From the BBC World Service: The price of Brent crude oil has fallen to $69 a barrel, despite a statement from Israel saying that it has identified missiles launched from Iran earlier this morning, something Iran has denied. Israel had announced it had agreed to a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Iran earlier today, causing the oil price to drop 15% from a high of $81 a barrel yesterday. Plus, Google comes under pressure and a tariff deadline looms.
The Intelligence from The Economist - Truce and consequences: a fragile ceasefire in Iran
Iran’s strikes both before and apparently after a ceasefire began seem to threaten peace. If it holds, what will that mean for Iran’s ambitions, and for the wider region? A meeting of NATO-country leaders seems precision-engineered to appease the alliance’s most fickle member. And why Germany is considering cancelling one of its many public holidays.
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Up First from NPR - Trump’s Ceasefire, Supreme Court Immigration Ruling, NYC Mayoral Primary
President Trump announced on social media that Iran and Israel have agreed to a total ceasefire, and the US Supreme Court says the Trump administration will be allowed to quickly deport immigrants to countries they are not from. Also, New York City's Democratic mayoral primary is today. It's a tight race that's brought attention to the city's ranked-choice voting system.
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Native America Calling - Tuesday, June 24, 2025 – Tribal cannabis operations both welcomed and scorned
Minnesota is the first state to sign compacts with tribes for cannabis operations. The White Earth Nation just opened that state’s first off-reservation recreational marijuana retail store. A second store is already in the works with the tribe envisioning as many as eight dispensaries statewide. But as some tribes lead the way with economic development potential for cannabis, some other tribes elsewhere are subject to law enforcement actions and regulatory hurdles. We’ll hear about both the success stories and dead ends for tribal cannabis operations.
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Mary Jane Oatman (Nez Perce and Delaware), executive director of the Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association and founder of THC Magazine
Lester Marston (Cahuilla), attorney and tribal court judge
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Zach Wilson, CEO of Waabigwan Mashkiki LLC
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WSJ Minute Briefing - Israel Confirms Cease-Fire With Iran
Plus: The Supreme Court clears the way for the Trump administration to send migrants facing final deportation orders to countries they aren’t from. And nearly two million student loan borrowers risk having their pay docked by the government this summer. Kate Bullivant hosts.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: How Bitcoin ATMs Are Outcompeting Bitcoin Mining Stocks w/ Brandon Bailey w/ Brandon Bailey
For today’s show, we cover why Bitcoin ATMs are one of the best, most lucrative businesses in Bitcoin.
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Brandon Bailey of Second Gate Advisory joins Will to talk about Bitcoin ATMs, an overlooked Bitcoin business model with massive potential. In Q1 2025, Bitcoin Depot generated $164.2M in revenue, a 19% increase year-over-year, while outperforming miners in cash flow per unit. We explore why physical ATMs matter in a digital world, expansion opportunities, and how this could be the next big Bitcoin treasury play.
**Notes:**
• Bitcoin Depot: $333.1M revenue, +92% YoY
• 30,000 Bitcoin ATMs vs 500K traditional ATMs
• ATMs generate $30-40/day vs miners $10-11/day
• 4% of Americans (5.6M people) are unbanked
• Average transaction size around $300
• 1,300 reserve machines ready for deployment
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00:00:00:00 Start
00:01:33:16 Report overview
00:02:48:20 Bitcoin Depot financials
00:05:30:06 Other BTC treasury companies
00:08:52:26 Colorado Air Filter
00:10:57:14 Increasing revenue multiple
00:13:30:08 ATM business history
00:15:03:16 Stablecoins
00:16:37:26 Fractal Bitcoin
00:17:12:25 Physical cash economy
00:19:33:22 Why haven't traditional ATMs added BTC?
00:21:10:20 Per machine cashflows
00:25:27:09 Expansion opportunity
00:31:00:10 Coinflip
00:33:06:11 Wrap up
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Marketplace All-in-One - Iranians are left without internet access amid Middle East conflict
Iran's government knocked out internet and mobile networks after Israel began bombing the country. That’s left the population with little to no access to critical information. One person who watched this played out is Ahmad Ahmadian, executive director at Holistic Resilience, an organization that helps Iranians circumvent government censorship. He says Iran's government often restricts internet during critical times.
Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S11 E5: Austin Federa, DoubleZero
Austin Federa has a non-traditional path into the blockchain world. In college, he studied political & environmental science, and economics. Interestingly enough, those studies map a lot to the blockchain first principles. He was seriously looking to do his PhD, but fell out of love with that space, and joined NPR as a journalist for a while. Then, of course, he got bit by the startup bug. Outside of tech, he enjoys living in Brooklyn, photography, and engaging in some form of learning at all times. He enjoys reading, mention the Children of Time series, as though it was fiction, it had a lot of interwoven psychology and communal themes.
Austin acknowledges that though we all love the internet, it's actually not very good... for high performant systems. And though companies are trying to build dedicated networks in the world, there hasn't been one created for blockchain - IE, not centralized around single party.
This is the creation story of DoubleZero.
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Headlines From The Times - Ceasefire, Immigration Raids, Hollywood Executive paydays, and Apple TV.
President Trump announced on truth social late Monday that Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire deal. Protesters across L.A. rallied against immigration raids, which caused pushback from the LAPD and implemented a downtown curfew. Hollywood may be in crisis, but top executives are still cashing in. Apple just signed a new deal with media mogul Peter Chernin’s ‘North Road Studio’ — a move that could boost its growing presence in Hollywood.
WSJ What’s News - Will Israel and Iran’s Cease-Fire Hold?
A.M. Edition for June 24. After a week and a half of fighting, Israel and Iran say they’ve agreed to a cease-fire. Journal deputy Middle East bureau chief Shayndi Raice says despite the deal being confirmed by President Trump on social media yesterday evening, fresh missile attacks by Iran are raising questions about its longevity. Plus, NATO allies look set to more than double defense spending as they meet in The Hague today. And banks are hiking fees on their most exclusive credit cards, testing the limits of loyal customers. Luke Vargas hosts.
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