CoinDesk Podcast Network

Noelle Acheson, the mind behind the Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, explores sharp weekend correction in crypto markets, consumer expectations, NFTs and more. Today's episode is sponsored by CME Group. To get the show every day, follow the podcast here. Today’s Stories: Bitcoin's 4% Drop Cools Overheated Funding Rates, Data Show  Pudgy Penguins to Launch Webkinz-like Virtual World in 2024  It’s Al...

No, despite what you might have heard recently, Bitcoin transactions do not consume a swimming pool of water. Noelle Acheson dives into the fallacy, and points out that poor research is not the only culprit here. Today's episode is sponsored by CME Group and Harpie. To get the show every day, follow the podcast here. For today’s featured story, Noelle Acheson reads her piece written for CoinDesk,...

CoinDesk Indices presents six notable market movement highlights from last week. Today's episode is sponsored by CME Group and Harpie. To get the show every day, follow the podcast here. The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) functions as a benchmark for the performance of the digital asset market, delivering institutional quality information to digital asset investors. Today’s takeaways are provided by...

Pal describes the likely scenarios for where Bitcoin’s price goes next year, and also discusses the relative merits of Ether vs. Solana and the usefulness of BRC-20 tokens.   The likely impending approval of spot bitcoin ETFs has already sparked a major rally in the price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, but will the bull run continue once the funds are up and running? On this episode of Unc...

Noelle Acheson, the mind behind the Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, explores market moves, employment data, retail interest and more. Today's episode is sponsored by CME Group and Harpie. To get the show every day, follow the podcast here. Today’s Stories: Bitcoin Dips as U.S. November Job Growth of 199K Tops Estimates - From our sponsors: CME Group Cryptocurrency futures and options provide marke...

Market reactions, regulatory realities, political perspectives, and AI's rise in a comprehensive overview with a focus on Bitcoin's price reaching over 44,000.  This episode is sponsored by Cboe Digital In this week's installment of "Money Reimagined," your hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren hash out an in-depth discussion on the latest in crypto news including the recent surge in Bitcoin to ov...

A censorship issue plagues blockchains, notably within the Ethereum network, where 72% of blocks are crafted by validators filtering transactions linked to a sanctioned program known as Tornado Cash. This episode is sponsored by Consensus 2024  Follow the show here for more. In this installment of "The Protocol," hosts Brad Keoun, the founding editor of The Protocol Newsletter, and tech journalist...

Noelle Acheson, the mind behind the Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, explores market moves, presidential debates, the European economy and more. Today's episode is sponsored by CME Group and Harpie. To get the show every day, follow the podcast here. Today’s Stories: Here's Why Bitcoin's Famed Bull-Market Pullbacks Have Been Elusive During the Recent Price Surge  Binance, SBF, ETH and Gensler Get M...

A crypto winter of growth and optimism: from those who developed the tech to those who led the fight for sensible regulation, the year has been full of influential figures transforming the crypto industry. On "Carpe Consensus," hosts Ben Schiller and Danny Nelson are joined by Nik De to review some of the most influential figures of the year in crypto as part of Consensus Magazine's Most Influenti...

Noelle Acheson, the mind behind the Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, explores market moves, bitcoin ETFs, U.S. employment data and more. Today's episode is sponsored by CME Group and Harpie. To get the show every day, follow the podcast here. Today’s Stories: Key Metrics Show Crypto Traders Turning to Ether From Bitcoin  BlackRock, Bitwise File Updated Applications for Spot Bitcoin ETF  - From our...

Things looked bleak for Solana after the collapse of FTX. Anatoly Yakovenko explains how the blockchain rebounded so successfully that SOL became the best-performing top crypto in 2023.  Solana’s native token SOL has been one of the best-performing cryptos of the year, up more than 500% so far, but you wouldn’t have guessed that would be the case given how closely tied the blockchain was to FTX, w...

Noelle Acheson, the mind behind the Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, explores market moves, crypto influencers, Federal Reserve projections and more. Today's episode is sponsored by CME Group and Harpie. To get the show every day, follow the podcast here. Today’s Stories: Introducing Most Influential 2023  - From our sponsors: CME Group Cryptocurrency futures and options provide market-leading liqu...

Mike Quigley, chief marketing officer of Niantic, discusses the company's history of developing location-based augmented reality games, including Pokemon GO. Today's episode is sponsored by Chainalysis. Listen to this week’s episode where we discuss how Niantic encourages people to explore and bring joy to their lives through the use of AR. We talk about tools for developers, partnerships with bra...

Noelle Acheson, the mind behind the Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, explores strong crypto moves, oil price pessimism, bitcoin criticism and more. Today's episode is sponsored by CME Group and Harpie. To get the show every day, follow the podcast here. Today’s Stories: Bitcoin Tops $42K as Crypto Market Recovers to Pre-Terra Levels  Bitcoin Going From Boiling the Oceans to Draining Them, According...

COP28 kicks off in the UAE this week. While it is likely to deliver the usual ineffective hand-wringing, at significant cost, this year there is a twist: the presence of Bitcoin delegates shows just how far the industry has come. Today's episode is sponsored by CME Group and Harpie. To get the show every day, follow the podcast here. For today’s featured story, Noelle Acheson reads her piece writt...

CoinDesk Indices presents six notable market movement highlights from last week. Today's episode is sponsored by CME Group and Harpie. To get the show every day, follow the podcast here. The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) functions as a benchmark for the performance of the digital asset market, delivering institutional quality information to digital asset investors. Today’s takeaways are provided by...

The GOP presidential candidate also talks about how pegging the dollar to a basket of commodities that could eventually include Bitcoin would help the U.S. economy, and why he hates the idea of a CBDC. Vivek Ramaswamy is likely the biggest supporter of crypto among the current crop of presidential candidates. But his enthusiasm comes not from an inherent love of the technology or its principles th...

Noelle Acheson, the mind behind the Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, explores the crypto market rally, energy prices, how oil prices impact bitcoin and more. Today's episode is sponsored by CME Group and Harpie. To get the show every day, follow the podcast here. Today’s Stories: Bitcoin Rises to $38.8K for the First Time Since May 2022  Bitcoin - Monthly Return  GDPNow - Federal Reserve Bank of At...

Is AI older than you think? Exploring AI Governance challenges and solutions from centralization concerns to data ownership and community empowerment.  This episode is sponsored by Cboe Digital In this week's episode of "Money Reimagined," – host Michael Casey sits down with MIT Professor Alex “Sandy” Pentland to discuss data ownership, data control, crypto, and AI technologies as they reshape the...

Cosmos faces internal leadership challenges, with its founder advocating for a 'hard fork.' Concurrently, the Ethereum Name Service founder contemplates challenging Unstoppable Domains in light of its recently approved patent. Meanwhile, concerns arise about a potential Blast 'backlash,' leaving investors unsettled by recent developments in the crypto landscape. This episode is sponsored by Consen...

Noelle Acheson, the mind behind the Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, explores signals in the U.S. economy, regulatory overreach, market moves and more. Today's episode is sponsored by CME Group and PayPal. To get the show every day, follow the podcast here. Today’s Stories: U.S. Treasury Campaigning for Amplified Powers to Chase Crypto Overseas  China Investment Bank Bans Bearish Research, Wealth D...

Danny Nelson describes his recent scoop where he learned that Polygon quietly gave DraftKings preferential treatment while telling the public it was an "equal" member of the validator community. On "Carpe Consensus," hosts Ben Schiller and Danny Nelson take a deep dive into a recent scoop of Danny's, involving layer 2 blockchain Polygon and sports betting company DraftKings. [1:04] Inside the Desk...

Noelle Acheson, the mind behind the Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, explores bitcoin above $38,000, rates expectations, U.S. SEC influence and more. Today's episode is sponsored by CME Group and PayPal. To get the show every day, follow the podcast here. Today’s Stories: Solana Leads Layer-1 Token Gains as Bitcoin Crosses $38K   Kaiko Data Debrief  - From our sponsors: CME Group Cryptocurrency fut...

A pair of crypto industry tax experts describe the problems with the tax agency’s new reporting proposals and suggest alternatives.   The IRS sparked a storm of controversy when it released proposed new rules for crypto transaction reporting earlier this year. The new rules seek to define who is considered a broker, what types of transactions need to get reported, and the kinds of digital assets t...

Noelle Acheson, the mind behind the Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, explores market moves, inflation, the Binance settlement and more. Today's episode is sponsored by CME Group and PayPal. To get the show every day, follow the podcast here. Today’s Stories: Altcoin Rally Cools as Massive $650M Worth of Token Unlocks Loom Over Crypto Market  Omid Malekan's Post  - From our sponsors: CME Group Crypt...