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Host Sam Ewen breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as X suspended Pump.fun’s official account.
Social media giant X suspended Pump.fun’s official account and co-founder Alon Cohen’s handle on June 16, along with other memecoin platforms in an apparent crackdown. What does it say about the freedom of speech on the platform? Plus, Polyhedra suffered a liquidity attack and ARK Invest sold $51.8 million worth of Circle shares. CoinDesk’s Sam Ewen hosts “CoinDesk Daily.”
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Zambia's former president, Edgar Lungu, reportedly left instructions that his political rival and current president Hakainde Hichilema "should not come anywhere near his body". Edgar Lungu died on the 5th of June and ever since, his family and the Zambian government have been locked in a tussle over his funeral. However, following days of negotiations, arrangements for his burial have now been finalised. This isn't the first time Zambia has experienced burial disputes for deceased former heads of state, including for its independence president, Kenneth Kaunda. Is there no legislation to guide these eventualities? Lawyer John Sangwa provides the answers.
Also, why there is a petition to ban pit bull dogs in Zimbabwe?
And, as one the art world's leading figures, Cameroonian artist, Koyo Kouoh is buried, we explore the legacy she leaves behind. *CORRECTION: Tribute to Koyo was read by Ami Waickanee and not by Otobong Nkanga.
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The Trump Organization, the president’s family business, is getting into mobile phones. The company is promising a new wireless service — called Trump Mobile — and releasing a new, gold smartphone. The Trump Organization says the phone will be made in the U.S., but industry experts are skeptical about whether that’s even possible. Also on the show: how one sneaker broker turned his hobby into a full-time job.
Gaza's health ministry says at least 51 Palestinians have been killed while waiting at a food distribution site in Gaza. Also: President Trump says he wants "a real end" to the fighting between Israel and Iran.
President Trump says he wants "a real end" to the fighting between Israel and Iran, not just a ceasefire. He said Iran should have done a deal with the US over its nuclear programme and he is now little inclined to negotiate. Mr Trump has returned early from the G7 summit in Canada because of the Middle East crisis. Meanwhile, Israel says it has killed Iran’s military chief of staff, Ali Shadmani, in a strike on central Tehran.
Also in the programme: The lost papers of a maths genius, saved from the shredder; and some spectacular finds at a Viking- age burial site in Denmark.
(Photo: Iranian Red Crescent Society members search through the rubble for victims after Israeli strikes, at an unspecified location in Iran, in this undated image released June 17, 2025 and obtained from social media. Iranian Red Crescent Society via Reuters)
We get metaphysical and spiritual on today's podcast as I ask whether we can see the hand of providence at work in the mission against Iran and the increasingly tough tone and line taken by Donald Trump as the hours pass. Give a listen.
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Sean McDonough of New West joins the pod to discuss how oil and gas bitcoin mining has changed and where the sector is headed.
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Sean McDonough, president and founder of New West Data joins us to talk about the company’s vertically integrated oil and gas bitcoin mining operations in Alberta, Canada. We explore the pros and cons of full O&G ownership versus JV partnerships, barriers for large oil companies entering Bitcoin mining, regulatory considerations in Alberta, and the convergence of oil, gas, and AI data centers.
**Notes:**
• New West: $1.5M CAD per megawatt CapEx cost
• Alberta flare gas mining still relatively small scale
• Dual revenue streams: oil sales + Bitcoin mining
• Cash flows split evenly between oil and Bitcoin
• Generators are largest CapEx item, more than miners
• Hash rate trading in 800-900 range for months
00:00 Start
02:38 New West
04:26 Ownership instead of service
07:35 Why don't we see more miner vertical integration
10:06 JV's and risk
10:56 Nat Gas economics
12:30 Nat Gas more profitable than mining?
15:48 Regulation in Alberta
17:57 Understanding of BTC mining in Alberta
19:58 Drillers shifting thinking
24:37 Economics of pure play Nat Gas mining?
28:45 Have oil producers soured on BTC miners?
32:55 NYDIG & Caruso buyout
36:09 Ai energy bottleneck
41:00 Hashrate predictions
42:41 Hashrate chart waves
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Caleb O. Brown hosted the Cato Daily Podcast for nearly 18 years, producing well over 4000 episodes. He has gone on to head Kentucky’s Bluegrass Institute. This is one among the best episodes produced in his tenure, selected by the host and listeners.
What happens when public university officials violate your free speech rights? Often, they get qualified immunity, thus shielding them from the consequences of those actions. Casey Mattox with Americans for Prosperity comments.
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