Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been sworn in after the deadly protests that followed her election victory. Can she use her second term to unite the country?
At least 40 people have died in multiple landslides that struck Kenya and Uganda's mountainous border region in the Great Rift Valley. What makes that belt susceptible to such calamitous events and are they happening more frequently?
And after two decades and an estimated cost of nearly $1bn, Egypt’s Grand Museum has opened its doors. One of the most anticipated exhibits is the tomb of Tutankhamun which is displayed in full for first time. But who was the young pharaoh, often referred to as the ‘boy king’?
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Q2 and Q3 were explosive for bitcoin miners pivoting to AI. H.C. Wainwright’s Kevin Dede joins us to give his takes on the latest AI deals from IREN, CIFR, WULF, and more.
Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Kevin Dede, Managing Director at H.C. Wainwright, joins us to give a pulse check on the bitcoin miners pivoting to AI. We cover the latest deals from IREN, Cipher, Terawulf, and others, and pick apart whether the neocloud or powershell business model is the best fit for bitcoin miners. Plus, what the CoreWeave-Core Scientific deal’s failure means for the AI-miner market as a whole, why bitcoin mining won’t die easily in the U.S., and why Dede thinks the AI-miners are just getting geared up.
Notes:
• AI runway better than mining for miners
• IREN Microsoft deal is a win for powershell model thesis
• AI business lines give miners better access to capital
• Miners with exposure but no deals on the table could offer interesting opportunities
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at 84. Key mayoral and gubernatorial races on this Election Day. Government shutdown snarling air travel. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has those stories and more on the World News Roundup.
As America sends its biggest naval hardware to the Caribbean, we ask whether the intent is more than mere sabre-rattling—and why the Trump administration has appetite for another foreign entanglement. Our correspondent sits down with Salman Rushdie to discuss his new book and the value of humour. And as AI-generated spreads, more of the lyrics get filthy.
A.M. Edition for Nov. 4. It is election day with voters heading to the polls in states including New York, Virginia and New Jersey. WSJ’s John McCormick says that although Democrats are expected to win all three races, it will not necessarily ease the divided party’s troubles. Plus, WSJ’s Gavin Bade says there is a lot at stake for President Trump as his tariffs are set to go before the Supreme Court. And two major investors reject Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay deal. Caitlin McCabe hosts.
Voters in New York, Virginia and New Jersey choose new leaders today, and a redistricting vote in California could reshape the balance of power in Congress. The Trump administration says it will restart SNAP benefits, but only partially, leaving millions of families uncertain about how they’ll eat this month. Aid groups warn of a deepening crisis in Sudan after a paramilitary force accused of genocide seized the last major city in Darfur, killing thousands of people and trapping many more without food or water. And former Vice President Dick Cheney has died due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to a statement from his family. He was 84 years old.
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Voters head to the polls in what is being framed as a referendum on President Trump, along with the Democratic Party. A civil war in Sudan bursts into the international spotlight. And the Trump White House agrees to disperse some more SNAP funds.
Last-minute election campaign stops ring a bit hollow in Virginia and California.
President Trump endorses Andrew Cuomo for mayor of New York City as the Zohran Mamdani campaign hits additional bumps in the road before the finish line.
What to know about today's elections — expected to test the momentum and divisions in both parties.
Also, the latest ways the government shutdown is impacting food assistance, preschool, air travel, and more.
And how one of the biggest business takeovers so far this year could create a health-and-wellness giant.
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