On Friday, President Donald Trump celebrated the passage of his signature tax and spending bill into law.
At nearly 900 pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations. It will also reduce Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion over the next decade. That will result in an estimated 11.8 million people losing health insurance coverage. Among those who will be hardest hit? Rural Americans.
We discuss what kind of challenges people living in rural areas could face with the new law and what ripple effects the law could have across rural public health systems.
Who are we as a nation? What's important to us? And who do we want to be?
1A recently spent some time at the Aspen Ideas Festival where Gallup Research unveiled data that indicates most Americans can agree broadly on the answers to those queries, but differ on which ones are the most important.
We sit down and get into what values make an American, an American.
Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as Elon Musk plans to form a pro-tech centrist party called the ‘America Party.’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk plans to form a pro-tech centrist party called the ‘America Party’ after splitting from President Trump and Canadian rapper Drake drops a new song that mentions bitcoin. CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie hosts “CoinDesk Daily.”
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.
Republicans’ newly passed tax and spending law establishes the first major federal program for shifting public money to private schools. It comes in the form of a wonky tax break. We’ll explain how it will work. And, we’ll get into how massive cuts to Medicaid will impact rural hospitals across the United States. Plus, anime is more popular than ever on Netflix.
Deep dive into the Nakamoto Project's survey of 3,500 Americans reveals surprising demographics about Bitcoin ownership, political leanings, and moral foundations of crypto holders vs non-holders.
Colin and Charlie dive deep into the Nakamoto Project's groundbreaking survey revealing what the average American really thinks about Bitcoin. From surprising ownership demographics to political shifts and moral foundations, this data challenges everything you think you know about who owns Bitcoin and why.
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**Notes:**
• 48 million Americans own Bitcoin (18.6% surveyed)
• 11 million hold their own keys (4.21%)
• Hispanic/Latino ownership leads at 24.2%
• 58.8% keep Bitcoin on exchanges
• Political shift right since 2024
• 4 in 5 support gold-to-Bitcoin conversion
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
02:14 Highlights
05:12 Who holds Bitcoin?
08:35 How do people hold Bitcoin?
12:02 Ethnicity of Bitcoin holders
16:32 Politics
20:38 Changes in ownership from 2024
22:22 Sentiment
27:26 Moral Foundations
39:00 Crypto Reserve
43:12 Policy
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