CoinDesk Podcast Network - GEN C: Rachael Horwitz on Crypto’s Mainstream Moment and the Art of VC Storytelling

Haun Ventures CMO Rachael Horwitz breaks down how crypto is going mainstream through stablecoins and why the industry needs better storytelling to reach broader audiences.

Haun Ventures CMO Rachael Horwitz shares insights on branding in crypto, from navigating market volatility to building long-term conviction. Drawing on leadership roles at Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Coinbase, she breaks down how crypto challenges conventional tech narratives—and why VCs must rethink how they position themselves in a rapidly evolving space. A strategic lens on the future of venture and Web3.

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Newshour - WHO condemns Israeli attacks on facilities in Gaza

The World Health Organization says Israel's offensive in central Gaza has compromised its efforts to continue working, after its facilities came under attack. Also on the programme, we speak to the Kenyan human rights activist who was arrested on suspicion of terror offences; and Australia's pristine waters off its south coast have been inundated by a toxic algal bloom.

(Photo: Smoke rises during Israeli strikes amid the Israeli military operation in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, July 21, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled)

Marketplace All-in-One - Why employers may not know whether a new hire is undocumented

Since the mid-’90s, employers have been using an online system to verify the legal right of employees to work in the U.S. That system often falls short, and now employers have been encouraged to recheck workers' legal status as the Trump administration has canceled work authorizations for hundreds of thousands of immigrants. But first: Universal Music Group is closer to selling shares on a U.S. stock exchange. And, how long will the housing market remain stagnant?

CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: The Golden Age of Bitcoin Equities is Here w/ Matthew Sigel

VanEck’s Head of Digital Assets Research, Matthew Sigel, joins the podcast to discuss bitcoin treasury plays, CoreWeave’s $9 billion bid for Core Scientific, and other hot trends in the Bitcoin equities realm.


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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, VanEck’s Head of Digital Assets Research Matthew Sigel joins us to talk about Core Scientific's massive $9B CoreWeave acquisition deal, whether Bitcoin treasury companies are getting too crowded with 30+ deals in pipeline, AI infrastructure pivots among miners, and if the crypto equity boom is here to stay.


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**Notes:**

• Core Scientific $9B all-stock deal with CoreWeave

• 850MW HPC/AI infrastructure potential capacity  

• US listed miners hit 31% global hash rate 

• 30,000+ Bitcoin bought by 15 treasury companies

• Meta Planet trading at 5x Bitcoin NAV premium

• $150M annual revenue target for Hut 8's AI business


Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:55 Coreweave & Core Scientific

07:40 Coreweave's BTC mining operation

08:52 Volatility & Coreweave's stock price

12:25 Fractal Bitcoin

13:05 Future of pure BTC miners

17:45 American Bitcoin

20:54 What's keeping public miner stock prices suppressed?

24:02 Too many treasury companies?

29:58 International strategies

35:45 Gamestop & Semler Scientific

39:27 Bit Digital ETH pivot

42:49 Cycle narrative



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Cato Podcast - Cato Cage Match: Education vs. Health Care

Michael F. Cannon and Neal McCluskey let us listen in on their ongoing 20-year debate over who has the more difficult job -- fixing health care or education. McCluskey argues that government's monopolistic control over K-12 education and compulsory schooling creates a more fundamental threat to freedom, while Cannon contends that health care is even more dysfunctional due to cascading government interventions that have created the world's most expensive and gap-ridden health system. Both scholars explore how government subsidies drive up costs in their respective sectors and outline their visions for more libertarian, market-based alternatives.


Show Notes:

https://www.cato.org/free-society/summer-2025/federal-failure-parental-freedom-story-movement 

 

https://www.cato.org/blog/supreme-court-right-reading-opt-outs-thats-not-enough

 

https://www.cato.org/blog/top-5-reasons-end-us-department-education


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