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Aug 15, 2021 • 7min

What Is Bitcoin Freedom?

Community Manager at CryptoQuant, Burak Tumac, illustrates the different kinds of freedom and how Bitcoin helps promote them.Read the story here. This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Celo.This episode was edited & produced by Adrian Blust with music production by Doc Blust & Colin Mealey-Kava lets you mint stablecoins, lend, borrow, earn and swap safely across the world’s biggest crypto assets. Connect to the world's largest cryptocurrencies, ecosystems and financial applications on DeFi’s most trusted, scalable and secure earning platform with kava.io.-Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 6.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 100+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io.-Celo is a mobile-first platform making financial dApps and crypto payments accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. Celo supports more than 1000 projects from builders, developers, and even artists, who everyday create new applications and issue digital currencies from over 100 countries around the world. To learn more visit Celo.org today.
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Aug 14, 2021 • 13min

ICO Mania Revisited: The Investors and Token Issuers Who Made Good

CoinDesk's Senior Reporter, Brady Dale, takes us on a historical journey looking at the the most successful investors of the Initial Coin Offering era, or the ICO Boom and projects they profited from.Read the story here.This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Celo.This episode was edited & produced by Adrian Blust with music production by Doc Blust & Colin Mealey-Kava lets you mint stablecoins, lend, borrow, earn and swap safely across the world’s biggest crypto assets. Connect to the world's largest cryptocurrencies, ecosystems and financial applications on DeFi’s most trusted, scalable and secure earning platform with kava.io.-Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 6.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 100+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io.-Celo is a mobile-first platform making financial dApps and crypto payments accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. Celo supports more than 1000 projects from builders, developers, and even artists, who everyday create new applications and issue digital currencies from over 100 countries around the world. To learn more visit Celo.org today.
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Aug 13, 2021 • 15min

Crypto Update 8/13/21 | DeFi Needs Hackers to Become Unhackable

With the crypto markets turning toward an upward trend and a look at the need for DeFi platforms to become more secure and immune to hacks, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Celo.Today's Stories:ETH Holds Long-Term Support Ahead of All-Time HighBitcoin Back Above $46K on Low Daily Volume as Altcoins OutperformMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Slides as US Lawmakers Wrangle Over Crypto Tax ProposalDisney Rallies After Streaming Subscriptions Beat EstimatesStock Futures Edge Up After S&P 500, Dow Hit RecordsEurope Stocks Near Longest Win Streak Since 1999China’s Port Shutdown Raises Fears of Closures WorldwideEU exports to Britain rise in June as they fall with rest of the world.  Extreme weather blows out catastrophe insurance losses to $40bnThe Scooter Wars Are Coming to the Stock MarketTesla Battery Supplier CATL Plans $9 Billion Share Sale to Boost CapacityHonor Releases First Snapdragon Smartphone With Digital Yuan WalletLeading Latin American Venture Firm Kaszek Makes First DeFi InvestmentPelosi Ally Asks US House Speaker to Modify Crypto Language in Infrastructure BillAustralia's Mawson Infrastructure Purchases 17.3K Bitcoin Miners From CanaanEthereum Miners Make Multimillion-Dollar Bet on Upgrade Delay  Polygon's New Gaming Studio Launches With Cricket NFT PlatformFeatured Story: DeFi Needs Hackers to Become Unhackable | Daniel KuhnThis episode was edited & produced by Adrian Blust -Kava lets you mint stablecoins, lend, borrow, earn and swap safely across the world’s biggest crypto assets. Connect to the world's largest cryptocurrencies, ecosystems and financial applications on DeFi’s most trusted, scalable and secure earning platform with kava.io.-Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 6.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 100+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io.-Celo is a mobile-first platform making financial dApps and crypto payments accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. Celo supports more than 1000 projects from builders, developers, and even artists, who everyday create new applications and issue digital currencies from over 100 countries around the world. To learn more visit Celo.org today.
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Aug 12, 2021 • 17min

Crypto Update 8/12/21 | The Inevitability of Crypto in Iraq

With crypto markets pulling back slightly after a recent rally and a look at the inevitable adoption of crypto in Iraq, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Celo.Today's Stories:ETH Holds Long-Term Support Ahead of All-Time HighBitcoin Shows Signs of Exhaustion as Rally 'Falters' Before Next Leg Up: Sources  Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rallies Despite Cooler Inflation Data U.S. Stock Futures Edge Higher After Records European stocks drift as China launches regulatory drive Why central bankers keep their cool over rising house pricesNearly half of American workers don’t earn enough to afford a one-bedroom rentalMillennials’ High-Earning Years Are Here, but It Doesn’t Feel That WayBeijing Signals Yearslong Tech Crackdown as Investors Reevaluate China BetsSamsung Plans to Test Mobile Phone Functionality With South Korea's CBDC PilotDBS Bank Gets the Greenlight From Singapore Regulator to Provide Crypto ServicesCrypto Asset Manager Valkyrie Files for Bitcoin Futures ETFCommercium Financial Becomes the Fourth Wyoming-Chartered Crypto Bank Lionel Messi's Paris St. Germain Transfer Included Crypto Fan TokensFeatured Story: The Inevitability of Crypto in Iraq This episode was edited & produced by Adrian Blust with music production by Doc Blust & Colin Mealey-Kava lets you mint stablecoins, lend, borrow, earn and swap safely across the world’s biggest crypto assets. Connect to the world's largest cryptocurrencies, ecosystems and financial applications on DeFi’s most trusted, scalable and secure earning platform with kava.io.-Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 6.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 100+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io.-Celo is a mobile-first platform making financial dApps and crypto payments accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. Celo supports more than 1000 projects from builders, developers, and even artists, who everyday create new applications and issue digital currencies from over 100 countries around the world. To learn more visit Celo.org today.
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Aug 11, 2021 • 15min

Crypto Update 8/11/21 | What Just Happened With the Infrastructure Bill?

With crypto markets looking optimistic and a breakdown of the recent Infrastructure Bill, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Celo.Today's Stories:Bitcoin Avoids Bear Market; Long-term Uptrend IntactBitcoin Price Rests Above Key Indicator Amid 'Return of Retail Investors' Futures Steady Before Inflation Data; Bonds DropRapid pace of US consumer price increases expected to level off Stock Futures Hover Ahead of Inflation Data US July Consumer Price Index Rose Slightly Faster Than Expected Some People Shy Away From Restaurants as Delta Variant Spreads  SEC Needs More Authority to Regulate Crypto, Gensler Says U.S. Government Wants a Greater Role in How Americans Access InternetHow Sweden became the Silicon Valley of EuropeJamaica Mints the Country's First Batch of CBDCsGhana to Pilot CBDC With German Banknote Printer Giesecke+DevrientFTX Market Share In BTC Futures Nearly Doubles Since June  PNC Bank Is Planning a Crypto Offering With Coinbase A16z Leads $111M Token Sale for Helium's HNTVenmo Credit Card Holders Can Now Trade Cash Back for Crypto DeFi Has Accounted for Over 75% of Crypto Hacks in 2021  Poly Network Hacker Starts to Return Drained Funds Crypto Panhandlers Beg Poly Network Attacker for Share of $613M HaulFeatured Story: What Just Happened With the Infrastructure Bill? - CoinDesk-Kava lets you mint stablecoins, lend, borrow, earn and swap safely across the world’s biggest crypto assets. Connect to the world's largest cryptocurrencies, ecosystems and financial applications on DeFi’s most trusted, scalable and secure earning platform with kava.io.-Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 6.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 100+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io.-Celo is a mobile-first platform making financial dApps and crypto payments accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. Celo supports more than 1000 projects from builders, developers, and even artists, who everyday create new applications and issue digital currencies from over 100 countries around the world. To learn more visit Celo.org today.
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Aug 10, 2021 • 20min

Crypto Update 8/10/21 | Against the US Senate’s Extreme Crypto Provision

With bitcoin breaking above recent resistance and a look at the implications of Washington's crypto pay-for ambitions, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Celo.Today's Stories:Stocks Climb as U.S. Futures Steady; Oil ReboundsLone Senator Rejects Crypto Provision in Infrastructure BillRobinhood’s growth hinges on loyalty of next-gen traders Tesla China Shipments of Locally Made Cars Plunged in JulyInflation risk or profit engine? High car prices are both  Google employees who work from home could lose moneyCrypto Exchange CoinDCX Hits Unicorn Status a first for India Ether Held on Centralized Exchanges Hits Three-Year LowTether Reveals More Details About Its ReservesEx-SEC Director Brett Redfearn Leaves Coinbase After just 4 MonthsAMC to Accept Bitcoin for Tickets and Concessions Later This YearDraftKings Charts NFT Long-Game With Marketplace DebutFeatured Story: Against the US Senate's Extreme Crypto Provision | CoinDesk -Kava lets you mint stablecoins, lend, borrow, earn and swap safely across the world’s biggest crypto assets. Connect to the world's largest cryptocurrencies, ecosystems and financial applications on DeFi’s most trusted, scalable and secure earning platform with kava.io.-Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 6.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 100+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io.-Celo is a mobile-first platform making financial dApps and crypto payments accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. Celo supports more than 1000 projects from builders, developers, and even artists, who everyday create new applications and issue digital currencies from over 100 countries around the world. To learn more visit Celo.org today.
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Aug 9, 2021 • 15min

Crypto Update 8/9/21 | The US Senate Goes to War Over Crypto Taxation

With crypto markets moving to risk-on sentiment and a look at the competing crypto amendments in the Biden Administration's infrastructure bill, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Celo.Today's Stories:Bitcoin Holds Support; Next Resistance at $50K Ether Erases Early Losses to Trade Little Changed Above $3KEuropean stocks waver as oil slips on growing Delta variant worries  S&P 500 Futures Hold Steady While Oil Slides  2 Senators Propose Exemptions to Crypto Tax Reporting Required By US Infrastructure Bill Infrastructure Bill Has Big Wins for Oil  Construction ‘supercycle’ predicted on wave of government spendingUSDC Builder Circle Says It Wants to Become a National Crypto BankBinance.US CEO Brian Brooks Quits, Cites 'Strategic Differences'Chainlink Integrates Weather DataBundesliga Partners With Topps on First-Ever NFT CollectionFeatured Story: The Senate Goes to War Over Crypto Taxes | David Z. Morris-Kava lets you mint stablecoins, lend, borrow, earn and swap safely across the world’s biggest crypto assets. Connect to the world's largest cryptocurrencies, ecosystems and financial applications on DeFi’s most trusted, scalable and secure earning platform with kava.io.-Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 6.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 100+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io.-Celo is a mobile-first platform making financial dApps and crypto payments accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. Celo supports more than 1000 projects from builders, developers, and even artists, who everyday create new applications and issue digital currencies from over 100 countries around the world. To learn more visit Celo.org today.
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Aug 8, 2021 • 10min

The Metaverse’s Emerging Economics Are Bigger Than Facebook

Lex Sokolin, CoinDesk columnist and Global Fintech Co-Head at ConsenSys, takes an informed and detailed look into the future of society, where Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook plans to integrate everybody into the economy of the virtual world of the Metaverse. Read the story here. This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Celo.-Kava lets you mint stablecoins, lend, borrow, earn and swap safely across the world’s biggest crypto assets. Connect to the world's largest cryptocurrencies, ecosystems and financial applications on DeFi’s most trusted, scalable and secure earning platform with kava.io.-Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 6.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 100+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io.-Celo is a mobile-first platform making financial dApps and crypto payments accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. Celo supports more than 1000 projects from builders, developers, and even artists, who everyday create new applications and issue digital currencies from over 100 countries around the world. To learn more visit Celo.org today.
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Aug 7, 2021 • 8min

A Play-to-Earn Gaming Account Beats a Bank Account

CoinDesk columnist and co-founder of the play-to-earn gaming guild Yield Guild Games (YGG), Beryl Li, tells the story of how people are spending their time gaming to build wealth, allowing them to develop their own financial freedom.Read the story here. This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Celo.-Kava lets you mint stablecoins, lend, borrow, earn and swap safely across the world’s biggest crypto assets. Connect to the world's largest cryptocurrencies, ecosystems and financial applications on DeFi’s most trusted, scalable and secure earning platform with kava.io.-Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 6.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 100+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io.-Celo is a mobile-first platform making financial dApps and crypto payments accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. Celo supports more than 1000 projects from builders, developers, and even artists, who everyday create new applications and issue digital currencies from over 100 countries around the world. To learn more visit Celo.org today.
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Aug 6, 2021 • 17min

Crypto Update 8/6/21 | Why Bitcoin Maximalism?

With the top two tokens leading the cryptocurrency sector up, plus a look at what Bitcoin maximalists say about their beliefs, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Celo.Today's Stories:Ether Options Activity Increases as London Hard Fork Goes Live, $50K Call Most PopularBitcoin Returns Above $40K; Faces Resistance at $45K-$50KEthererum Hard Fork Sends Price Jumping as Fees Start to Burn   Bets against Cathie Wood’s flagship ETF hit record highStock Futures Waver Ahead of Jobs ReportEuropean equities set for best week since March as markets grind higherChina’s Ban on Taiwan Pineapples Backfires as New Buyers Step InBusiness Groups Call on Biden to Restart Trade Talks With China - WSJWinter is coming and temperature extremes are fuelling a global gas rallyAlibaba Warns of Higher Taxes as China Crackdown WidensSenator Who Wrote Controversial Crypto Tax Rule Proposes Modest RevisionJPMorgan Says CBDCs Must Not Cannibalize Commercial Financial SystemsNew York City to Explore Blockchain property titles for Preventing Deed Fraud in Land SalesChainlink Unveils Crypto 'Keepers' and Anti-Fraud Blockchain BridgesBitfarms' Bitcoin Production Rose 47.5% in July.CFTC Commissioner Says SEC Lacks Authority Over Commodities, Including 'Crypto Assets'Decentralized Music Streaming Service Audius Now Has 5M Users Featured Story:  I Don't Understand Bitcoin Maximalism | Daniel Kuhn -Kava lets you mint stablecoins, lend, borrow, earn and swap safely across the world’s biggest crypto assets. Connect to the world's largest cryptocurrencies, ecosystems and financial applications on DeFi’s most trusted, scalable and secure earning platform with kava.io.-Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 6.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 100+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io.-Celo is a mobile-first platform making financial dApps and crypto payments accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. Celo supports more than 1000 projects from builders, developers, and even artists, who everyday create new applications and issue digital currencies from over 100 countries around the world. To learn more visit Celo.org today.

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