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CoinDesk Podcast Network - Mike Novogratz on BTC, Immigration, and the Ayahuasca Trip That Inspired Billions | Spotlight

Insights into the past, present and future of crypto with Mike Novogratz.

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Galaxy Digital founder and CEO Mike Novogratz joins "CoinDesk Spotlight" to discuss why the $38 trillion national debt has created a "golden era" for crypto. Novogratz breaks down the power of the XRP Army, his timeline for a $1 million bitcoin, and Galaxy's IPO journey. Plus, he shares his concerns about a "bull market in populism" and the story of how his ayahuasca trip inspired a scene in the show Billions.

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Timestamps:

01:42 - When Did Novogratz First Know Money Mattered?
07:26 - “What’s Cool About Bitcoin Is There’s No CEO”
12:44 - XRP's Fierce Community and Success
14:32 - How Did We Get Here: America's Financial "Tale of Two Cities"
15:47 - How Sustainable Are Crypto Communities?
17:49 - Novogratz's Take on Mamdani and Crypto in NYC
22:15 - Would He Ever Run for Office?
25:38 - Is Crypto at Risk of Replicating Same Challenges From TradFi?
29:26 - His Work on Criminal Justice Reform
33:32 - How Novogratz's Upbringing Shaped Him
37:10 - On Immigration Policy and Where America is Headed
43:16 - Galaxy's IPO
45:19 - Top Crypto Asset Picks
47:33 - On D.C. and When Market Structure Legislation Will Pass
49:43 - "Crypto Is a Report Card on How the Country Is Doing"
52:03 - Can a BTC Treasury Address National Debt? "It’s Kind of Smoke and Mirrors"
53:35 - Novogratz's Most Rewarding Project
57:28 - Advice to His Younger Self
59:36 - Where Did His Intense Risk Appetite Come From?
01:01:14 - The Ayahuasca Journey That Inspired 'Billions'

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Spotlight” is produced by Sam Ewen, Jennifer Sanasie, Taylor Fleming and Victor Chen.

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Marketplace All-in-One - Do city-owned grocery stores work?

New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani swept the election on a campaign all about affordability. One pillar of that platform was the idea of city-owned grocery stores. The thinking: Prices at these city-owned stores would be lower because they’d operate in city-owned spaces, so they wouldn’t have to pay rent or property taxes. Other cities have tried this. How'd the experiment go? But first: the world's largest official creditor and rising utility costs.

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Marketplace All-in-One - Google’s CEO on the AI boom and potential bubble

From the BBC World Service: The artificial intelligence revolution is firmly underway, with tech giants investing billions in research and battling to secure key assets. It's led to a surging stock market, but also panic about the potential impact on jobs and society. Google is one of the companies investing heavily in the new technology. Today, we check in with CEO Sundar Pichai. Plus, the U.K. plans to ban the resale of event tickets for profit.

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CBS News Roundup - 11/18/2025 | World News Roundup

House of Representatives set to vote on Epstein files release. Tensions rise in the Caribbean. Homeowner charged in the shooting of a house cleaner. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has these stories and more on the World News Roundup.

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Cato Podcast - The Shutdown That Solved Nothing

Romina Boccia, Michael F. Cannon, and Adam Michel break down the 43-day government shutdown driven by demands to extend temporary Obamacare subsidies for upper-income households earning well into six figures. The trio examines how the stalemate exposed deeper structural problems: runaway entitlement growth, perverse state incentives, a fragile food stamp and air-traffic control system, and a federal budget process unable to handle partisan deadlock.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - After Sheikh: what next for Bangladesh?

Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s former prime minister, has been sentenced to death for  crimes against humanity. The country is at a pivotal moment as it heads towards parliamentary elections next year. Donald Trump hopes tariffs will return furniture making to America. And why English speakers use their alphabet so oddly.


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WSJ What’s News - Selloff Sweeps Global Markets

A.M. Edition for Nov. 18. As the market rout hits everything from stocks to crypto, WSJ’s Hannah Miao explains how concerns over missing government data and lofty AI valuations are fueling the downturn. Plus, a House vote on releasing the Epstein files is expected later today, as President Trump’s grip on the GOP seems to be slipping. And companies begin pushing out employees who aren’t using AI in their day to day work. Caitlin McCabe hosts.


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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S11 E27: Marco Rodrigues, Exaforce

Marco Rodrigues was born and raised in Canada, but now lives in the Bay Area. His tech genesis was around the time when the internet came out, when he spent an entire summer indoors, worrying his mother. He eventually attended university in Toronto, and went to work for Juniper Networks. Past that, he went towards the startup world - running product teams, and taking part in the ownership and selling of solutions and service offerings. Outside of tech, he is married with twin girls in the Naval Cadet Core. He is a big hockey nut, rooting for the Edmonton Oilers, and enjoys taking his kids to hockey rinks all over the world.

Marco spent many years watching his teams drown in data and tooling. The situations were more complex, but the outcomes weren't getting better. He started to consider the advent of AI, and asked the question - how do we solve these sorts of problems with an agentic SOC platform?

This is the creation story of Exaforce.

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Marketplace All-in-One - For politicians, what makes a successful TikTok?

One thing almost everyone can agree on about Zohran Mamdani, mayor-elect of New York City: he's very good at vertical short-form video.


Love it or hate it, the format has a stylistic language all its own. So, we asked Joshua Scacco, professor of communications and director of the Center for Sustainable Democracy at the University of South Florida, to help us dissect what exactly makes a political short form video effective.