Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as Argentina's President Javier Milei addresses the LIBRA token scandal.
Argentina's President Javier Milei is facing impeachment threats after endorsing a cryptocurrency called LIBRA, purportedly intended to support small businesses, which instead crashed and lost billions of dollars in value within hours, according to Reuters. CoinDesk’s Christine Lee breaks down the LIBRA token saga on “CoinDesk Daily."
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This episode was hosted by Christine Lee. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Christine Lee and edited by Victor Chen.
Immigrants consumed 21 percent less welfare and entitlement benefits than native-born Americans on a per capita basis in 2022. Alex Nowrasteh explains why in a new paper.
If you want to move fast and break things, the problem is that you may break things you want—and you'll look sloppy, careless, and incompetent in the process. Is that what's happening with DOGE and Elon Musk? And what on earth is New York state Kathy Hochul doing with this idea she should "remove" the duly elected mayor of New York City? Give a listen.
The collapse of an illegally operated gold mine in western Mali at the weekend killed dozens of people
The world’s ‘first openly gay imam’ who was shot dead in South Africa, Muhsin Hendricks, is remembered
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The latest price moves and insights with Jennifer Sanasie and VanEck Head of Digital Assets Research Matthew Sigel.
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VanEck Head of Digital Assets Research Matthew Sigel joins CoinDesk to discuss the recent underperformance of Ether compared to other major cryptocurrencies. Plus, whether Ethereum can stay competitive amid capital outflows from the ecosystem to alternative layer-1 blockchains.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “Markets Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.
We’re going global with this week’s show on mining Bitcoin in East Africa via Gridless, a company monetizing stranded energy assets through Bitcoin mining!
Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Erik and Phillip from Gridless join us to discuss Bitcoin mining in East Africa. From dealing with wildlife to building custom mining software, they share how they're monetizing stranded energy assets and electrifying rural regions for the first time ever. Learn about their revenue-sharing model, remote management systems, and how Bitcoin mining is transforming energy development across Africa.
Notes:
• East African Mining Expansion
• Stranded Energy Monetization
• Remote Site Management
• Bitcoin Treasury Strategy
• Rural Electrification
• Africa Risk Management
Timeline
00:00 Start
03:15 Bio
05:59 New Biomass Site
07:44 Remote management
11:00 we don't pay for power
14:40 Challenges in the field
17:46 Ethiopia
25:39 History of the TVA
31:41 Risks (theft, climate change)
36:27 Raising money
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The effects of climate change are being felt more than ever. We've seen the devastation caused by storms and floods.
Most recently, we watched the West Coast go up in flames flames, displacing thousands and destroying homes.
But what about what lingers behind? What stays in the air that we breathe?
Smoke can have a real impact on our health. As more of our forests start to burn due to increased temperatures, more smoke is going to be floating around our country and world.
We discuss the effects of fire smoke in the short and long term.
US-Russia talks begin on Ukraine's future, but without Ukraine's input. 18 hurt when Delta plane flips over in Toronto. Bitter cold for much of the nation. CBS News Correspondent Cami McCormick has today's World News Roundup.
Chicago is one of the most segregated cities in the country. It’s driven by policy decisions over the decades, but it’s also reinforced by personal networks and perception rather than experience. A new book, titled “Don’t Go: Stories of Segregation and How To Disrupt It,” uses first-person testimonials to explore how racist messaging can perpetuate this dynamic.
Reset sits down with co-authors Tonika Johnson and Maria Krysan to hear how this book came to be, and how it could inform disrupting segregation.
For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
We investigate China’s under-the-radar push to get other countries to change their official language on Taiwan’s independence. Would it make a difference in a bid to reunify by force? The case of a nurse jailed for killing babies exposes deep problems with British justice (10:10). And how top footballers get a smaller slice of their clubs’ take than they once did (17:35).
