Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the news in the crypto industry from gains in cat-themed memecoins to India Supreme Court's YouTube page being hacked for XRP promotion.
"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as cat-themed tokens saw gains after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut rates by 50 basis points. Plus, the YouTube page of India’s Supreme Court was hacked to promote XRP, and SocGen's crypto unit will roll out its euro stablecoin on the Solana blockchain.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.
Nigeria warns of massive potential flooding after neighbouring Cameroon releases dam waters. Why has Nigeria failed to construct a buffer dam over the years?
We look at cybersecurity and its best practice in Africa
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Colin and Matt cover a motley of news items including Hut 8’s U3S21EXPH partnership with Bitmain, Bhutan’s fat bitcoin stacks, why Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is bullish on bitcoin mining, and Trump’s historic bitcoin purchase.
Welcome back to The Mining Pod! For this week’s news roundup, the crew dives into Hut 8’s partnership with Bitmain on the manufacturer’s new hydro-cooled ASIC model, the U3S21EXPH. Matt also gives everyone a geography lesson with his overview of Bhutan and its hoard of 13,011 BTC worth $780 million, the fourth largest BTC reserve of any nation, and Colin covers Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s letter to the editor in the Economist in which he defends Bitcoin mining for its utility as a flexible load for renewable energy. Plus, a former President, a bitcoin mining CEO, and a pub owner walk into a bar, and everyone leaves with a burger paid in bitcoin (yes, every outlet has covered this story, but we are too). And finally in this week’s cry corner, the unfortunate story of a Norwegian town whose residents will pay more for power after a bitcoin mine ceased operations.
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01:38 Difficulty update
03:36 Fractal fees
07:23 Hut 8 and Bitmain ASIC partnership
12:50 Bhutan got them bags!
19:19 RFK Economist letter to the editor
23:12 Trump's Bitcoin Burger
29:32 Cry Corner: Norwegian energy costs rise
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The U.S. military is responding after Russia and China increased their military activity near Alaska.
The U.S. military deployed 130 Army airborne soldiers with mobile rocket launchers earlier this month to the Aleutian Islands of western Alaska. The action comes after Russia and China conducted joint military exercises close to Alaska.
“There's been naval exercises, there has been joint flyovers … not necessarily our airspace, but identification airspace, which is between the Russian airspace and our airspace,” Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said, adding that the military activity near Alaska is “becoming more frequent.”
Earlier this month, Russia and China carried out a week of joint naval exercises in the Sea of Japan. On Monday, the U.S. Naval Institute reported that the U.S. "detected Russian aircraft operating in the Alaska air-defense identification zone.”
“I think these are, you know, chess casesand probes,” Dunleavy said of Russia and China’s actions. “But because of the instability in the world, and to some degree, I think some of these countries are questioning America's resolve, [so] you may be seeing more of these activities in the future.”
Mainland Russia is only 55 miles from Alaska, making America’s northernmost state key to national security, especially as Russia is actively building its Arctic military capabilities.
The Daily Signal had the opportunity to visit Dunleavy at his Anchorage office and discuss the national security threat Russia and China pose to the U.S., and why Russia has its eye on the Arctic.
