in recent history. "The internet was a major Cambrian explosion. This is a tiny one,” she said when asked if recent crypto progress is similar to the early days of the internet. Swisher also shares her thoughts on the tech founders she’s interviewed over the years, what the future might look like, and a bitcoin wallet she lost years ago.
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Consensus is where experts convene to talk about the ideas shaping our digital future. Join developers, investors, founders, brands, policymakers and more in Austin, Texas from May 29-31. The tenth annual Consensus is curated by CoinDesk to feature the industry’s most sought-after speakers, unparalleled networking opportunities and unforgettable experiences. Register now at consensus.coindesk.com.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “First Mover” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.
Runes and Ordinals ‘Artist’ Creator, Casey Rodarmor has just invented two of the most dramatically impactful protocols in the blockchain industry's history and embraces cryptocurrency's speculative and gambling nature.
In this installment of "The Protocol," hosts Brad Keoun, the founding editor of The Protocol Newsletter, and tech journalists Sam Kessler and Margaux Nijkerk,
are joined by Casey Rodarmor to discuss the launch of Runes, a protocol on the Bitcoin blockchain that allows users to create and trade meme coins. Casey expresses skepticism about the usability of layer two solutions and the potential for stablecoins on Bitcoin.
Takeaways |
Casey Rotemar believes that many projects in the crypto space make false claims about utility and are ultimately worthless.
Runes embraces the speculative and gambling nature of cryptocurrency, positioning itself as a degenerate casino.
Casey discusses the potential regulatory concerns and the ability of Bitcoin to withstand a nation-state attack. Bugs were found before the launch of Runes and Ordinals, including a divide-by-zero bug and issues with high-fee transactions and the mint logic.
Getting Bitcoin soft forks adopted can be challenging, but there are new BIP editors who are helping to merge proposals and improve the process.
Casey is skeptical about the usability of layer two solutions and believes that developing on top of Bitcoin without modifying the base layer is often the best approach.
There is potential for stablecoins on Bitcoin, but Casey is unsure if there is enough market demand for them.
The names of some of the runes created by the community can be offensive, but there are also creative and funny names emerging.
Casey is interested in developing a file-sharing protocol unrelated to blockchain or cryptocurrency, with a focus on improving the user experience.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Background
05:58 Runes: A Degenerate Casino on the Bitcoin Blockchain
13:58 Bitcoin's Strengths and Ethereum's Weaknesses
27:58 Bugs and Challenges Before the Launch
35:26 The Potential for Stablecoins on Bitcoin
41:59 Creative and Offensive Rune Names
49:57 Developing a User-Friendly File-Sharing Protocol
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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry from when Morgan Stanley could allow brokers to recommend ETFs to the auction of the iconic "Buy Bitcoin" sign.
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"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as Morgan Stanley (MS) is looking to allow its brokers to recommend spot bitcoin ETFs to their customers according to a report from AdvisorHub. Plus, Aligned Layer has raised a $20 million Series A, and the iconic 'Buy Bitcoin' sign has been auctioned off for 16 BTC.
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Consensus is where experts convene to talk about the ideas shaping our digital future. Join developers, investors, founders, brands, policymakers and more in Austin, Texas from May 29-31. The tenth annual Consensus is curated by CoinDesk to feature the industry’s most sought-after speakers, unparalleled networking opportunities and unforgettable experiences. Register now at consensus.coindesk.com.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “First Mover” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.
The latest price moves and insights with Helene Braun and Laurence Latimer, Founder and CEO of Dinara.
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On "Markets Daily," Laurence Latimer, Founder and CEO of Dinara, discusses the recent significant drop in Bitcoin and Ethereum prices overnight. Despite this, positive strides are seen in the regulatory landscape for crypto, particularly in the US and UK where proposed bills and regulations are emerging. However, there's a clear call for greater collaboration between regulators and the industry. Key regulatory developments to monitor include the approval of Bitcoin ETFs, stablecoin legislation, and enforcement actions. Additionally, there's an exploration into the possibility of traditional financial markets adopting a 24/7 schedule akin to crypto markets.
Takeaways |
Crypto markets are volatile, and price drops are common, but the cause of the recent drop is unclear.
Positive regulatory landscape developments include bills and regulations in the US and UK.
Collaboration between regulators and the industry is needed for greater clarity and support for the crypto industry.
Financial institutions incorporate digital assets into their workflows, signaling increased institutional adoption.
The designation of Ether as a security could impact businesses relying on the Ethereum ecosystem.
The potential for traditional financial markets to operate on a 24/7 schedule, like crypto markets, is being explored.
Consensus 2024 is where experts convene to discuss ideas shaping our digital future. Join developers, investors, founders, brands, policymakers, and more in Austin, Texas from May 29-31. CoinDesk curates the tenth annual Consensus to feature the industry’s most sought-after speakers, unparalleled networking opportunities, and unforgettable experiences. Take 15% off registration with the code MD15.
This episode was hosted by Helene Braun. “Markets Daily” is produced and edited by senior producer Michele Musso, and executive producer Jared Schwartz alongside Senior Booker, Melissa Montañez—all original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.
