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The Charlie Kirk Show
PublicSq's Michael Seifert on Avoiding the Anti-Musk Lynch Mob
"Our next guest will be at America Fest speaking all about the new corporate warfare. Joining us now is Michael Seifert from Public Square. You should check out the Public Square app and download it. So Michael, I tweeted this out. It was seen by a couple million people. Now, more than ever, we need to stand with X and defend free speech. We must boycott the ex -boycotters. Apple, Comcast, IBM, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Paramount, Home Depot, Warner Brothers. They all are boycotting X. Make it hurt, end subscriptions, don't go to their movies, light them up in their comments, cancel the new set of AirPods, etc. Stop supporting those who hate free speech. Michael, your reaction? Well, I think it's pretty simple. The new battlefront is in the world of economics. Consumer spending is your new weapon. And the world of politics has played out very differently than it was even 20 years ago. 20 years ago, this stuff was happening, but it was behind the scenes. Companies would wage war on your values, but they would do it without social media exposing them. But now we are learning in this new digital age just how much the executives at these companies hate your right to speak your mind. Media Matters running a fake hit piece on Elon Musk and on X simply because of his views to value free speech. These companies then kowtow to Media Matters because they're so afraid of losing their virtue signaling points out in the public square. And what ends up happening? Well, X is stripped of significant ad dollars, but we the people had a clear response. We wanted to stand up and support X because we want to support free speech. The people want liberty, not tyranny. And that is now being played out in the world of advertising, consumer spending and engaging media content. It's as you described, Charlie, if we want to win, it's got to be bigger than just voting every two and four years. It has to be with the movies we watch, the way we spend our time, how we spend our dollars and the platforms we engage in. So good on X for standing strong. And we as a company at public square are proud to continue supporting
Crypto News Alerts | Daily Bitcoin (BTC) & Cryptocurrency News
Fresh update on "digital" discussed on Crypto News Alerts | Daily Bitcoin (BTC) & Cryptocurrency News
"This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo, the platform that powers smarter digital relationships. With Klaviyo, you can activate all your customer data in real time, connect seamlessly with your customers across all channels, guide your marketing strategy with AI-powered insights, recommendations, and automated assistance, deliver experiences that feel individually designed at scale, and grow your business faster. Power smarter digital relationships with Klaviyo. Learn more at klaviyo.com slash Spotify. That's klaviyo.com slash Spotify. In today's show, I'm breaking down the latest technical analysis as Bitcoin gets so close to 40,000. Will we break it today? We'll soon find out. And quoting the high priest of Bitcoin, Max Kaiser, Nobody makes money trading the ish coins. Nobody. Just like nobody makes money spinning roulette wheels, to say I trade the ish coins to make money to buy Bitcoin is a lie. It's like saying I spin roulette wheels and dump money into slot machines to pay my mortgage. Wake up! Also in today's show, I'll be sharing the latest with the UAE's regulatory structure, drawing new crypto firms as UAE crypto adoption continues. We'll also be discussing Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust, aiming for an ETF shift to narrow the current discount. We'll also be discussing Skybridge Capital founder, Anthony Scaramucci, predicting massive capital inflow from Wall Street into the spot Bitcoin ETFs. And speaking of ETFs, Bloomberg analyst says the SEC will approve all the spot Bitcoin ETFs in January, which is right around the corner. I'll be breaking this down for you. We'll also be discussing the latest from Max Kaiser. He made a new prediction, new all-time high for Bitcoin on this pulse with $220,000 in play. He also says Bitcoin will rocket 25x to a million dollars per coin. I'll be sharing his latest Bitcoin price predictions. We'll also be taking a look at the overall crypto market. All this plus so much more in today's show.
InTouch - Think STEAM Careers, Podcast with Dr. Olufade
Adebayo Alomaja Unpacks Key Trends Shaping the Future of Education
"Was looking at your LinkedIn, you mentioned your work at EZDG, where you've been studying the educational trends. You read a lot. So you have identified five key trends. Could you share those trends with us and how does that inform, I guess, your vision as we talk about the use of data? Yeah, thank you so much. Thank you so much, Dr. Eyal. In one of my posts, I talked about five key trends that will characterize K -12 education in Africa by 2030. And of course, I always say that the future is not vague. When we look at the future, for example, if I am in year two today, if I'm in year two today, in the next four years, I should be in year six. That's by design. So all things being equal, I should be in year six. But okay, so for the sake of eventualities and the likes, let me put two, three or four years ahead. So if I'm in year two today, I will say that in the next four to eight years, I should be done or I should be done with anything called year six. So look at that kind of simple analysis. So the future is not totally vague. If we do backcasting and backcasting is just basically about studying how things have evolved in the previous years. For example, I checked how 3G, 4G and 5G came to Nigeria. And then I discovered from my research that the gap between their adoption was six to eight years. That's 3G, 4G and 5G in Nigeria. So the gap was just between six to eight years. Now, that's just something to me. Of course, if I look at the impact of that on the digital economy in Nigeria and the predictions around the digital economy in Nigeria. Sorry, I'm digressing a little bit. No, no, I won't say analogies. That's great. Yeah, that's something because I am always thinking about the future and what needs to be done today in K -12 so that we're raising kids that can thrive when they get to the future. Kids are not going to be confused. Kids that can be so much empowered and even think beyond themselves to add value to the society. So when I think about that, for example, I'm talking about 3G, 4G, 5G and how it came to Nigeria. That backcasting review gives an insight. So based on that, I can say that if 5G came to Nigeria this year, they're most likely in the next six to eight years, we're going to have another version, maybe 6G or something else, or maybe not 6G. But that pattern shows that there's a likelihood that around that period, something is going to happen. So when we, as future priests, when we see some things like that, I don't think it's spiritual, actually. I just think that it's just studying the way things are evolving, which anybody can actually do if you're passionate about and understand that this is what might happen at this period because of what we have seen that has happened in this particular period in the past. So five key things, five key things I put here, I said, number one, I said, learning will no longer be tied to a place called school, but an experience that promotes lifelong learning. As learners, we now be able to learn anywhere and anytime. So there will be nothing like homework or classwork, but assessments to provide feedback and ensure mastery. Now, the question, is this happening right now? This is happening right now. I forgot to mention something. So when we look at the future, that there are three P's, there is the possible, there's the preferable, and there's the predictable. So there are things that when we look at the future, we can say that this is possible at this time. There are things that we can say that this one is still in the predictable realm. So it's still in the predictable realm. We can have five years or some six, seven years to it. It looks like it might happen this period. There's something is shaking about it. But some factors are trying to say that it might or it might not, it's quite predictable. And why some things may not just be preferable. So right now, there's a flying car. A flying car was just launched, I think, last week thereabouts. And so the question is in Nigeria, are we going to have your flying car by 2030? The issue is that's not possible and it's not even preferable because right now, we're just trying to bring in electric cars into Nigeria. We have some electric cars in Nigeria right now. We're just trying to get on our own. And for infrastructure and many reasons, we can't use flying cars in Nigeria by 2030. That's going to be a big problem. So this particular thing is something that is happening even right now. So we see, for example, the school I talked about earlier, first guidance school, they are now hybrid. I'm an hybrid in the constant. They are now hybrid in the sense that there are days that some kids don't come to the physical school. They just learn from home. They just learn from home because the structure within the school environment is that the kids can connect with their classroom from anywhere. So we're going to have connected classrooms. They can connect to their classroom from anywhere. That is happening today in Nigeria.
WTOP 24 Hour News
Fresh update on "digital" discussed on WTOP 24 Hour News
"Is recovering from an acute bronchial infection. Remember KISS? They are retiring, but at their final concert at Madison Square Garden in New York last night, they announced their avatars will go on tour, so their digital avatars will live on in virtual This is CBS News. Staples stores provide innovative products and services for small business, remote workers and learners, even teachers and parents. Explore more at your local Staples store. It's 3 .03 on Sunday, December 3, 2023. 53 degrees, It's gray and damp and highs near 60. 53 degrees, It's gray and damp and Good afternoon, I'm Sandy Kozel with the top local stories we're following this hour. Debates over First Amendment rights have flared up on college campuses in recent years, with conflicts arising over guest speakers who express polarizing views. Virginia's governor is calling college on leaders across the state
Simply Bitcoin
A highlight from US Government Succeeds in Criminalizing Bitcoin Privacy | EP 867
"You You're against freedom Yeah, welcome to another episode of simply Bitcoin live your number one source for the peaceful Bitcoin revolution car breaking news culture medic warfare We will be your guide through the separation of money and say and today is one of those episodes We're gonna talk about the separation of money and state the US government's attack. Well, I can't say that that's not a fair characterization Some members of the US government took advantage of the tragedy happening in the Middle East to and their allies in the legacy corporate media to Take advantage of what's happening to really pass through this narrative that a Bitcoin and crypto was being used to fund terrorism and Then that led to the FinCEN which is part of the Treasury to recommend these Broad regulations that I have no idea how that is gonna be enforced But whatever that essentially would make it so that every single Basically every single Bitcoin transaction how it currently stands would have to be reported now after the fact it came out that the article Was blatantly false it was misrepresented and misrepresented the data, but that didn't matter right the FinCEN proposal stayed There's currently an open comment period which I highly suggest you get involved in just like leave your thoughts But it seems like they got away with it because essentially Without the proposal even being introduced. What ended up happening is that already some financial institutions are already blocking Certain Bitcoin transactions that are involved in coin mixing so if you samurai if you use wasabi and then you send that Bitcoin to a An exchange it might get flagged right now. There was a huge amount of backlash over the last week Basically putting the blame on the exchanges Or on some exchanges in particular But the thing is what you guys have to understand is that exchanges aren't banks right as long as there's the on and off -ramp choke point and as long as People are using legacy banks to buy Bitcoin That is a choke point and that is a choke point that governments are gonna take advantage of I think moments like these highlights the importance of really understanding How to use Bitcoin peer -to -peer how to download peer -to -peer or how to use peer -to -peer alternatives like bisque And like a steco huge fan of a beauty on is doing with the steco But yeah, this is part of it. This is part of the separation of money and state and the thing that aggravates me the most is The fact that they were able to really pass this narrative even though is completely false and Without it being even introduced Banks and financial institutions are taking these preemptive measures which is absolutely crazy and then it's the continuation of privacy, which is Completely against the fourth amendment in the United States, which is no unreasonable search and seizure That just completely got thrown out the window But I mean look this is Exactly what you would expect As you know, the the the example that I always bring up is like a wounded animal trapped into a corner That's when they get most vicious, right? and I think that whether is Elizabeth Warren's Freudian slip a couple weeks ago where she's Christine desperation Lagarde's when she's saying that the CBDC is coming and it's here to stay and there's absolutely nothing you could do about it Or whether she even gets caught saying the quiet part out loud saying that Bitcoin is an escape valve, right? There's multiple signs that show you That the powers of be the people that want you to use fiat currencies in the future of fiat currencies which are central bank digital currencies are Absolutely terrified of Bitcoin but most importantly not only are they terrified of Bitcoin They're terrified of people taking self -custody of their money which won't allow them to confiscate it easily either do either either through direct confiscation or Confiscation through inflation because that's really what inflation is at the end of the day.
The Daily Dive
Fresh update on "digital" discussed on The Daily Dive
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Cryptocurrency for Beginners: with Crypto Casey
A highlight from Crypto Wallet How to Transfer Crypto from Exchange (Tangem Wallet 2.0 Review ) New Features!
"We are going to become our own bank, our own security system. We are going to 100 % own and have complete control over our digital assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Altcoins, and other cryptocurrencies and NFTs all in less than 90 seconds right now. This is the latest version of Tangent Wallet, a multi -currency, multi -chain cryptocurrency wallet that is the size of a credit card, the most affordable cold storage hardware wallet, and extremely easy to set up and use. Check it out. Opening the box here, we have the three cards with a new sleek matte black design. Next, installing the correct and official Tangent Mobile app on our phones and opening the app, tap Scan Card and touch one of the cards to your phone like so. Next, tap Create Wallet and tap the card to your phone again. Nice. Now that we have a wallet, let's create backups of it. Tap Backup Now and then tap Add a Backup Card and tap the second card to your phone. Cool. Now tap Add a Backup Card again and tap the third card to your phone. Then tap Finalize the Backup Process. And now we need to create an access code to secure the wallets. Tap Continue and then type in whatever word, phrase, numbers, or combination of text you want to use to access your wallet. Re -enter it to verify the access code and then scan the primary card ending in the corresponding numbers on the screen that matches that card, holding you up to your phone until the operation is complete. Then repeat this process for the two backup cards. Sweet! Now your Tangent wallet has been configured and is ready for use. Now we can continue to the wallet, check out the mobile app, learn how to use it safely and securely, and then move some crypto to it. Hello, I'm Crypto Casey and in this video we are going to go over the new features of Tangent's latest wallet and how we can transfer crypto off of exchanges to completely own and control it with this cold storage hardware wallet. Let's hit it! Here is Tangent's original wallet we fully reviewed together on the channel, which you can check out by clicking on the link above. And this is their latest sleek matte black design with some interesting new features. Side by side, both cards are the same shape and size, however the new one is more sturdy with some nice weight to it. Tangent compiled a list of the most requested features by users and implemented them in their new Tangent wallet card. One of the main differences being three different options for private key generation versus only one. So in addition to using the certified true random number generator, TRNG, which generates and stores the keys inside the card's chips, where neither Tangent nor anyone else can see what it is and no copies exist in space and time outside of the Tangent wallet cards. Now with the new wallet cards, we have the option of generating a seed phrase with the Tangent mobile app and importing it to the cards, and also the option of importing an existing seed phrase from another wallet. Cool stuff. So it's important to note that if we create the wallet without the seed phrase option, generating a seed phrase will not be possible later. So we need to carefully consider the pros and cons of each option and decide which one we are most comfortable with long term. Tangent creates a seed phrase through their app on your phone, a hot device connected to the internet, which is not ideal if your phone has malware on it has been compromised or similar. So if we do decide to create a seed phrase for our Tangent wallet, or if we decide to import a seed phrase from an existing wallet, consider disconnecting from any Wi -Fi networks and switching your phone into airplane mode to make sure the process is more secure. Do not take a screenshot of the seed phrase. Instead, write it down on a few pieces of paper to store securely in different locations in case of something like a fire, flood or similar, and then get something more durable than paper immediately for the long term. There are some great offline options for storing the private keys like the crypto steel capsule solo offered by Ledger. This is a solid steel capsule to protect your seed phrase designed to resist extreme conditions. And the BILFODL also is offered by Ledger. BILFODL is a solid steel case to store and protect your seed phrase designed to resist fire, water and more. With cold wallets like Ledger and Trezor devices, the creation of the 12 or 24 word seed phrase is done offline, which is more ideal and secure. However, vulnerabilities and security risks are still present because, as we've discussed in several videos on the channel, if anyone has access to your seed phrase, like if they came across them written on a piece of paper or had access to a Ledger crypto steel capsule or BILFODL with the seed phrase, or if you stored it on a device that can be hacked like your computer, cell phone, or if a scammer tricks you by pretending to be Ledger, Trezor or similar, sending you a fake email or directing you to a fake site and instruct you to give them your seed phrase by lying and saying your funds need to be recovered or something like that, then all the funds on your wallet will be gone. So seed phrases are designed to help us with self custody and to manage our cryptocurrencies and digital assets more easily and restore any lost access to our funds. However, like we just discussed, there are risks. And even if you decided to try and remember it by heart or mix up some of the words, if you unfortunately suffered a brain injury, memory lapse or similar, that's also a risk of completely losing access to your funds. So think about this. Cryptocurrency private keys are generated by elaborate mathematical algorithms where data is encrypted many, many times using a huge amount of computing power. And then the most important key is then just converted into a 12 word seed phrase that can be used by anyone anywhere at any time to steal everything. Right. Important things to consider. So do your own research and never put your eggs or crypto all in one basket or even several of the same types of baskets. Diversification in investments is just as important as diversification of the same type of assets, like spreading cash into several different banks and spreading crypto across different types of wallets. Diversify some digital assets into seed phrase based cold storage hardware wallets like Ledger and Trezor and also diversify some digital assets in different technologically based wallets like BC Vault or Tangent Wallet. With Tangent Wallet, instead of a seed phrase as the only way to backup our cryptocurrency, backup copies of the wallet are created and used on the other Tangent Wallet cards. So let's say we have our Tangent Wallet card and two backup cards. We can store them in different geographical locations in case we need to restore access to our digital assets. And if anyone happens to come across the card or steals the card and even downloads the Tangent Wallet app and tries to access our funds, an additional security layer is necessary, which is where we encrypt our wallets with an access code by creating our unique series of numbers or letters or similar to a PIN code or passphrase. And to protect the wallet from brute force attacks, after each wrong password attempt, an increasing amount of time delay between each attempt is executed. So our crypto remains secure. Amazing. The other new features we will explore apply to both the first and latest versions of the Tangent cards as updates to the Tangent Mobile Wallet app and overall user experience. This includes a new dark mode where we can navigate through the mobile app comfortably in low light environments. So it's easier on the eyes when using it at night or in the dark. It also looks a lot cooler as you can see here on some screenshots. With the new update, we can now sort and group our cryptocurrencies and tokens however we want, whether it be by balance, by blockchain network, like cryptocurrencies on the Ethereum network versus Polygon or similar, or manually in whatever order we prefer to see them. Tangent added an extra layer of protection with an option to hide our balances when the app is open to keep our crypto holdings more discreet without us having to sacrifice convenience if others are close by and can see our phone screen. And they also added an option to turn off access code recovery, which increases security. We can now monitor price changes over the past 24 hours of all of our assets directly in the app to help us make informed decisions during crazy dynamic markets. There is rapid access to buying, selling or hiding a token by tapping and holding it on the home screen. Bitcoin and Ethereum transaction histories also display directly in the app without us having to check third parties like Block Explorer, Etherscan or similar. And Tangent is working on adding more blockchain networks in future updates. Tangent now offers 24x7x365 support so they can answer any questions we may have or guide us on how to properly do crypto transactions with Tangent Wallet no matter what time it is or what time zone we are in, which is huge for beginners just getting in the space. More features are on the horizon like a market data feature directly inside the app, an address book, cross -chain swaps, staking and more support for more blockchains. Brilliant. Now let's transfer some cryptocurrencies off of exchanges to our Tangent Wallet together so we can get more comfortable with the process as well as transfer some back to the exchange to practice for our profit -taking strategy in the next bull run, which you can learn more about in this video guide by clicking on the link above. And after that, we will learn how to connect our Tangent Wallets to Web3 applications like Morales Money, a platform for finding undervalued altcoins before they pump in the next bull cycle. So stay tuned to the very end to learn more about becoming your own bank with complete control and ownership over your digital asset investments simply and easily with Tangent Wallet and a very important free tool we can use when interfacing with Web3 to further protect our funds. Nice. Let's move some Bitcoin we have on our Coinbase account off of the exchange together to hold in our very own cold storage hardware wallet, Tangent Wallet. Open the Tangent app, tap scan card, scan the card, and enter the access code. Scan the card again. And from here on the dashboard, press and hold Bitcoin, then tap copy address. Next, open the Coinbase exchange app, tap the send button, tap Bitcoin, paste the Tangent Bitcoin wallet address into the to field, and tap continue. Enter the amount of Bitcoin we want to send. I always recommend sending a small amount as a test first to make sure everything is good to go. So in this case, we are sending $100 worth of Bitcoin. Tap preview, make sure everything looks good, then tap send now, and it's on its way. In a few minutes or so, when we open our Tangent Wallet app, we will see the $100 worth of Bitcoin that we now completely own and control. Repeat the same process for any other type of cryptocurrency by copying the corresponding address on Tangent Wallet, also making sure we select the right network. Like for example, with Tether, there are many other available networks like Ethereum versus BNB Smart Chain versus Solana and more. And then repeat the same similar process on any other exchange we may have crypto on by using the send function, pasting the address in the recipient field, and checking to make sure everything looks good before sending. The process is actually much easier and simpler than most people think that are new to crypto. And it's a lot like riding a bike. I can try to explain how to ride a bike to you, show you how to ride a bike, and you can read about riding a bike. However, at the end of the day, you need to get on the bike and ride it for yourself to learn. So start practicing transferring to and from different exchanges and wallets to prepare for the next face -melting bull cycle so you can take profits and potentially change your life with some nice gains. And if you want to explore a simple tool any of us can reference to increase the probability of us making gains by buying and selling altcoins at the right time, check out this video guide all about the Morales Moneyline charting tool by clicking on the link above. Great. Now let's transfer crypto from our Tangent Wallet back to Coinbase exchange to practice for when we want to lock in profits by converting it to fiat and transferring it to our bank accounts. Note that you can take profit in stablecoins directly on the Tangent Wallet app without transferring it by tapping on the token, tapping exchange, entering the amount, and tapping swap. There's also an option to sell for fiat using moon pay if we tap sell. However, you will have to set up an account with them which is a good idea so we have multiple options to trade and sell crypto when the market is hot as some exchanges get overwhelmed, freeze transactions, prevent withdrawals, etc. So open the Coinbase exchange app, tap receive, select the crypto, for example Ethereum on the Ethereum network, tap copy, then open the Tangent Wallet app. On the dashboard, tap and hold Ethereum, then tap send. Paste the Ethereum network wallet address from Coinbase in the address field. Select the amount of Ether to send, which as usual start with a small amount to test first to make sure it works, then tap send. After a few minutes or so, depending on how busy the network or exchange are, it will show up on the exchange and from there you can sell it for your country's currency and then transfer it to your bank account. Amazing. Now let's connect our Tangent Wallet to a Web3 application so we can start using decentralized platforms like Morales Money. But first it's extremely important to make sure we are accessing the correct and official sites as well as understanding exactly what is going to happen when we sign transactions to avoid losing all of our funds from a scammer or hacker using a free browser extension called WalletGuard. I've been using it over the past year and it's been working great, popping up warnings, helping check everything out before transacting, so it's definitely worth checking out and giving it a go whether we are new or experienced in the space. For example, if we start interacting with smart contracts like for minting NFTs, when accessing the site, WalletGuard's phishing protection layer executes and warns you if the website might be harmful, if it was created recently, and if it has a low trust score and if we do proceed to do so with caution. And when we do, before attempting to verify a transaction with our wallet, a second layer of protection is executed with a clear human readable warning about what exactly will happen if you decide to proceed with a transaction, like if it's going to drain your wallet instead of actually mint an NFT. This feature alone would have saved me from losing over $20 ,000 when minting an NFT on a fake lookalike website back in the last bull cycle. Absolutely insane. It can also detect and will notify you if the site is making multiple attempts to interact with your wallet, trying to hack and steal funds. So, WalletGuard is a must have as a crypto investor, so make sure to scroll down and use the link below to access the correct and official site to download WalletGuard's free extension to protect your wallet and crypto assets today. Seriously, it takes like 10 seconds and if you'd like to see a video guide all about how it works, click on the link above. Nice. Now that we've got an added layer of protection to keep our wallets and funds more secure when interacting with Web3 apps, let's learn how to connect our Tangem wallet to a Web3 app called Morales Money. Make sure to use the link in the description area below to access the correct and official site, as well as redeem any special offers they have for us. Before connecting, open the Tangem app, tap Manage Tokens at the bottom, tap BNB and make sure the BNB Beacon Chain and BNB Smart Chain options are enabled. That way the connection to Morales Money platform goes more smoothly. Using the link below, when we arrive at the site, we can see a screen full of crypto bubbles that show us which altcoins are up versus down in the latest price action. And in the top right hand corner, click on the Sign Up Login button, then click Login via Wallet. Here we can see a secure login screen where we can click Connect, then click on the option called Wallet Connect here, and then we will see this QR code. Next, open the Tangem wallet app, tap on the three dots in the top right hand corner of the screen, then tap Wallet Connect, tap the Add icon in the top right hand corner, then hold your phone facing the QR code on the Morales Money screen. On the Tangem app, you will see a message, tap Start, and next on the Morales Money screen, we just need to click the Verify button. Then on the Tangem wallet app, on the message that pops up, tap Sign. Enter your access code, tap the Tangem card to your phone, and on the Morales Money screen, enter your email address, and now you're connected to the Morales Money Web3 app. This is a platform with a lot of different functionalities that helps us with finding new altcoins, trading them, and much much more, which you can learn all about in this video walkthrough by clicking on the link above. Just to give you an overview of what we can do with our Tangem wallets connected to Morales Money, we can check out our wallet balances by clicking on this profile picture in the top right hand corner and then clicking My Wallet. And here we can view all of our tokens, and under the NFT tab, we can also view any NFTs on our wallets. Nice. And on the navigation menu at the top of the screen, if we click Swap, then click on the dropdown that says Trading Account, we can click Main Account, which opens up our wallet. And if we click Swap, we can select a token to sell from our wallet to buy another token on the Ethereum, Binance, or Polygon blockchain networks. All straight on the blockchain without having to transfer tokens to and from centralized exchanges. Very neat. On Morales Money, we can also go to the Explore Coins option and choose a predetermined filter like Top Recently Minted Coins with Experienced Buyers. And if one of the tokens seems interesting and you want to gamble on some, click on it. And on the right here, we can instantly swap tokens in our wallet to the new token directly on chain. There are a ton of other interesting tools and tricks on the Morales Money platform with many more to come. So if you're interested in checking it out, be sure to scroll down and use links below to sign up. If you would like to learn more about Morales Money and how it can help us potentially make life -changing gains in altcoins, check out this video. If you would like to watch a video guide about how crypto wallets, seed phrases, and private keys work, check out this video. And to get your very own Tangent wallet, click on the link in the screen. Like and subscribe for more. Be safe out there.
WTOP 24 Hour News
Fresh update on "digital" discussed on WTOP 24 Hour News
"Lineup left the stage to reveal their digital avatars allowing them to live virtual this immortality is cbs news make the hiring with process indeed's work for end you -to -end hiring solution you can attract interview and hire candidates all from one place indeed dot com slash credit it is twelve oh three on a sunday december the third twenty twenty three fifty two degrees and a good afternoon to you i'm mike marillo the top local stores were following this hour virginia's republican governor says he wants colleges to do more to support speech on campuses should students who challenge the status quo will be ostracized that's governor glenn young in a free speech summit at the university of virginia speaking in front of a crowd that included representatives from from every public college in virginia along with leaders from numerous private schools the representatives at the events have two plans to support free speech and those plans are expected to be reviewed by virginia's education secretary bottom line is i'm extremely worried about the state of our college and university campuses today debates over free speech have flared up on college campuses in recent years with conflicts arising over guest speakers to express polarizing views nick aye nelly wtop news when it comes to reading one area school system says it's seeing improvement among the younger kids more students in kindergarten through second -grader hitting her exceeding literacy benchmarks in montgomery county public schools that is according to recently released data from the school system the fall 2023 test results show that forty nine point nine percent of kids in kindergarten are at or above the benchmark level meaning their meeting are doing better than reading goals set for that age group is that up from forty seven percent the year before it was an even bigger increase for first graders from fifty two and a half percent to fifty eight percent and in second grade the percentage rose from fifty six to sixty point four the school system superintendent says the better test results come from targeted interventions shana still in w two p news student safety nonprofit is planning to help control the area around the school a school in northeast dc it comes after a seventeen -year -old was shot walking to kip dc college preparatory school on friday the foundation for kids formed following the rob elementary school shooting in uvalde texas is recruiting and launching of their stop now volunteer patrols in that area they are modeled after the guardian angels and anti -crime group that formed in new york city in the nineteen eighties they may also keep a close eye on other schools they say to you the rash of carjackings in dcs police sounding the alarm metropolitan police admit there has been a steep increase in carjackings in dc here's how they say you can avoid becoming the next victim most are common and some are not for instance don't start your car until after you've locked the doors and secured the windows never ever leave the car running
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A highlight from Chinese Communist Bitcoin Miners? And Lobbying For Bitcoin Mining W/ Dennis Porter
"Welcome back to the mining pod on this week's show. We're joined by Dennis Porter of the Satoshi Action Group to discuss Bitcoin mining and Politics we're mainly focused on the national security concerns when it comes to Bitcoin mining So we discussed with Dennis about moving into state houses and lobbying on behalf of the Bitcoin mining industry as a note Dennis is throwing a dinner at the end of this week on Friday at the North American blockchain summit Be sure to use promo code mining pod to get 25 % off your ticket. We'll be seeing you down in Fort Worth Do you have dinner plans November 17th? 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Developers and miners are considering and show support by signaling for one of many bits up for consideration activation dot watch Is your mining operation happening ready take control of your own future with the right energy strategy Link coin energy training platform is a tool used by miners to design monitor and seamlessly orchestrate sophisticated energy strategies within electricity markets such as or caught New York and PJM avoid penalties Participate demand response programs and capture hundreds of thousands of dollars per megawatt per year by deploying the right block and index strategy secure your competitive edge at link coin calm Are you a retail or institutional investor interested in Bitcoin mining companies the minor mag brings you free data and analysis from all major Nasdaq listed Bitcoin mining operations to know who stands out check out visualize metrics and data dependent stories at the minor mag Welcome back to the mining pod. Dennis is joining me today. Dennis Porter. Welcome to the show. How are you today? I'm doing excellent. Just coming back from a break. So are ready to dive into a jam -packed week of back -to -back calls Yeah, nice and tan back from your travels, right? Yeah, this is as tan as I get too So it's like, you know, ten days ten days in the Sun and this is as good as it gets So just everyone's prepared for that Are you ready to jump back into the Bitcoin grind or did you like really stop when you were vacationing? I oh, I never really truly fully stopped working the tweets keep coming, huh? Yeah It's an unfortunate byproduct of working in a 24 -7 365 non -stop nascent ever faster moving Industry that is Bitcoin Bitcoin mining when it combines two crazy worlds the one that I work in which is Bitcoin Bitcoin mining side which is the 24 -7 365 thing and then it's the Political realm which is just a total mess all the time. So it's a great combo. Yeah, I remember talking I want to stay sane Yeah, exactly my point. I was about to make you took the words out my mouth I remember talking to you like a year ago about the political side of things I was like, I don't know why anyone would ever want to get in that world at all. You're like, oh, I love it I love the I love the pool. I love being in the midst of it and still today don't get it Probably won't ever but I'm glad there's people like you who care about it And we you know agree on most things when it's firstly when it comes to Bitcoin mining so glad that's there Okay was transition over to Satoshi Action Fund. So you're the president and CEO you founded it. It's been two years Or so, it's a little over a year. We launched in June of last year and I am yeah I'm the president CEO I say CEO and president of Satoshi Action I'm there are two organizations now actually one is Satoshi Action Fund and one is Satoshi Action Education one I'm the CEO of and one of the president of so for simplicity's sake we just say it's all under the Satoshi Action umbrella But yeah, it's been going really really well We've had a ton of success and I'm sure we'll jump into that But I launched that in June of last year and we've been off to the races ever since Yeah, let's go into a little bit and then we have much more talking to show specifically We brought you on to talk about all the recent headlines with like rural Bitcoin mining and like the pushback We had a New York Times article about that there's some stuff in Arkansas going on So we'll get to that probably towards the second half of the show But let's talk about Satoshi Action Fund some wins recently and then maybe like a little more Flushed out what you guys are trying to to work on is like the product if you could say that for I guess a lobbying organization Yeah, yeah I mean it's good and that's that's probably one good area to start though with when it talk what comes talking about Satoshi Action is The one big difference between us and let's say like a lobbying organization or even a trade association Is that we don't we don't actually like do most of the lobbying. In fact, we hire lobbyists and we don't have members We have donors like more or less the premise of Satoshi Action Is that if you believe in the mission that we have pursued which is to make the United States? One of the best places in the world to be a Bitcoin miner or to be a Bitcoin er Then you want to support us if you agree with you know having the opportunity to stay here in America That's thriving off of this new technology versus being forced to move abroad You know that again is why I created Satoshi Action I think it's why people buy buy into the vision and the mission of what we're doing but we're very very structured very very different from from any of these other organizations that you might see out there and Once we launched Satoshi Action, the first thing that we wanted to do was try to go out there and show Right off the bat. What could we do? How could we be successful? How could we show that we can be effective because one of the most dangerous things that you can do with a political organization is You know get out there do all this, you know, make all this noise and then you don't produce any results You can do that a couple times you can even do it for years But eventually people will grow tired and they will move on and they will want to hear from someone else They will want to see someone else produce results There's definitely two the unfortunate part about politics Is there sort of two things you have to do one is you do have to produce results and the other is you have to? market your results market even what you're trying to do so that you can get people to buy into that they should buy into what you're trying to accomplish and fund essentially fund your operation because 100 almost 100 percent aside from our like You know, two three little s19 miners that we have plugged in that were donated to us The vast majority of our money comes from either donations or people that we get to come to our events was essentially a form of a donation So we rely a lot on on our donors to support the work that we do on a constant basis But right away we wanted to make sure that we were proving to our donors that we were having success So we said, okay, what can we do? We we got to the drawing board right away We brought on Eric Peterson who is our current policy director. Who's a wizard on the policy world and We had my two co -founders Mandy and Syria and we sat down we were like, alright, what are we gonna do? We started crafting public policy model policy For the Bitcoin Bitcoin mining space and what that means is that we created sort of like this like, okay here is a Example of a bill you could pass in your state that helps you advance this industry You know what we would do is we'd go in we'd say okay We have this great bill that we wrote up and we think you should pass it It'll really help you and they'll say like, you know, why would you want me to do that? Like we go in we pitch we say okay Bitcoin mining is great for jobs Great for local investment grid stability environmental cleanup the ability to enhance green and renewable energy projects really any energy project But policymakers particularly like when you can help solve some of the problems with green energy And then we win then we give them that bill the most popular of those bills that we did We know we have four of them Two of them have sort of moved or I should say three of them have moved around like have been introduced Or been worked on at the state level So far only one has passed into law which is a very big accomplishment but not to say only one but yeah I'm pretty yeah, it's pretty big deal Yeah, just one. It's just one of dates. So yeah so in then, um that bill ended up being called our right to mine bill initially originally was called the Digital Protection Act and then it transformed into becoming the rights mind bill and essentially that bill just protects Bitcoin miners from various forms of discrimination We saw real -time discrimination taking place across the country and we created real -time protections for that form of discrimination And we ended up being able to pass that bill into law in two states, Arkansas and Montana in fact in Montana is one of the states where Two things happen one. We actually saw some of the discrimination taking place where I don't know if you heard of the Missoula County there Where they changed the zoning laws and they like went drove a twenty million dollar bank when mining operation completely bankrupt because of it so Completely wiped them out all because they were concerned about things that were not true about Bitcoin mining, you know environmental concerns Oftentimes we see at the local level not necessarily in Montana But a big one is a concern is around Chinese mining particularly CCP mining I should say not Chinese owned but just that they're concerned that the CCP controls them So we saw real -time discrimination taking place in Montana We solved that problem the other problem. The other thing we discovered while we're there that we learned is That we can add things to this bill And we'll get into sort of like where we got to from that point But it was an important moment in the history of Satoshi action We added in a ban on any additional taxes on Bitcoin when uses a form of payment Which is critical because in the state of Montana, you know If you let's say you sell me a car like they'll tax that like peer -to -peer transaction Let's tax it like right off the top. So if I just sell you some Bitcoin or pay you in Bitcoin They would do the same thing. They'd be like, oh are we you owe us a tax for that? So we banned that which was great. And um, yeah, we'll talk about a little later but that was our big initial success huge success a small tear came down my eye when I When I passed my first bill into law Eric was like, you know done 10 ,000 times So he didn't he didn't really care as much but it was it was a big moment But I was like, we've done it. We've done it, you know, like he was like, ah Alright now I'm time for the next one right? So yeah right to mine. How'd you guys come up with that? It's like a very it's very catchy right and it's hard to argue against that Yeah, I don't know. I just can't use Brilliant top ahead. Okay, I came up with it sent it to I sent it to someone and said hey You should call this right to mine. I didn't even we didn't publicize it a really large news account I said hey just call it right to mine. That makes more sense. Yeah, and they did and then it just took off. Yes It was interesting for sure it's very amenable in a good way Okay, so you guys have passed some bills you're creating like this donor network to be able to to move it forward You've told me about a few wins here. I want to hear about some of like the obstacles which you already kind of alluded to so and we'll get to that later in the show the discrimination which we're seeing pop up right now, whether it be Chinese Bitcoin miners who are being Unfairly maligned for being associated with the CCP or not. And then also just like other Bitcoin miners who are unwelcome in certain areas But to the obstacles, what are some things that you've sort of like learned about why you come through this process creating Satoshi Action Fund and moving forward into these different these different State houses to lobby on behalf of Bitcoin Yeah, I would say that an overarching theme to the work that we do is that Things can go wrong very quickly and can be can be unrecoverable. They can be recoverable, but they can also be unrecoverable You know politics is very much like the real world so when real -world actions occur, there will be Consequences or there will be you know, either good or bad, right? You'll have good things or bad things happen because of real -world actions I'll give an example of a positive real -world example that Leads to us to do where we are today having a lot of success and that is the current consistent worry and fear around central bank digital currencies, so for some reason Which I definitely am aware of I Can't share too much on the story but definitely aware of a lot of Americans became very very concerned around central bank digital currencies and so Eventually, what happened was you had governors across the country including Governor Noem and Governor DeSantis eventually Working to ban central bank digital currencies at the state level There was this big huge kerfuffle around it and everyone was like doing everything they could to like stake their claim Literally Governor Noem took out like a steel Stamp of like a veto stamp and was like like stamped it into the bill. Like it was very it was very cool Actually, I loved it. Um so all of a sudden this like firestorm picks up where central bank digital currencies become this thing that Generally, I would say conservatives are against or Republicans are against but like really really opposed to like hyper opposed to it more so than I have seen anything in the The crypto space broadly I would I would consider CC central bank digital currencies to sort of be adjacent to the to the crypto space and because of that fervent Fear and concern around central bank digital currencies we've actually been able to use it as an effective way to demonstrate the value of Bitcoin because What happened was initially when they said Oh central bank digital currencies are a problem people started to say oh Well Bitcoin is a digital currency Is that also going to have the same problems as a CBDC and of course, we know we started education right away No These things are like way way different and then we just started to realize that it was best to classify them as polar opposites because they literally are like one is You know authoritarian sort of at least you when used on the retail level go ahead Yeah, send a CBDC between a bank or an institution. I don't I don't care at all force it on individuals In the United States without proper regular regulations and regulatory frameworks and then all of a sudden you have something that could be used in a way that you know is Sort of unimaginable to some extent to manipulate human behavior. So We started saying okay, these things are opposite and now when we're going into these states and we're saying okay, you should pass this bill It's pro Bitcoin. Also, it's anti CBDC people are like, oh hell yeah, let's go like we want to pass that bill So that's what that's one positive example of like how real -world things have had a really positive impact on what we're doing There's a lot of headwinds around creating or doing anything that you can to oppose CBDCs and so and as we pitch Bitcoin Bitcoin mining and You know all of our digital asset policy where there's always that thought in mind of how can we tie this into? Concerns around CBDCs which are valid and are linked We are not making some sort of leap here Bitcoin and CBDCs couldn't possibly be more more polar opposite. Gotcha Tell tell me about the some other stories Involving I have one video in mind of you going to Montana and speaking in front of Yeah, and there was someone before you who was just like going off and like kind of rabid It was good. And then you came in after and like kind of calmly presented some is Counter information this typically how the process is? Because I just think you are basically working in like the Parks and Rec version of Bitcoin. You have to like go deal like these Officials and like they don't know anything about it and they're like China bad Bitcoin bad That's that's my understanding every time I see this which is a really unfair characterization of it, but it's also it's stuck in my mind So lay it on yeah. No, it's it's you got you got it. You nailed it, right? Is the funnest example of Just how wild that can be out there So we go and we are getting ready to testify and every time we testify You know Especially because it's around Bitcoin mining we do get some sort of pushback usually at the local level typically from environmental groups Which is unfortunate because there's so much. I mean everybody knows in the mining space There are so many benefits from the methane component to balancing renewables to balancing the grid there's so many benefits that the You know Bitcoin mining space can offer to those that have come from even staunchly environmental the staunchly environmental realm so Needless to say there was two Opponents strong opponents to the bill one was a gal from an environmental group. She didn't get too out of control but the second guy he was a young a young gentleman from from Montana not originally and he worked at UCLA and he Was very opposed to Bitcoin and he started to go on this like speech like this really long drawn -out like monologue and Eventually at one point he says that that Montana will will like Die on the cross of Bitcoin essentially, right? It'll burn on the cross of Bitcoin I can't remember the exact word he uses but it's like very extreme very dramatic and Then he goes on to say that people are dying because of Bitcoin mine houses. I wish the camera was on me There's these cameras in every single Hearing room generally speaking every state Capital building when you're testifying in front of these hearings like they have cameras just like DC but obviously a lot lower tech But I just remember when he said that people are dying because of it He was so people are dying because of Bitcoin. He was so serious about it I just remember looking down my notes and just my face looked looking up at him was like So confused and I just wish the camera would have caught it because it would have been a perfectly it would have been a meme Like forever, but yeah, fortunately, there's a lot of great policymakers out there and actually, you know sometimes you love to rag on these guys, but You know, they do a good job a lot of these guys. They do a good job one guy asks him he says You know, he tries to run out actually that's part of the stories and this is important part of the story So let me backtrack so he finishes his speech. He tries to leave right away, which you don't do never do very rude tries to leave And as he gets to the door one of the people was like hey before you go even you usually we do questions at the End let's have you do some questions right now. We want to be able to talk to you a little bit Bring him back up to the podium He's like now son You made some pretty egregious claims there around Bitcoin mining Do you have anything to back up the statement that Bitcoin mining is killing people and the guy just is like well I don't have it here with me, but I can I can get it to you and He just like this this guy just is like, I mean you gotta remember this you see you sell a guy's like 22 years old he's a kid. Yeah Great great on him though. Great. Love the love the getting active at a young age, but he's just like son if You're gonna come in here and make egregious claims. You better have something to back it up and The kid just was like so upset like cuz he just got he's gave this great speech And he wanted to just walk out like drop the mic and walk out So he just blew him up I was anyways, it was it was definitely the most entertaining moments in the entire history of my experience And it's only been a year and a half So I I'm really looking forward to other stories that I can tell in the future Please catalog all these because I just like very Specifically remember watching that entire video and laughing pretty hard because it was it was pretty funny Okay, let's keep diving into this a little bit more. What have you been seeing in a lobbying front? That's been sort of helpful that you would encourage other people to look at we've had the call lines We've had the emails. We've had people going speaking to people I Think for the Bitcoin community we can all take like a breather and be like a lot of what we've been doing has not been working What has been working to speak with these people in state houses who need to learn about Bitcoin because Bitcoin's coming their backyard What has been working from your year and a half of doing this actively and putting boots on the ground? The things that have helped the most are Well, first of all getting clear of FTX collapse. I mean that is this is what I just tweeted this out yesterday. It's like I Still can't believe that we passed two bills into law in the middle of that collapse and it was a very testy time in the space so getting clear of FTX is Only gonna help us the other is just the way we Approach the conversation around Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining the way we pitch it is that we really focus on the benefits We do not talk about the technical side We do not try to explain how Bitcoin or Bitcoin mining works We give a very brief overview if they want more information Of course, we will dive deeper with them and we are very good at doing that you always have to be ready for those questions, but It's very important to just keep it as simple as possible Most of these policymakers have not made up their minds at all about any of this stuff They hear it in the news over there. They're their nephews trading crypto You know, like they're it's like they've got stuff all over the place, you know, you got some hardline anti -crypto anti -bitcoin Democrats You know, you've got some vocal Republicans, but they're not really like hardline yet. Like there's just not a lot of like really built -in statements or viewpoints on this on this technology and So what we do is we just go in and we say okay like Out of everything you've heard a lot of some of it is true some of it is not but most importantly what we're here to do is try to explain to you the value of Bitcoin mining for your state so we pitch Bitcoin mining and we it's a five benefits I mentioned earlier it can bring jobs local investment great stability Environmental cleanup and the ability to enhance green and renewable energy projects and out of those five No one ever says anything bad about it But out of those five usually a policy maker will say oh What kind of jobs does it make or like, you know, oh I I didn't know it could clean up the environment it's like an instant like gateway to being able to have a conversation about something they care about because usually you're hitting on something there like if it's not the economy if It's not the environment if it's not energy like at the local state level like those topics are huge Because the vast majority of energy policy is set at the state level. The vast majority of job creation is done at the state level And then a lot of this these like sort of decisions around how much green energy they're going to be building done at the state Level a lot of environmental stuff done in the state level Yeah, DC throws around big pockets big buckets of money at everybody and they certainly have regulations But a lot of these decisions are made by local state policymakers And so they care if they care a lot about these issues probably themselves, but also their voters care a lot about those issues Particularly the jobs one comes up a lot because we we know in the mining space that we create a lot of rule And jobs and jobs and economically depressed zones where it's very difficult to create jobs nearly impossible to create like long -lasting jobs So the moment you say oh we create jobs in rural areas. They're like boom the brain turns on like well How do you do that? Because that's really important to me As an example in New Hampshire, we've I've been there a few times now In the there's an area called the North Country. There's like no jobs It's a whole thing like they call it jobs for the North Country is like one of their pitches So when we go there and we talk about Bitcoin mining, we're like jobs for the North Country jobs for the North Country It's because it's true and it's something they care a lot about so that yeah, that's that's generally how we pitch it We do not talk about Too much about Bitcoin in the past We haven't talked too much about Bitcoin to the extent that it's like oh you're gonna need this because it's good as hedge for inflation or XYZ like we sort of stay away from that and focus on things that Like mining that we know will deliver value now, we've expanded our policy. We've expanded the way that we that we talk about it But we haven't gone into this new legislative cycle yet So yeah, that was all done everything that we just talked about that we've done and that we have done It was done in early 2023. We prep for it in early 20 or in late 2022 Now we are prepping for 2024 in late 2023 So we got we sort of have an idea of where things are gonna go and what we're gonna do and we're in a really Great position. In fact, we could be active in up to 20 states we probably won't be active in that many but we have the opportunity to be active in up to 20 states and as a Form of context we only introduced law or excuse me introduced policy in seven states, so we were only able to actually convince seven states to Try to pass our bills Whereas like this cycle, I think that number will be closer to like 10 or 15 only seven states That sounds like a lot of airline miles to me so it can be yeah. Yeah, this seems seems like a lot of work Okay, so we got a lot of that laid out Let's go and talk about some of the more aggressive headlines We've seen recently and we're speaking about the New York Times article that dropped to believe a week ago for listeners Check out that in the show notes will include that I think we also talked about the news roundup last week Essentially, there's a Cheyenne Wyoming based Bitcoin miner They are owned and operated by a Chinese national group that has some ties according to the New York Times to the Chinese Communist Party essentially the story boiled down to Microsoft is near this plant it's Bitcoin mining plant the US government has a missile siloed nearby an Air Force base nearby and Microsoft is worried that this Bitcoin mining base could be used for foreign intelligence reasons Then we also have the story down in Arkansas, which we'll get down to in a second But let's start with this first one this this thing with Chinese nationalist groups Bitcoin mining obviously to to you and I is more of an energy game and it's very simple, right? It's just like plugging machine. Let it hash I'm gonna collect some Bitcoin and then there's those five benefits you talked about to outsiders though. They're not thinking about that They're thinking about all these people coming into rural areas and even foreign investment Has that been a struggle when you've been talking to lobbyists groups or talking to people in state houses have they brought this up to you? Yeah, definitely it's um, it's a major concern I would say Most Americans like average American especially rural Americans care a lot about the encroachment of the CCP on on the United States from from a physical perspective so like from a geographical perspective they don't like the idea of a CCP owned controlled or even highly influenced business You know being next to them and then definitely not being in and around me sort of military installations I believe the location in Cheyenne is near a Also, is that the one that's also near a nuclear plant or a nuclear missile site as well? So yeah, something like that Yeah, so I share the concern like that I think the premise is like Do you want foreign adversaries to be in and around any sort of? Military installation any sort of critical infrastructure You know generally I like my stance is like I'm very like pro people coming here starting their businesses You know trying to accomplish the American dream, but at the same time We also have to be concerned about whether or not those businesses have strong links to You know the CCP or you know A lot of people care a lot about also like Russian oligarchs and their ability to influence America American politics American infrastructure you know the big argument today is that the electrical infrastructure is a critical part of national security and That we need to be doing everything we can to protect it and I agree I think that's important all of those things are important that we should we should keep an eye on them The the thing that I don't like is when the New York Times tried to spin this article as if like Bitcoin mining was some sort of like really powerful tool in the hands of the CCP like next to these sites I don't think it really matters what business was there.
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A highlight from Crenshaw to Crypto With DeShone Kizer of One of None and Jorge Peniche of The Marathon Clothing
"DK, do you want to just give us the quick kind of how you guys now are working together and what we're doing now? It sounds like both of you have Roc Nation connections also, so shout out to Jay -Z and what they've done there. What's the future of how these brands, both one of non -marathon, are getting together and what you're going to be doing? And also, to JP's point, how are you utilizing that toolkit that they really helped to pioneer in going into the future? Absolutely. I mean, Avery, coming from the brand side of things, isn't this a dream? It's like there's not one thing that we have to like create new. It really became like a wait, we need to pause, go backwards and do as much research as we can because everything that we want to do from a technology standpoint, that everything that Web3 stands on top of, there's about five different ways for us to sculpt this to be something that is like directly in line with everything that they had been working on for a decade. So what we end up landing on is there's a couple key features that we thought we could really do in a next generation way. One is this concept of connecting physical to digital, taking, like you said, the free digital download alongside a physical copy and then relating engagement and reward opportunities based on your ownership of the asset. That's something that we thought that we could do better than anyone else in the world. That's where I spent the last three years. I understand the culture. I understand bridging the most forefront of technology into the neighborhoods that I grew up in. I knew I'd be the best at that. So that made me excited as a partner for those guys of doing that, bridging physical to digital for that. The second one is a big part of this is that there's a gap from the cryptocurrency to where we're at today within the proud to pay world that we almost missed out on. And that was, you know, the most traditional NFT drop. Candidly, we came in saying, you know, starting to partner with those guys at the early conversations into 21 or into 22, early 23 and saying, like, guys, this isn't a time for that. We're out of that phase of a traditional PFP project. It's time for us to go in a different direction. But, you know, under Black Sam's leadership, I quickly realized that, no, there's something that we have to go do still. We still need to make sure that there's a piece of the marathon in that PFP world, being that, you know, what he was doing and NIP was doing 10 years ago is what these guys have been trying to do. So we want to make sure we do this the right way. So what we partnered on is through Roc Nation. You know, that was just our relationship. They represent the brand. And so they've been in every call with us, making sure things go as smooth as we can and with some of the resources they have the power. And what we built is a traditional PFP membership to get things started. 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So doing that through provenance and timelines and the ability to exchange the physical items. And through the random rewards that you just didn't know was going to happen, these things happen very quickly through our product to pay. So we wanted to make sure that we wanted to have an environment where you just never know what you might get. You might get an update a week before that. You got, you know, 10 percent discount on this early access on that. There's a lot of that. And what we call the marathon vault. And lastly, is making sure that once you're in this community, that you are first to know on anything that's up to come. So other from traditional drops they do in the marathon clothing to other digital initiatives, just from my little bit of time working with the brand, these guys have much bigger plans to not only preserve the legacy, but elevate the legacy specifically in a digital world across a couple of different activations. And we want the marathon vault, you know, the product to pay members to go to be the first to know. And, you know, kind of the one stop shop to be able to stay in touch on what's going to happen in maybe the gaming world, maybe the, you know, the Web3 world, maybe the cryptocurrency world. That's where we come in. We're the infrastructure. We want to be the connection between the physical and the digital. We want to be the platform that you can come in and log in and prove your ownership that you have that NFT to show that you're proud to pay member. And then essentially reroute you to all the different initiatives that we've been working on with these guys. So once again, discounts, engagement services to the products and what will be that back in dashboard for those guys and continue to. Once again, we weren't there with them through a lot of those stories, but hopefully use be the technology that can preserve those and push those forward the same way they're trying to push forth legacy. Just by the way, this is like one of the product offerings. So if you do have a proud to pay membership, you'll be able to purchase a proud to pay member only item. So it's like a diecast armored truck, which we actually have a real armored truck that resembles this race is modeled after something real. And each one of them is numbered. This is an addition of a thousand. So these are the type of product offerings we have. We also have like a all money in branded money counter, not just a bill counter, but the real money counters. Same ones you see if you're a bank teller and they're running through money, like saying it's the real deal money counter, which is something true to our brand. Obviously with the name like all money in, no money out. Yeah, that's what we're doing. Amazing. So how does one become a member? How do people join this community? First, we went backwards. We went to, you know, the a thousand Crenshaw signed copy official owners of the physical asset first. And then we went to also the mailbox money mixtape in 2015. There's a hundred copies of those at a thousand bucks a pop. So, you know, picked up those original eleven hundred there and then, you know, have been slowly rolling this thing out. You know, we're in the 10 year anniversary of the Crenshaw mixtape. So back on October 8th, directly on a 10 year anniversary, we had a little pop up event. So the collaborators on the project, alongside some new Web3 people, we wanted to get mixed in as partners into this, all came together to kind of announce this and get things rolling. So moving forward, the only way to become proud to pay is to own the Marathon Line NFT. So you come over to the Marathon Vault, you'd be able to purchase right there on the site. I'm obviously eliminating all the blockchain, you know, purchase a credit card, spend up managed wallets behind. But we're truly Web3. You know, that's another element to this is that there's no reason for us to shy away from blockchain, shy away from the NFT world. So while there is your non crypto native routes to everything, these are still, you know, we're operating either on an L2 polygon or an L1 Ethereum to make everything happen. And that's running in the background. So making sure that a true crypto, a true NFT lover can come in with their own non -custodial wallet and get the experience the same exact way that we can, you know, off chain. Which seems true to the final vision of what JP and Nipsey and the team were building, you know, way back when, bringing it to the future. We'll definitely keep our eyes out for it. Guys, thank you for spending so much time with us. We look forward to seeing where you guys are going with it. We'll make sure in the show notes, people can find everything you guys just talked about as well. And just, yeah, really appreciate you giving us the stories, JP, the kind of origin story of how this all came together, which was fascinating. TK, all the stuff you guys are doing with one of none. Really appreciate your time. Of course. Appreciate you guys. Thank you. I Sam, think this is the first time we had like a historical like piece of paper, receipts were ready. JP was not messing around. He remembers everything and he was there and it was really incredible to hear his stories. Yeah, I mean, I, as a hip hop fan, Nipsey was always on my radar as someone, as a creator musically. I did not realize how deep you went when it comes to his thinking about the ecosystem around his membership community and his fan base. I remember, I believe it's in Bobby Hundred's first book. He actually talks about how powerful Nipsey's like thinking was around this stuff. And he was a big inspiration for Bobby as well. So I was glad that we had them on 50th anniversary of hip hop in November. We had to make sure we represented. So pretty excited about that. And let's just wrap it up there and we'll see you guys next week. Dempsey, thank you guys as always for tuning in. This was a little bit of a different episode. So let us know what you thought and you love it. If you want to hear more sort of culture and hope you all have a wonderful week. We'll catch you all next week.
Cyber Security Weekly Podcast
A highlight from Episode 385 - Tech leader of the year 2023 - on Data Centres, AI & Digital Trust
"This is Jane Lo and I'm at Cloud Expo Asia here at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore and I'm very pleased, I'm very privileged to have Wong Wai -Ming who is the CEO of Capital Data Centre as well as the Chair of SG Tech with me today to talk about digital transformation, AI and the impact on data centres and also the sustainability concerns that people have about data centres. So thank you so much for your time today. It's my pleasure, Jane. Thanks for having me. So we when look at data centres and looking back over the last two decades we're talking about the Ethernet era and then obviously there's the social media era and then we move into now the AI era and then earlier in your talk you talk about WebTree and immersive technologies. So these have all sort of different demands on data centres and so over these last two decades how has customers and users and enterprise customers look at what they are looking for in terms of data centres? I'm thinking there are some aspects that remain unchanged in terms of expectations. I expect that it's going to have certain latency, sort of performance certain processing power, certain storage capabilities. So what has changed and what remains constant? Well, I would say the concept of what we are seeing today if you say two decades versus now, it's the same, right? If you look at the iPhone, if you remember iPhone version 1 with a single button, that was Macintosh, right? Steve Jobs was pushing for it, just say it was on a desktop. Now we have the technology to bring it into a small little handheld device and if you are talking about network as the computer that was Scott Manilis' pitch as some ecosystem. So that vision of what we are happening today in technology everything as a service, everything on the network was during .com. But unfortunately, the visionaries were before that time. Technology wasn't ready, network wasn't as pervasive cost was high to connect, so to use a service over a net you have performance issues, service and it just couldn't work because of technology. Imagine carrying around Macintosh and Superstore connection. Now we are doing that, right? But you can't feel it because of technology but I think the most so -called disruptive change to watch out for is connectivity. Connectivity actually changed how we consume technology today. So all this web 3 distributed is possible, you know, GPUs, cloud computing is possible, we seamlessly don't feel the difference. It's because of connectivity. But of course, technology of the mobile devices and shrinking film factor also brought probably a supercomputer onto our hands. All this combination of technology, evolution has made a change. Yeah, but in the background obviously there's also the data centers have transformed over the years to respond to all these different requirements, right? Absolutely, yeah, right. So the whole concept was there, but just that in the past there wasn't such consolidated use of a service or software as a service, infrastructure as a service because of all the challenges of technology. But today because it becomes possible with technology suddenly cloud becomes possible, becomes viable, becomes real, right? So instead of enterprises building their own data center in the past just to run their own application, now they can actually move a lot of things to the cloud and being centralized. That's why you are seeing bigger and bigger data centers in a sense. That's right, that's right. So if you ask me about the real end user, they do not see the data centers. It's transparent and invisible to them. Now if you move one more layer upstream on users, then it's the application service provider, the infrastructure providers and the big tech companies, we call them hyperscalers, right? They provide cloud services to enterprises, to end users, to applications. So what do they look for depending, it's really depending on the application workload that they want to run. And they need a combination. So for example to really host the real compute and workload and the storage workload for let's say enterprise or anything like social media, these are the big core data centers. They will probably need a location that's well connected but doesn't need to have the latency and proximity so close to the user but good enough to deliver that and sufficient amount of energy and power from the grid to support what I would say the core load. Then to complement that you need the edge. This is where you push services closer to the edge where the user experience is important, where latency is important and there is the different type of data center. They are not so big in requirement, not so hungry on power but then connectivity becomes key to them. So if you look at for example Netflix, how is it delivered to our home is that the core storage actually pushes to content delivery networks to the edge. That's why in that experience when you click, your movie comes down very quickly. It doesn't come all the way from US. It's actually cached in between, intermittent and the edge to deliver to us. How is AI changing that sort of requirement? I think that's a favorite topic for many people. Yeah, it's like after chatGPT the whole world is so aware of AI. So AI is already here before even chatGPT. The technology of large language model is actually existing. I mean you look at it this way, suddenly after chatGPT how is it possible that all these tech giants from the Americans, the Chinese, the big and the small are launching all this large language model and generative AI? Because the technology all about is there. Why you don't see it is because everyone is holding back because these are big investments. They are not certain and unsure what is the market uptake going to be. But then chatGPT has given in a way a market test and survey free of charge for everyone and when everyone realized that the adoption is going to be massive. So there's a rush in investment to deploy the AI workload. That's right. To try to capture the market in generative AI. But all this while AI has been applied in many many circumstances that we don't see. It's actually existing in our day to day life. I'm not sure you watch this killer robots on Netflix. Not yet. So to all the listeners, if you have not watched, please watch it. And that answers a very simple question. Is AI here to stay? Because one of the content inside is very interesting. They were taking the simulation data from all the fighter pilots, train the AI and they use a real fighter pilot to fight the AI itself. Initially the AI didn't really trump but over time the AI was winning more than 99 % of the time. So think about it, the war of the future doesn't even need a pilot to fight. You are going to deploy AI, it's going to be AI against AI. That's right, some people are saying that, yes. If you look at it, downstream business application, everything will be a lot of AI against AI. So personally I think AI is here to stay. Yes, all the while in here, it's just that it's in the limelight and spotlight now and adoption will even be higher. Okay, so in terms of the expectations when it comes to enterprises using data centers, do you see that the current iteration of AI is going to result in an exponential in terms of expectations? I would say so, yes. I believe all the bots are asking, all the enterprises, the companies, what are you doing about AI? How do you think are the use cases and what are the differentiation you can apply to the business? So I think all aspects in terms of how can you do things smarter, faster, more efficient, I think that's basic things that AI can easily resolve in many, many aspects of business. Okay, so when we talk about AI, staying on this kind of topic, and looking at the different types of data centers, so before COVID, obviously a lot of people have on -prem, and then there's a shift on migration onto cloud, and now we are in the AI era and moving on to Web3 and distributed storage, distributed processing, all this. And then, of course, in the background there's also a lot of talks about high -performance computers, quantum computers. So when it comes to a couple of data centers, what are the kind of use cases that you are using for your data center that is different from, say, the quantum and the high -performance computers of this world? Well, I would say every data center provider targets a slightly different segment. That's right. So there are different segments of so -called data centers, but what CAPA is focused on are really the wholesale co -location, we name it that way, to supply data center capacity to hyperscalers and big tech companies. So we go on wholesale provision on that. So what we focus on are really being able to understand each, because their requirements are slightly different. That's right, yeah. So understanding what is the requirement, and be able to have the engineering capability to deliver the design at a cost, at a service level, and at a location and a requirement they need us to deliver for them. And speaking about location, CAPA Data Center has different locations. So can you share with our listeners, our audience, what are the considerations that you take into account when you select locations to host your data center? Well, the number one question to answer is, will any of my target customers want that location? Oh, right, I see. That's very important. And if that question is a yes, then the rest of the criteria has to come in. For example, data center, one of the most important things is power.
The Café Bitcoin Podcast
A highlight from U.S. Economy from "stable" to "negative" with Neely Tamminga + Preparing for the Upcoming Bull-Run with Joe Carlasare and American Hodl - November 13th, 2023
"Hello, and welcome to the Cafe Bitcoin Podcast brought to you by Swan Bitcoin, the best way to buy and learn about Bitcoin. I'm your host, Alex Dancic, and we're excited to announce that we're bringing the Cafe Bitcoin conversation from Twitter Spaces to you on this show, the Cafe Bitcoin Podcast, Monday through Friday every week. Join us as we speak to guests like Michael Saylor, Lynn Alden, Corey Clifston, Greg Foss, Tomer Strohleit, and many others in the Bitcoin space. Also be sure to hit that subscribe button. Make sure you get notifications when we launch a new episode. You can join us live on Twitter Spaces Monday through Friday, starting at 7 a .m. Pacific and 10 a .m. Eastern every morning to become part of the conversation yourself. Thanks again. We look forward to bringing you the best Bitcoin content daily here on the Cafe Bitcoin Podcast. All right, good morning to all of you Cafe Bitcoiners. It is Monday, November 13th, and you guys can probably hear my slack snapping off here. Let me mute that shit. Sorry about that. Monday, November 13th, 2023, and it is another awesome day. Looking forward to the week in Bitcoin. Once again, why are all these Bitcoiners so goddamn excited all the time? It's disgusting. What's wrong with you people? You know, I remember when you first started doing Spaces, Alex, and this is before I had extensive experience with Slack, and I could hear it going off all the time in the background. Every time we were having those Spaces discussions in the morning, I was just like, what in the hell are you picking up? My fault. My bad. Morning macro. Oh, sorry. How's it going, guys? I hope everybody had a good Veterans Day weekend, too, by the way. It was fantastic. I worked my ass off. That's all right, though. Good stuff. Good stuff. Good morning, Terrence. Bright and early. On a Monday at like 7 o 'clock in the morning. What's wrong with you people? Macro. Good morning, Peter. Good morning, Jacob. Shout -outs to Dr. Jeff, Joe Carlosari, in the audience. Obviously, we're throwing you guys invites, but you're welcome to just chill. Whatever. It's all good. So apparently, Bitcoin has taken a slight pause from its vertical acceleration and Bitcoiners are attacking each other once again. That didn't take long. Anyway, welcome to Cafe Bitcoin, episode 475. Shout -outs to our supporters on Fountain and Nosternes. By the way, when I say signal, I'm not trying to say it's just my signal. We're looking for the signal. Some people are like, eh, never let us on stage at Cafe Bitcoin. It's an opinion, all right? It's an opinion. It's an opinion. If I don't think your signal is that great, then maybe we might not let you on. I'm not sorry for that. Like we're here to provide signal. And yeah, it's a judgment call and yeah, you might think your signal is more important and that's fine. I'm not mad at that. I'm not even judging you. In fact, here's, Jacob and I were just talking about this earlier. I don't even disagree with you on many things. Some people are like, well, this issue is really important. You guys don't talk about it. It's like, it is really important. Totally agree with you, actually. What I don't agree with is complaining about stuff that you have no solution for, or if you're not building a solution for something. Like if you're building something and it's a solution, we will invite you on this stage and you can talk about it. But if all you're doing is whinging and complaining, like why are we going to waste everybody's time with that nonsense? Am I wrong? Am I out of line here? Serious question. No, you're not out of line and whinging is a good word. I think more people need to use it. Yeah, mewling. I love that word too, mewling, whinging, meh, meh, um, okay. Good morning, Mickey Koss. For today's show, we're going to talk about, apparently BlackRock is launching an Ethereum ETF, or they're applying to anyway. We're going to do a spot Bitcoin ETF approval update this week, maybe. And Joe Carlosari is welcome to come up here and give us his views on that. Otherwise we'll just read his tweets out loud. I got no shame with that. What else? Oh, ICBC, which is one of the largest banks in China, was apparently cyber ransomed last week. That's a thing. So maybe we'll talk about that a little bit. Here's an interesting little factoid. Every $6 ,313 move above $29 ,586 is a billion dollars for micro strategy. Wow. Well, indeed. But the naysayers are going to say every $3 ,360 move down is minus a billion dollars for micro strategy. I was just about to say, I could see the articles now as it drops from $100K to $95K, they'll be just, you know, slamming micro strategy. Meanwhile he's sitting there like up thousands of percent. It's completely absurd, but it'll continue. Just buy Berkshire Hathaway. It's better than Bitcoin. Anybody can buy it. Are you slamming Dear Point? No, I would never do that. Nate, you're so crystal clear this morning. You must be stationary and not driving anywhere. I'm using the updated desktop. They've improved it dramatically. And you aren't driving anywhere. That too. You can't raise your hand, but it is working pretty well. Okay. Question. Are you on Windows or Mac? I'm on Windows 10 or 11 and I forget what number it is. You can't raise your hand on Mac either. You can't raise your hand and can you do emojis? I can do a lot of emojis. A lot of emojis, wow. Like a thousand at a time, apparently. So are you retired now, Nate? For the most part, yeah. I love your story, man. For those of you who don't know, Nate's been hanging around, you know, he's been coming around Cafe Bitcoin for a couple of years now and back in the day, since it started and back in the day, back in them, Nate used to roll around as a, as a truck driver, if I understand correctly, saving his money, stacking sets, man, no, I, I, the reason I people double to check whatever wallet you plan on using and do never, ever, ever, ever enter your keys into a digital device that is connected to the internet. We've seen a string of new apps on these app stores like Apple and Google that pretend to be existing wallets that are only available on the desktop. They are not legit. There's a, there is a new string of them. This was brought to everybody's attention by Oscar P at O S C Pacey and there's a new Electrum wallet on the app store Electrum doesn't have a mobile app and there's all kinds of other apps Lumi, samurai wallet, Jack's Liberty, Jack's Liberty wallet management Phantom wallet of a protocol assets trade sparrow was spoofed the other day, these apps, there's no mobile app that you should be using with your seed phrases from any existing wallet that you're using that holds any significant amount of Bitcoin. If you happen to use a hot wallet, use a fresh, use a hot app, wallet, whatever. If you happen to use one of these devices, make sure you're using a brand new wallet that it has generated. And you're only going to use minimal amount of Bitcoin. If should you do it like if you're going to take cash and you're going out for the day, that amount of Bitcoin, not, not thousands and thousands of dollars or even your, your stack that these people are unscrupulous, they have the morals and they do not care. They want your Bitcoin. Please be careful. And even with sparrow, there are methods that you can verify that the app is legit. And I, I, I can put a link in the nest. I don't want to populate it yet, which it's cool with Alex. And super easy to do because I'm a boomer and I did it yesterday. Like super easy. It's a one, two, three, I think four steps. It involves your terminal and just copy and paste. Yeah. Yeah. There's, there's a, there's a path or an FAQ on how to do it on sparrow. Once, once you go to download it, it's how to verify right below it. So please take the time to learn. Um, yeah. And don't lose your Bitcoin.
The Bitboy Crypto Podcast
A highlight from Crypto News Updates: Solana, XRP & ADA Pumping!
"Are we back? Altcoins are pumping, stablecoins are getting an upgrade, and the NFT community is joining hands. I'm Hannah and I'm going to fill you in on this week's events in cryptocurrency. Chainlink is up 34 % this week and the hype surrounding LINK is something to pay attention to in my opinion. The Grayscale Chainlink Trust, GLNK, has been trading at a 200 % premium to the spot price of Chainlink, LINK, indicating strong institutional demand for the cryptocurrency. This is the highest premium that GLNK has ever traded at and it suggests that institutional investors are bullish on the long -term prospects of Chainlink. The fact that GLNK is trading at a premium to the spot price of LINK suggests that there is more demand for shares of the trust than there is for Chainlink tokens themselves. The strong institutional demand for Chainlink is a positive sign for the cryptocurrency overall as it suggests that institutional investors are becoming more and more interested in investing in digital assets. And they think that Chainlink is a valuable one. XRP surged nearly 10 % this week and surpassed Binance Coin BNB to become the fourth largest cryptocurrency by market cap. This pump was likely due to two key announcements from Ripple, including approval to operate in Georgia. The National Bank of Georgia selected Ripple to develop its central bank digital currency or CVDC. This is a major win for Ripple as it shows that governments are increasingly interested in using Ripple's technology. Ripple also received approval to offer its services in Dubai. This is another major win for Ripple as Dubai is a global hub for financial services and crypto. These two announcements show that Ripple's technology is in high demand and this is likely driving the recent surge in XRP's price. Ripple is also facing a number of positive legal developments which is further fueling investor confidence. Overall the outlook for XRP is very bullish at the moment and I think XRP is worth paying attention to. Cardano has also pumped 10 % over the past seven days and this is due to a number of factors including a recent conference, the Cardano Summit, that was held in Dubai. Circle, the issuer of the popular stablecoin USDC, has recently announced a new upgrade to the USDC and EURC smart contract. This upgrade, known as V2 .2, includes a number of improvements that will make USDC and EURC more efficient and user -friendly. One of the most important changes in V2 .2 is the addition of support for EIP -1271. This will allow smart contract wallets to authorize transfers of USDC and EURC which will improve support for account abstraction and make it easier for users to pay network gas fees in USDC and EURC. Another important change in V2 .2 is the optimization of the block listing check. This will make it significantly cheaper to transfer, transfer from, transfer with authorization, receive with authorization, burn, and mint USDC and EURC. These improvements are likely to boost the adoption of USDC and EURC, especially among developers and users of Layer 2 blockchain solutions. The Layer 2s that are used by USDC and USDT, such as Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, and Matic, are likely to be the most relevant. Okay, so how will this impact the further adoption of stablecoins into the geopolitical landscape? This is likely to be accelerated by the improvements in V2 .2. This is because stablecoins offer a number of advantages over traditional fiat currencies, such as speed and efficiency, low cost, and transparency. Overall, the improvements in Circle's USDC V2 .2 upgrade are a positive development for the stablecoin industry, and these improvements are likely to boost the adoption of USDC and EURC, especially among developers and users of Layer 2 blockchain solutions. The co -founder of Yuga Labs and board ape yacht club Gordon Goner on X is single -handedly saving NFTs. This guy is a Chad. He mentioned in his bio that he's taking a break for health reasons from Yuga Labs, but he still claims to be an ape until he dies. Now that Gordon has parted with Yuga in some ways, he's decided to show love to the NFT projects that have been building during the bear market. Gordon posted photos of his newly acquired NFTs over the past week, and some of the projects include CryptoPunks, Pudgy Penguins, Sappy Seals, Goblin Town, and many more. Shoutout Gordon for bringing good vibes and a sense of community to crypto Twitter amongst all of the chaos. Grok is a new AI assistant developed by Elon Musk and his company X. It is designed to be able to answer questions in natural language, even about complex topics. Grok has access to real -time information via the X platform, which might give it a significant advantage over other AI assistants. Grok is currently available as part of an X premium subscription service that also includes other premium features on the app. However, Musk has said that he plans to make Grok available to everybody for free in the future. Musk has said that he envisions Grok being used as a general -purpose AI assistant that can help with a wide variety of tasks. Grok is designed to be witty, funny, and sarcastic. Elon Musk has said that he wants Grok to have a personality and to be able to interact with users in a fun and engaging way. For example, when asked for a step -by -step guide to making cocaine, Grok responded with a tongue -in -cheek answer that included suggestions such as obtain a chemistry degree and set up a laboratory in a remote location. I've been seeing a lot of screenshots of Grok interactions on my timeline, and it's cracking me up. Grok is still under development, but it has the potential to be a powerful and versatile AI assistant in the future. OpenAI engineers have allegedly come out stating that Grok is mocked in machine learning and AI communities and is analogous to a third -grader CS project. Would you place your bets on Sam Altman's ChatGPT or Elon Musk's Grok? Let me know in the comments below. The Simpsons is a popular animated sitcom that has been running for over 30 years. The show is known for its satire humor and its ability to predict the future. Over the years, the show has made a number of predictions that have come true, including the rise of Donald Trump to the presidency and the COVID -19 pandemic. In their 2023 Halloween special episode, The Simpsons predicted the rise of NFTs. In the episode, Bart Simpson becomes an NFT artist and his creations become incredibly popular. The episode also parodies the NFT community, showing how it can be full of scams and hype. Does this mean that NFTs are about to go parabolic, die, or does it mean nothing at all? Place your bets in the comments below. The Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer is coming out next month, confirmed by Rockstar Games on November 8th via X after announcing that Rockstar Games is turning 25 years old in December. We have been waiting for the Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer for nearly 10 years since GTA 5 was released in 2013. This announcement has everybody on X very excited. Which blockchain will Grand Theft Auto partner with first to bring the metaverse to the masses? Could GTA be the catalyst that onboards traditional gamers to Web3 or is there no possibility? Finally, I have a question for you guys. If you had 10k to spend right now and you had to pick one, would you rather put it in Chainlink, Solana, Cardano, or XRP? Comment down below. If you watched this whole video, I appreciate you. Please hit the like button if you haven't already and subscribe to the channel to be notified when we post a new video. I'll see you all next week.
The Bitboy Crypto Podcast
A highlight from BlackRocks Secret Strategy To Manipulate Crypto (What They Dont Want You To Know)
"Bears have transformed into bulls almost overnight. Everyone's buying, bullish sentiment is through the roof because everyone thinks the approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF is inevitable. But you know what that means. It's the perfect time for the market to dump. In this video, I'm going to go into everything you need to know about the potential Bitcoin ETF market manipulation. It's time to discover crypto. The thing is, most crypto gurus talk about the four -year cycle and they spend hours analyzing charts years past trying to predict the future. YouTubers make wild prediction videos for views and just use this as straight up clickbait. But sometimes these predictions come to fruition and sometimes they go horribly wrong. Like during the last bull run when everyone thought Bitcoin was going to 100k and yet here we still are waiting for it to hit 100k. But here at Discover Crypto, we go into in -depth research to help you understand financial and crypto markets. That way you make the right choices for yourself. You see, what most people miss in their predictions is the immense amount of market manipulation that takes place in the crypto industry. And this is only going to exponentially grow as more and more institutional investors enter this space. As we saw in the last cycle, when various entities crashed the market, we got that really strange never before seen chart pattern versus the typical blow off top. I think the way that SEC is handling the Bitcoin ETF is just another way for big institutions to manipulate this market. This can also be interpreted as the ever -growing wage versus prosperity gap that has been building around the globe for the last three decades. It seems that there's a favoritism for institutions. So in order to be prepared for the future of market manipulation, we need to take a look at how other markets have been manipulated. Now the market I believe is most comparable to Bitcoin is going to be gold. Bitcoin is often looked at as digital gold. So let's take a look at the precious metals market. The shiniest hedge against inflation. An institutional market manipulation has skyrocketed in the past decade with scams ranging from passing of tungsten as 400 ounce gold bars to claims that JP Morgan actually artificially suppressed the price of silver. The guy who accused JP Morgan of suppressing the silver price ended up getting hit by a car. Is that a coincidence? Now even though he only got minor injuries, that's still pretty sus. And market favors straight up admitted the market is manipulated when he said all the people that are bitching about the manipulation of silver and gold should be happy that it is manipulated because it still gives them an opportunity to buy it at a depressed price. So essentially rich people are saying it's your fault they're manipulating the market. And little by little the government is making a show of holding people accountable for manipulating prices. They create a case when institutions are so blatant with their practices that the fed's hands are basically tied behind their back. Traders at JP Morgan were accused of manipulating futures on various metals like gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. And they used a method known as spoofing which involves placing a huge public buy order, subsequently canceling that order, and then selling it. This creates a false sense of demand that tricks retail investors into buying so institutions can pump on them. Two of the three traders who were accused ended up being convicted. And JP Morgan paid a whopping, and get this, what did JP Morgan have to pay? They paid a whopping $920 million dollar fine. That is a slap on the wrist for them. Why is it always that JP Morgan doing sketchy stuff gets off with just a mere fine? They straight up just consider this to be a cost of doing business.
Simply Bitcoin
A highlight from BREAKING: Bitcoin Spot ETF to be Approved Friday!? | EP 866
"It's all going to zero against Bitcoin. It's going up for everyone. Bitcoin! You're against Bitcoin, you're against freedom. Yo, welcome to another episode of Simply Bitcoin Live, you're your number one source for the peaceful Bitcoin revolution covered breaking news, culture, and medic warfare. We will be your guide through the separation of money and state. Today is November 13th, 2023. I hope everyone had an amazing weekend. Breaking news, it seems like the deadline for whether or not the spot Bitcoin ETF will be approved in 2023 is going to be November 17th. It's coming up. It's coming up in a couple of days. What are they going to say? Are they going to approve it? Are they not going to approve it? I definitely think it's going to be one of those things where it's like pump up on the news and then giant sell off, you know, because that's what always happens if you've been in the space for a while. But it's it's absolutely bonkers that we've we've gotten to this point. Now, we've talked a lot about what the downsides and what the upsides of of a Bitcoin spot of a spot Bitcoin ETF are going to be. Obviously, a lot more liquidity going into the market. I definitely believe it will make number go up. But like Caitlin Long said when she came on Simply Bitcoin IRL and Lawrence Lippard, you know, it also risks for for rehypothecation of Bitcoin in the selling of paper Bitcoin. Now, obviously, I don't think it's going to be as easy to do than how they did that in the gold market due to gold's physical characteristics and due to Bitcoin's unique ability of being able to be transported and custody very easily, you know, for pennies on the dollar, you could send it anywhere around the world. You could take self custody of Bitcoin, millions, billions, theoretically trillions of dollars by writing down 12 words, 24 words, not to mention, you know, using multisig if you want to beef up your security setup. So actual the ability for you to take custody of it very quickly and very efficiently, I think is going to protect it from what they did to gold. But that's not to say that they're not going to try. Like I think the long term play here based on the FinCEN, you know, what's going on with FinCEN, which we're going to talk about tomorrow, how they're demonizing mixing services. But the things are so broad that it's like a single use address counts as of some type of mixing. And then the words are what I would call the Freudian slip from Elizabeth Warren, basically finally saying the quiet part out loud because Bitcoin exposes all incentives after all, finally admitting that, you know, self custody is some type of this highly sophisticated way of money laundering, of skirting regulations. Right. Like and of course, they're planting the seed. That's why they come up with these words, unhosted wallet, you know, custody wallet, non custodial wallet. Right. They're trying to plant the seeds in the uninformed populace that somehow self custody is dangerous. Well, the reason they're doing that is because self custody is the revolution. And if enough people take self custody will win and there's nothing they can do about it. So it's pretty crazy that the that the date to come is on Friday. But again, all of this would be rumors. All of this would be a big nothing burger. But actually, the CEO of Grayscale, which is one of those companies they hold up, not only do they hold an F ton of Bitcoin, but it's also one of those companies that have applied to file a spot Bitcoin ETF, has been hinting at some things on Twitter. He tweeted it out very, very early this morning before right before eight a .m. Eastern Time. So, I mean, it looks like. There could be a potential approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF on Friday. And if it was one, it wouldn't just be just one approved. There'd be multiple spot Bitcoin ETFs approved. Right. So that's what's going on right now. That's the breaking news. We're going to cover it like always. We're going to analyze it. We're going to show you guys all the details. We're going to make the case like we always do. Anyways, no more delay. I want to bring up my legendary co -host, always optimistic, already smiling, giant smile. The chat's on point. The chat is losing their mind today. It's totally irrelevant to the conversation. Don't go look in the chat. It's probably inappropriate for you guys at work. But yeah, chat's undefeated over here. They're cracking me up. Anyways, yeah, Nico, what a crazy weekend. And it really just goes to show what we've been talking about on the show for months now that we are in the then they fight you stage. This is the separation of money and state and things are getting frothy, not only the price, but everything going on around Bitcoin is starting to become a point of contention. I think we've been talking about this all year, that the stance on Bitcoin from any quote unquote authority figure is the defining conversation right now. Of course, this was all going on behind the scenes and now it's becoming public and it's all happening publicly. And this is why I think there is so much uproar about it all, because now finally, everything from behind the scenes is being made public and being brought to light. So I think it's more important than ever to do what we always tell you guys to make sure that your Bitcoin is in cold storage, that you don't have Bitcoin on exchanges, that you are huddling them Bitcoin because we know that they don't want us to be in the escape route. We've said it before. You know, they don't want an exit route. And Bitcoin is that exit route. And we've been telling you guys constantly the on and off ramps are the chokeholds, like we've known this for a while and now it's heating up. So hopefully we can move forward. Hopefully there will be pushback. And as an individual, if you're on the Bitcoin standard, the Bitcoin circular economy already, what's this mean to you? Just some roller coaster rides and part of the Bitcoin fund. So we'll get a wine. All right. I'm getting trolled. I'm getting trolled. Go. That's another thing to kind of bring up. And we'll bring up the latest development on the FinCEN and stuff that happened over the weekend. We'll cover that on tomorrow's episode. But one thing's for sure, guys, we say this in the beginning of the show. It is our motto. We'll be your guide to the separation of money and state. We are definitely entering the Then They Fight You stage. That's for sure. You have to take action. Get involved. Don't be just a bystander looking at what's happening. Get involved. And unfortunately, I think over the long term, I do agree with the theory from the book The Sovereign Individual, where information technologies and the ability for individuals to opt out, opt into whatever money they choose to use is going to make politics irrelevant over the long term. I completely agree with that. But what worries me and what keeps me up at night is the transitional period. And during the transitional period, I do think that politics are somewhat important. I do think that they can make life very, very difficult for you if you are holding Bitcoin and you live in a certain jurisdiction. So unless you want to keep moving from place to place, to place and place, it's important that you get involved, right? Whether that is making memes, commenting, making videos, just highlighting the lies and the misrepresentations, like what happened with Elizabeth Warren in the Wall Street Journal a couple of weeks ago. The more attention we call to that, the better we position ourselves, right? And the key is to win over the adoption race. We have to orange pill as many people as humanly possible, as quickly as possible, so that there's enough people holding Bitcoin in the US that if any politician tries to recommend anti -Bitcoin legislation, it becomes unpassable. And then the example that I would give to this would be the gun lobby, right? Any time you tried to pass a gun law in the United States, because so many people own guns, it just becomes impossible to pass, right? Hopefully we get to that much Bitcoin adoption in the United States very quickly, that any type of Elizabeth Warren type of regulation, any type of maneuvering and scheming just gets shut down just because it's so unpopular with everybody. But we're not we're not quite there yet. Bitcoin right now is still in the shadows. Like that's the reality. Like people know about Bitcoin. People know about crypto. They know about these things. They still think crypto and Bitcoin are the same thing. But it really comes down to us to really educate the masses. And I'm not talking about just me and Opti. I'm talking about everyone in the chat. Take it upon yourself. Take agency, take action. Orange pill as many people around you. Right. This is all about the individual pushing this forward. That's how we win. We win over the hearts and minds of people. It's not left versus right. That's the divide and conquer strategy. It's really the party of orange, party of peace, Bitcoin, opportunity, prosperity, versus a party of green, which is a party which is the future they want us living in, which is a party of central bank digital currencies, nihilism, slavery, confiscation, all of that bad stuff. So you got to decide what future do you want your children to be living in? I want my children to be living in a Bitcoin future. Well, we got to stand up and stand up for your right. Anyways, everybody, let's let's move on to the numbers. Yeah, I know, right. It's a good line. It's a good line. All right, everybody, let's move on to the numbers. We got a lot to talk about. Let's check it out.
CoinDesk Podcast Network
A highlight from MARKETS DAILY: Featured Story | A CBDC Alternative to SWIFT?
"This episode of Markets Daily is sponsored by CME Group and PayPal. Hello, this is Markets Daily from Coindesk. I'm Noelle Acheson here with your featured story. On today's show, we take a departure from our usual markets focus to look at the evolution of central bank digital currencies and how one particular project could impact global Today's trade. featured story is by me. Its title is a CBDC alternative to Swift. Here we go. There are more ongoing cross -border CBDC trials with cute names than one can possibly keep track of, such as Cedar, Icebreaker, Jasper, Mariana, and many more. But one stands out. The Enbridge project. Why? For the following reasons. One, it involves 23 central banks, including the BIS, which is the official organization for central banks. Two, it is designed to bypass the US global financial system. And three, it is almost ready to go live. Assuming it meets its target schedule, Enbridge is set to become the first functioning blockchain -based payment platform involving official entities. Its nucleus is in Asia, but organizations from all continents are also involved. And while it is unlikely to knock the dollar off its global reserve currency perch, it could end up impacting international flows, trade agreements, and the power of sanctions. Let's dive into the where, why, and what of Enbridge. Wholesale CBDCs, which involve the exchange of value between banks rather than between people, have often been touted as a potential solution to the frictions of cross -border trade. These include transaction costs, currency liquidity, opacity, and documentation. The problem is the frictions are often due to differences between systems, both financial and commercial. Changing these systems, many of which are deeply embedded in the country's economic governance, is going to be difficult, to say the least, especially since there is as yet no agreement on how they should change. Even if governments are convinced that a wholesale CBDC is in their best interests, any application would require profound modifications to accounting and documentation processes. As yet, there are no unified regulatory frameworks. What's to guarantee that a CBDC from one jurisdiction will be treated as good money by another? How can the CBDC of one country spread through the financial system of a trading partner? If it can't, how would swaps work? Beyond bank processes, which laws need updating? And obviously, all trading partners agreeing on one common token is probably out of reach, given the potential impact on local currencies.
Markets Daily Crypto Roundup
A highlight from Featured Story | A CBDC Alternative to SWIFT?
"This episode of Markets Daily is sponsored by CME Group and PayPal. Hello, this is Markets Daily from Coindesk. I'm Noelle Acheson here with your featured story. On today's show, we take a departure from our usual markets focus to look at the evolution of central bank digital currencies and how one particular project could impact global Today's trade. featured story is by me. Its title is a CBDC alternative to Swift. Here we go. There are more ongoing cross -border CBDC trials with cute names than one can possibly keep track of, such as Cedar, Icebreaker, Jasper, Mariana, and many more. But one stands out. The Enbridge project. Why? For the following reasons. One, it involves 23 central banks, including the BIS, which is the official organization for central banks. Two, it is designed to bypass the US global financial system. And three, it is almost ready to go live. Assuming it meets its target schedule, Enbridge is set to become the first functioning blockchain -based payment platform involving official entities. Its nucleus is in Asia, but organizations from all continents are also involved. And while it is unlikely to knock the dollar off its global reserve currency perch, it could end up impacting international flows, trade agreements, and the power of sanctions. Let's dive into the where, why, and what of Enbridge. Wholesale CBDCs, which involve the exchange of value between banks rather than between people, have often been touted as a potential solution to the frictions of cross -border trade. These include transaction costs, currency liquidity, opacity, and documentation. The problem is the frictions are often due to differences between systems, both financial and commercial. Changing these systems, many of which are deeply embedded in the country's economic governance, is going to be difficult, to say the least, especially since there is as yet no agreement on how they should change. Even if governments are convinced that a wholesale CBDC is in their best interests, any application would require profound modifications to accounting and documentation processes. As yet, there are no unified regulatory frameworks. What's to guarantee that a CBDC from one jurisdiction will be treated as good money by another? How can the CBDC of one country spread through the financial system of a trading partner? If it can't, how would swaps work? Beyond bank processes, which laws need updating? And obviously, all trading partners agreeing on one common token is probably out of reach, given the potential impact on local currencies.
CoinDesk Podcast Network
A highlight from MARKETS DAILY: CoinDesk Market Index Week in Review
"This episode of Markets Daily is sponsored by CME Group and PayPal. Wondercraft AI Voice here to give you three crypto markets takeaways from last week. And stick around, at the end we'll have additional analysis from Connor Farley, CEO of Truvius. First, Tracy Stevens of Coindesk Indices provides week -to -date numbers over the Friday -to -Friday time period. The crypto asset class continued its upward trend with the Coindesk Market Index, registering a 7 .4 % increase so far this week. This surge brings the 185 -asset Broad Market Index's year -to -date gain to 98%. Ethereum also surpassed the $2 ,000 mark yesterday while Bitcoin is now hovering around $37 ,000. Shared Storage Protocol Storj, up 74 % week -to -date, stands out as the top -performing asset in the Coindesk Market Index this week and is up more than two times this year. Among the large -cap digital assets in Coindesk Market Select Index, LINK and MATIC, both up 23 % week -to -date lead. Meanwhile, APE, down 5 .4 % week -to -date, and XLM, down 1 .9 % week -to -date, have failed to participate in the continuation of the Broad Market Rally. Stay tuned. After the break, we'll bring you expert analysis on this week's takeaways, provided by Connor Farley, CEO of Truvius. CME Group cryptocurrency futures and options provide market -leading liquidity for Bitcoin and Ether trading. Participate in the Crypto Classic Trading Challenge from December 10th through December 15th for the chance to win cash prizes. Compete against your peers while test -driving your crypto strategies in a risk -free simulated environment. Visit cmegroup .com slash crypto classic to find out more. This communication is not directed to investors of any specific jurisdiction or to recipients based in jurisdictions in which distribution is not permitted. It cannot be considered investment advice or results of market experience. Past results are not indicative of future performance. Trading derivatives products involves the risk of loss. Please consider it carefully. Full disclaimer included in show notes. Introducing PayUSD, PayPal's stablecoin. Designed for digital payments and Web3 transactions, PayUSD is the only stablecoin supported by PayPal. Built on Ethereum, it's compatible with widely used wallets, exchanges, and dapps, and fully backed by US dollar deposits and cash equivalents. Eligible US PayPal customers who purchase PayPal USD are able to transfer PayPal USD between PayPal and external wallets, send PayPal USD to friends in the US on PayPal or Venmo without fees, shop with PayPal USD on millions of sites, convert any of PayPal's supported cryptocurrencies to and from PayPal USD. Whether you are a crypto expert or a newcomer, PayPal provides a secure and convenient platform for your crypto transactions. Start exploring at paypal .com slash pyusd. Connor Farley of Truvius writes, Fundamentals -driven valuation frameworks for crypto assets are emerging both within and across different sectors of the crypto market. The pending regulatory approval and institutional offering of vehicles for exposure to mega -cap assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum is an important first step toward broad -based investor adoption. But the next step involves unlocking broad, diversified exposure to all sectors within the crypto economy. It is critical not to overlook the fundamental value of blockchain -powered technologies that are driving new business sectors like decentralized financial services and smart contract platforms. Cutting -edge investors should develop investment strategies for these sectors. Market commentators often generalize non -mega -cap crypto assets as altcoins, primarily owing to the nascency of the asset class and the learning curve associated with its mosaic of use -cases. However, this generalization overshadows the significant opportunities for data -driven relative value comparisons both within and across various sectors and assets other than Bitcoin and Ethereum. For example, while news coverage converged on Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF speculation this week, crypto assets within the CoinDesk computing and smart contract sectors including Chainlink, Cosmos, Polygon, and Solana, which all have circulating market capitalizations in the billions of dollars, meaningfully outperformed the two heavy mega -caps. From a fundamentals perspective, over the last week, Polygon saw healthy network usage and stronger centralized exchange flows activity relative to peers. Solana and LINK exhibited strong price momentum and were also aided by relatively stronger activity from software developers contributing to these projects over the quarter. Like what you're hearing? Head on over to coindeskmarkets .com for more. We'll see you tomorrow. For more crypto podcasts, check out the CoinDesk Podcast Network. You can reach us at podcasts at coindesk .com, follow us, and if you like the show, please leave us a 5 -star rating on whatever platform you're listening to us on. Markets Daily is produced and edited by Eleanor Paul, with executive production by Jared Schwartz. I'm Noelle Atchison for CoinDesk. We're back tomorrow with more market news and insights.
Markets Daily Crypto Roundup
A highlight from CoinDesk Market Index Week in Review
"This episode of Markets Daily is sponsored by CME Group and PayPal. Wondercraft AI Voice here to give you three crypto markets takeaways from last week. And stick around, at the end we'll have additional analysis from Connor Farley, CEO of Truvius. First, Tracy Stevens of Coindesk Indices provides week -to -date numbers over the Friday -to -Friday time period. The crypto asset class continued its upward trend with the Coindesk Market Index, registering a 7 .4 % increase so far this week. This surge brings the 185 -asset Broad Market Index's year -to -date gain to 98%. Ethereum also surpassed the $2 ,000 mark yesterday while Bitcoin is now hovering around $37 ,000. Shared Storage Protocol Storj, up 74 % week -to -date, stands out as the top -performing asset in the Coindesk Market Index this week and is up more than two times this year. Among the large -cap digital assets in Coindesk Market Select Index, LINK and MATIC, both up 23 % week -to -date lead. Meanwhile, APE, down 5 .4 % week -to -date, and XLM, down 1 .9 % week -to -date, have failed to participate in the continuation of the Broad Market Rally. Stay tuned. After the break, we'll bring you expert analysis on this week's takeaways, provided by Connor Farley, CEO of Truvius. CME Group cryptocurrency futures and options provide market -leading liquidity for Bitcoin and Ether trading. Participate in the Crypto Classic Trading Challenge from December 10th through December 15th for the chance to win cash prizes. Compete against your peers while test -driving your crypto strategies in a risk -free simulated environment. Visit cmegroup .com slash crypto classic to find out more. This communication is not directed to investors of any specific jurisdiction or to recipients based in jurisdictions in which distribution is not permitted. It cannot be considered investment advice or results of market experience. Past results are not indicative of future performance. Trading derivatives products involves the risk of loss. Please consider it carefully. Full disclaimer included in show notes.
The Breakdown
A highlight from Markets Surge as BlackRock Files ETH Spot ETF
"Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW. It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin, and the big picture power shifts remaking our world. What's going on, guys? It is Friday, November 10th, and today we are talking about BlackRock's Ethereum ETF filing. Before we get into that, however, if you are enjoying The Breakdown, please go subscribe to it, give it a rating, give it a review, or if you want to dive deeper into the conversation, come join us on the Breakers Discord. You can find a link in the show notes or go to bit .ly slash breakdown pod. Hello friends, happy Friday. Before we dive in, I just have to give you a little bit of information about the show and the weekend. Unfortunately, this show is going to be a little bit shorter than normal and there will be no weekend episodes. Late last night, I started having to deal with an unexpected family situation that has wanted to round out the bullish end to this week and really capstone our shift away from the SAM -based world of last year and face forward into what's coming next. With that in mind, on Thursday morning, news broke that BlackRock had registered an entity called the iShares Ethereum Trust in Delaware. Although representatives for BlackRock refused to comment, the filing appeared legitimate. It named the Managing Director of BlackRock Advisors as the filing agent. There was initially some skepticism at first and people not sure if it was rumors, but suspicions were confirmed in the afternoon after markets closed when it was revealed that BlackRock had filed to launch a spot Ethereum ETF. Now this is not the first spot Ethereum ETF to be filed. A few months after the flurry of spot Bitcoin ETF filings in June, asset managers doubled down on crypto products with matching Ethereum filings. VanEck, ARK Invest slash 21 shares, Hashdex and Invesco slash Galaxy Digital all have applications awaiting approval. There's also a conversion application for Grayscale's Ethereum Trust filed with the SEC. The difference with BlackRock's application is, of course, that they are BlackRock. They are an order of magnitude at least larger than the other asset managers. And of course, what that means, at least according to the markets, is that these ETF applications are not merely speculative but actually stand a good chance of being approved. BlackRock's track record speaks for itself. The firm has filed over 570 ETF applications with the SEC and all but one of them have been approved. Now the rationale for the legality of a spot Ethereum ETF is the same across all of the current applications. Following the Grayscale court decision, it seems that the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs is almost assured to happen. The court found that there was no material difference between spot Bitcoin markets and futures markets. As the SEC had already approved futures based Bitcoin ETFs, they had no reason to deny spot based products. Ethereum futures markets have grown massively over the past few years, achieving a similar size to Bitcoin futures in 2021 when those ETFs were approved. Partly due to this increase in market size, a large number of asset managers were able to launch futures based Ethereum ETFs last month. So then, using the same logic that was deployed in the Grayscale lawsuit, Ethereum spot markets are obviously tied to futures markets. This would dictate that spot based Ethereum ETFs should be approved to trade alongside their futures based counterparts. Nate Grassi, the president of the ETF store, put it more succinctly in a tweet. Grayscale Courtwin plus SEC approval of Ether futures ETFs should equal spot Ether ETF approval. Now BlackRock pointed to this argument specifically in their filing, stating that, quote, given that the SEC has approved ETFs that offer exposure to ETH futures, which themselves are priced based on the underlying spot ETH market, the sponsor believes that the SEC must also approve ETPs that offer exposure to spot ETH, end quote. Now, if the BlackRock application is approved, it will include a market surveillance agreement with Coinbase to monitor spot markets for manipulation. BlackRock also leaned on existing surveillance sharing agreements with the CME Ethereum futures market that are present in the other products. They wrote in their filing, Ether CME surveillance can detect spot market fraud that affects both futures ETFs and spot exchange traded products, or that surveillance cannot do so for either type of product. Having approved ETH futures ETFs in part on the basis of such surveillance, the SEC has can detect spot market fraud that would affect spot ETPs, and the sponsor thus believes that it must also approve spot ETH ETPs on that basis.
Crypto News Alerts | Daily Bitcoin (BTC) & Cryptocurrency News
A highlight from 1457: Bitcoin ETF 100x Opportunity Ahead!
"In today's show, I'll be breaking down the latest Bitcoin technical analysis as we do each and every day. Also BlackRock Ethereum ETF helps the price pass $2 ,000 as the community sees Bitcoin ETF as a done deal. Also breaking news just in the number of addresses holding more than $1 ,000 worth of Bitcoin has hit a new all time high. Where my long term hodlers at makes some noise. And quoting the high priest of Bitcoin, Max Kaiser, Bitcoin is up 100 % since this interview with Daniella Cambone 11 months ago, $220 ,000 is in play. Gold price is the same price. Bitcoin is the monetizing gold preach. Also in today's show, Bitcoin ETFs will drive institutional adoption in 2024. According to Galaxy Digital's Mike Novogratz and quoting Mike Alfred, it was so smart for BlackRock to apply for the Ethereum ETF to distract the crypto bros from the fact the Bitcoin ETF is about to be approved. They needed to reduce the buying pressure on Bitcoin while they finished positioning for the launch. Worked like a charm. Well done Larry Fink. Also in today's show, Hong Kong getting ready to capitalize on crypto's next bull run. I'd be breaking down this report as well as Bitcoin soaring by over 85 % before the end of this year. Not unthinkable according to a crypto analyst who predicted the Bitcoin 2021 top. Also in today's show, Bitcoin to reach $175 ,000 per coin. According to a top analyst, I'll be sharing his timeline. We'll also be discussing a Bitcoin ETF 100x opportunity ahead. Quoting Michael Saylor, Bitcoin is an asset class and that's a major revolution. If Fidelity and BlackRock and if 10 other ETF issuers all agree the Bitcoin is an asset class, it should be a 10x to 100x bigger than it is right now. We'll also be taking a look at the overall crypto market. All this plus so much more in today's show.
Simply Bitcoin
A highlight from Michael Saylor: Mainstream Bitcoin Awareness is EXPLODING | EP 865
"It's all going to zero against Bitcoin. It's going up forevermore. Bitcoin! You're against Bitcoin, you're against freedom. Yo, welcome to another episode of Simply Bitcoin Live, your number one source for the peaceful Bitcoin revolution, color -breaking news, culture, medic warfare. We will be your guide through the separation of money and state. Anyways, Michael Saylor is just, he's just taking it all in. He's having a victory, victory dance right now. He's up on his Bitcoin investment. I saw a tweet the other day, did you guys know that every thousand dollars Bitcoin goes up in price? The Michael Saylor's Bitcoin investment goes up like 158 million dollars. It's just some like absurd amount like that. So yes, Michael Saylor is vindicated and more importantly, we're going to play you guys a clip today where he's making the case that we've been making for this last week, really for the last couple of weeks, that Bitcoin awareness is going mainstream. You're seeing that. You're seeing that when Natalie Burnell, we played you guys the clip on yesterday's episode, where she went on Fox Business and she's literally saying how Bitcoin is the money of peace and fiat is the money of war, how Bitcoin gives the opportunity to the younger generations and millennials and the Gen Z -ers and she's saying this on legacy mainstream media, right? So yeah, I completely agree with with Saylor, Bitcoin is going mainstream. It is the legal tender of a nation state, of a country. And I think that in the next cycle, there's going to be so many public companies, there's going to be so many countries, they're going to be looking at what Michael Saylor is doing and looking at what Naeem Bukhale is doing and just come to the inevitable conclusion that, OK, the Bitcoin strategy is obviously superior. It's obviously the way to go, right? So anyways, very, very exciting times. We are ending the week with a bullish episode, but in the montage as well, I added some other things because I can't just be full, you know, bulltard all the time. We are going to talk about CBDCs and digital IDs that they're planning to roll out in Europe and all over the world. Make no mistake. And you're seeing the attacks by governments, you know, the CyUp attack by Elizabeth Warren and co -intermedia allies to try to shove down the throats of Americans, these crazy, insane proposals by the FinCEN that would basically make it like look down upon for you to use a single use Bitcoin wallet address, which is like by default, that's how they work. Right. So like, obviously, you can make the case that there was more sinister intentions when they made these crazy proposals, right? So anyways, you don't call it the separation of money and state for no reason. That's exactly what we're living through, ladies and gentlemen. And the way that you protect yourself through all this chaos, all this madness, the great disintermediation is by taking self -custody of your Bitcoin. Anyways, everybody, no more delay. I want to bring up my legendary co -host. He is optimistic today. He must have spent the night with Chrissy. How are you doing? No, I did not stop spreading fake news, Niko. I'm doing well, man. It's Friday. It's Friday. What's up, everyone? Hope you guys are going to have a good weekend. And then I have to I have to off the rip combat something you said, Niko, I stay bulltarded, always stay bulltarded. This is the way. Always stay bullish. But of course, be conservative and make sure people don't get wrecked out there. That's that's always some good wisdom. And before we go on, guys, we apologize for starting a little bit late. I see some people complaining, you know, we had to take care of some business, had to deal with some technical issues to get our guests on point today. Like, hey, we do our best to make sure we're on time. So forgive us, guys. We don't do it often. I get it. You know, we will respect your time. We love you guys. It is what it is. Sometimes we're a little late, you know. Hey, we love you. We love you. But there's things that happen that are outside of our control. Anyways, on that note, let's bring in our guests. Shouts out to Tony Miltenberger, a Bitcoiner. And I think he's going to drop some wisdom on us about connecting the dots and inflation today in the culture. So I'm excited for this one. You know, we love to spread that wisdom and try to get our minds right when we have these conversations with our Normie friends and family and everyone out there that tells us we're wrong. Anyways, Tony, how are you doing this morning? Very good. Thank you very much for having me on the show and happy Veterans Day. Let's go. So it's and it's Friday, so let's make it a good one. Absolutely. It is Friday. It is Friday after all for 100 percent. We have made it through the week. Let's finish it. Let's finish it off very, very strong. All right, everybody, no more delay. Let's jump straight into the numbers.
Unbottleneck - Digital Marketing Solutions
"digital" Discussed on Unbottleneck - Digital Marketing Solutions
"It's eight hundred. Seventy three key words out there with that sort of. That's the that's the intent right or Extension to download make facebook horizontal or extension to download to make twitter go horizontal lake that. There's an astronomical People that are looking for help to stay connected the way they've been connected all these years and also they're just losing it because it doesn't rotate so but they can come out with facebook lights and other versions of of there but they can't come up with. That's not cool. It's not cool. It's literally just not caring and and the fact that there's no way they can say that they don't know there's just no way they have had to been at mentioned. I mean i have mentioned. but it's like they. It's it's very aggravating to me and it was really sad seeing somebody that i left so much not be able to to be on those apps especially when you're she's living in a facility in its cova and nobody could go visit her in the house. How like just think about how much we.
Unbottleneck - Digital Marketing Solutions
"digital" Discussed on Unbottleneck - Digital Marketing Solutions
"To grow and it's very shortsighted and union referrals from that person and word of mouth is so huge because the first brand to actually make it super simple to buy something for people that need assistive technologies for example. They're gonna get all the word of mouth of the word a tweet or the water facebook. They're going to get all of the promotion free promotion that you can't buy from people are like. Hey i struggle with this. And i was able to use really easy that happens. They have communities where they talk about where you can get things on website. Works for you. seventy three percent of people have a problem with the website that is that they're experiencing barriers with on a day to day basis. I'm not all just people with visual in hearing your permits. Right right yeah. There's a lot of data. there's i have. I have a lot of data if anybody needs. Data hit me up on twitter. I'll hit you with a really good blog post. Actually i said you like because there's so much let's let's definitely share some of those. Those stats are important because as digital marketers. We know there's a billion things that we want to do. And we know we have to get them approved by someone by our clients by our boss manager and that data really helps to build a business case to make it happen. Yeah we're we're even doing a scope change with one of our clients right now and it needs to be data driven to say this is what this could benefit serve the benefit. That could come if we're able to solve these issues and so So having that data so hopeful for sure around accessibility next question. What tools can webmasters use your. You mentioned one to get a higher score. Great on accessibility. That wave extension right. Yeah there's a wave extension you can also go to the w3c's website. It's a wave dot web aim so wb am dot org. Even at that will help you get a you can actually put in there. Have it run through the tool on..
Unbottleneck - Digital Marketing Solutions
"digital" Discussed on Unbottleneck - Digital Marketing Solutions
"Design and content development. She's well equipped to help. Lead aim clears clients which included dell enterprise software holy crap software airbnb knows airbnb. Faulk in lab segal outfitters and numerous others. she spend described as fantastic lead detail oriented fully. Emerson whatever she takes on driven to achieve motivated to do all the right things for others and highly creative and so thank you so much for being on the podcast today and So much background in history. What got you excited about. Accessibility in the first place. Or you just fall into it. I will accessibility. Actually kind of hit me. Like a freight train i mean. Seo by trade. and i i love seo. It's almost addiction. And i had friends that was diagnosed fail as and we got this phone. Call me in my three other girlfriends. They said hey. Let's get together We wanna hang out. Let's me that. Tom's house and i was thinking margaritas. And then we were told about the That she had any less end. She asked for help doing some things. They're pretty big things like sell her house. In help move her mom she cared who had dementia and then also move her into a care facility because it was really really aggressive. Form nate estimated about six months to live on so these really big things were need needing to be done very league and in the process of trying to do that. She stopped communicating. Stop texting and things in. It got really frustrated. I got really frustrated. Because you're trying to do these. Great big heavy lifts and you're not getting replied tune..
Unbottleneck - Digital Marketing Solutions
"digital" Discussed on Unbottleneck - Digital Marketing Solutions
"The challenge is measurement when you're leveraging the aggregated so they're not really giving you proof a published on each of these insights and also not. I'm them before by the way we put it. Utm code on the euros that we submitted in the past is that as a test in a lot of the directories. Just don't strive the traffic. You're still gonna see it from yelp and from from google my business and Maybe one or two other like niece directories but for the most part. There's not a lot of referral traffic that you're going to get you're right. There's no way for you to know. Nowhere google finding that information. Because you're not likely getting traffic from it. Yeah yeah and i think control over how. Your listing displays on those sites so You know ultimately. I think if you can control your data than know you can use it. I think the aggregate are fine option You know if you've got a lot of locations and you don't have the ability to submit directly. It's kind of a a decent option to get you a lot of the minimum. Yeah a lot of breath. Yuck on it. So if the aggregate is we have navigation engines. Right your map systems. You mentioned apple maps. You've got your search engines. Which are google my business and being local and who knows what's going on with yahoo. There's a whole another podcast. Then you've got your social local directories your yelp in your facebook and what was four square which is kinda still social local an aggregate or nice oppose. And then you've got your niece directories for your industry and probably your local directories which are those that are actually in your like your city Women lumper like dot org slash businesses or whatever chamber of commerce you know whatever your actual regional Pity sites are where you can listen. Business could be something that search engines fine and add to your sort of your trust. gyms alley. Find your data. So those are those are really. I think kind of the core.
Think: Digital Futures
"digital" Discussed on Think: Digital Futures
"Since struggling with his own mental health. Richard now works for youth mental health day. Shen fatiha as a lived experience speaking. He speaks at high schools and universities to talk about what mental health is and what mental health challenges look like coming out of this. It's one thing recommend anyone is even. If you're feeling pretty well sorta destroy lineup Social in professional support networks so social supports is your friends and family. They're not cleaning kubat. They just stay to help chiyawa pool if you need them to having your often but allies had professional support ongoing which is counselors and psychologists and off had days even went on in periods of mental health. Because i think is very important. You maintain mental health. Richard says he's feeling optimistic about the I am recovering Syndey but.
Think: Digital Futures
"digital" Discussed on Think: Digital Futures
"The federal budget allocated two point three billion dollars into mental health and suicide prevention funding. And that includes one hundred million dollars each for digital mental health services in the country. I think it's a good start. But i think the systems being chronically underfunded for many many years so it's like we always seem to be playing catch up You know just to make the services adequate a recent role commission into victoria's mental health system found that demand has overtaken capacity and the system is overwhelmed and cannot keep up with the number of people seeking treatment care and support. It also found that. There is a so-called missing middle a large group of people who have needs the too complex for primary care loaned but not severe enough for entry into specialist mental health services. This being a huge shift in in howell mental health services are delivered especially psychologists over the last fifteen years. Or sorry sir. I'll give an example. When i finished my clinical training in two thousand seven. Pretty much all of my coat. When got a job. And you south wales health and they were working in new south wales health psychologists in some capacity But with the students. That i trained. Now i will go out and work in private practice. So there's been this shift away from You know state funded services to services In the community delivered by private therapists. The problem lies in the people with moderate to severe mental illnesses. That can't really be appropriately bandaged in that In that community kind of private practice sitting So what we really need is more funding for for state funded services for people that fall into that. That kind of category. Beth says ongoing k. is crucial for many people with ongoing mental health problems that need monitoring and may need periodic access to inpatient facility having your community based services through State funded services is really important to ensure that transition to care is appropriate. You know so. They go from a lower intensity to higher intensity whenever they need to expose have also raised concerns about the campaign. Get in counseling sessions. And how it's not always consistent with the standards experts sent in clinical practice guidelines. It's fairly clear that they is a science practice gap. So would that means. Is that what we know. Works scientifically is not always what's delivered to the client in practice. I think we do need to look at making sure. That clinicians are accountable that That what what people are delivering is evidence based and supported by science So yeah i i see I see sides of the coin. I guess you know we need more money but we also need more accountability to ensure that the treatments that people are getting a scientifically backed. Beth says there needs to be an emphasis on prevention of mental ill-health rather than just treatment. So so why. It's important for services like head. Space for instance that kind of target that twelve to twenty five age group To really kind of Work on early intervention and You know trying to address anything that might start to come up for people because that that age bracket where a load of mental health problems. start to. I'm that kind of adolescence to early. Adult one promising development introduced in the latest budget is one hundred and seventeen million dollars to establish a national database for examining service. Delivery performance outcomes of the mental health system. I feel like that might help to narrow that science practice gap that i talked about before. sir clinicians hopefully We'll be accountable to someone and someone will be ensuring that the treatments delivered are appropriate You know they don't go on forever and ever. She says psychologists already learning new ways to utilize digital tools in the current practice. Some services starting to implement that that kind of approach in treatment. Where on the clinton clinicians are responsible for referring to internet deliver treatments for instance. And then the able to see how the client's doing How progressing And whether they're doing the task that they're supposed to be doing So so some services are already.
Think: Digital Futures
"digital" Discussed on Think: Digital Futures
"Yes sir. It's a huge issue. I'm inner demand for mental health. Services has always been really high Bit you know with the pandemic things seem to have Significantly increased bethany. Were tune is a clinical psychologist and associate professor. In clinical psychology at ut s. The rollout of online mental health services helped a lot of people in regional areas during australia's lockdowns bethany says these models offer anonymity and assurance to a much wider variety of groups. I know from myron research in in my lab. That cost is one of the biggest. If not biggest barrier to accessing mental health services in australia beth was involved in a survey of federally funded australian mind spot clinic which provides online and telephone psychological assessment and treatment services. The researchers reviewed the outcomes of thousands of patients who use the service in the first seven years of its operation those who benefited the most with those seeking privacy and anonymity and for financial reasons and convenience. There are some cultural groups who Mental health is is not considered Something that is important or even a thing But off of them that you know we know that men are less likely to see seek help than than women We know that some people are concerned about The impact that that seeking treatment might have on their future career prospects for instance And also i mean. I work with a lot of people with obsessive compulsive disorder and we know that when people are embarrassed about this gyms dirt under stand. What their symptoms. Main the mai- less likely to access care digital health services remotely deliver mental health information assessments and treatment via the internet telephone or other digital channels. Beth says they can be split into low intensity and high intensity treatments so the low intensity treatment which is what most of my research on is where we develop primarily help treatments that evidence based for people with different mental health conditions and people mostly work through those at their own pace They can be self guided sir. The person works through it on the iron or they can be guided which means a clinician will spend some time with them In an asynchronous way so that means that people will access the the information and then later on the therapist might give them a coal and often that takes about ten minutes per week. So there's a huge time. Commitment difference in the two approaches and high-intensity treatments mimic traditional client psychologist face to face models of support that therapies obviously not in the in the same room as the the client that therapist on in the same room so You know all of the same techniques and interventions are delivered in those high intensity ham services so they are analogous to to face to face services beth's research mainly focuses on the treatment of those with anxiety disorders and obsessive compulsive disorders. So what is really encouraging. Is that the the overall percentage reduction in symptoms from these internet delivered treatments or in my case for the. Ocd treatment is the same as what you would see in a face to face service on which is really really encouraging But what we are is who is is most likely to respond to that kind of treatment so One of my current research studies. He's looking at exactly that question. Who is it that likely to respond. Best to this kind of those. Deputy stepped care. Treatment approach People with obsessive compulsive disorder. And who is it that needs to go straight onto face to face services. Richard says digital services have really helped his community there have been like telehealth and a lot of online support services on our canceling in psychology. Going on it's actually spoken to people. It's actually help them. Ray jet felt snap asia than emma instead of having our drive Out to your closest cleaning men speak to someone. United people can now make appointments on on a any of success especially if pitzer and work will study. But beth says research is a still attempting to understand the quality of online support services. So we don't have a lot of research to demonstrate that telehealth health is equivalent to face to face treatment in because the same interventions are delivered. You would expect the outcomes would be the same But there are some slight differences so for anxiety disorders. Which is the area. I work in the treatments of very active so often means you going out in the community with the client to do different exposure. Toss for instance Which is obviously the lot different or difficult to do in a tally health. Kind of capacity So that's kind of for me. What i'm thinking through. You know you're asking people to do a lot more kind of self guided Exposure work which People may or may not be willing to do. We'll be ready to do That that's an important research question especially for anxiety disorders because it is such. An active treatment.
Digital Conversations with Billy Bateman
"digital" Discussed on Digital Conversations with Billy Bateman
"I'm joined by the great david delaney david. Thanks for joining me. I'm hearing well thank you so much for having me audience. I appreciate it yeah. I'm excited that we finally got you on. And we're going to talk about your book. The sales development framework got my copyright hear. Anybody a- hasn't read it in your in sales development. I think you should pick it up and you're bound to learn something out of it But before we get into that like for those. That don't know david. Can you introduce yourself and ten bound in what you do. Yeah absolutely so you know. I'm i'm here in silicon valley and and You know in the tech industry. A lot of companies have the sales development teams right. They call him. Bdr's sdr's etcetera. And i was running sales development programs that a few tech companies And you know. I went out on my own about five years ago and started ten bound as a way to help with the performance of those team. So we right play books. We do training and and consulting and put on event. So you know we. We run the sales development conference and do a ton of digital events now And you know this book. Just working with You know those. Those companies that were trying to figure out sales development and kind of putting in a framework to start those programs. Run the programs and everything that we've learned over the last few years so Yeah it's it's been a great right awesome awesome and then you know with ten bound. You guys do a lot of great craig research. You know you present conferences all the time. Where the specially in sales development. This is something that. I've always wondered Intech you know. We have the sales development function than like the eighties on. They work hand in hand. And everyone everyone seems to think a we gotta start these guys off as sdr beady ours and then the ones that are good. Move on up to an e- And i've i've always wondered. How do the skills really translate like. Yeah if you're good next year you might be good as they eat. But you might also just be great as nasty are but everyone wants to get to that eight-year-old because they usually pays more. What are you what. What are your thoughts on. Why why we pay more to the eighty s Because if the as not have any appointments like they're not gonna cause any deals like always wondered like how can we make this more equal because you really need both. Yeah it's a really good question man. I mean one of the reasons that you know. We started ten bound and put some serious research behind the sales development function was. We just felt like it wasn't really being taken seriously now. And there's a lot of people involved. There's a lot of technology involved like what you're doing at at your company and and you know there wasn't sort of enough emphasis on. Hey how do you. How do you do this
Digital Conversations with Billy Bateman
"digital" Discussed on Digital Conversations with Billy Bateman
"Today i'm joined by warren g always a digital marketing specialist for one hundred contacts lauren. Thanks for coming on the air. Yeah i'm excited to have you Before we get into it just you know. Tell me a little bit about yourself. And i think you've got a really interesting story of how you made your way into marketing and just share that with us. Yeah so I actually yeah. I went to school at. Byu and my degree is an exercise in wellness. so out of college. I actually started as a as a personal trainer in wellness coach. I'm actually at one. Eight hundred contacts so they have an onsite gym. There and i was a personal trainer to our associates and their spouses and loved doing that. But then it just kinda what. I call it a quarter life crisis. I guess decided you know. What am i gonna do with my life. I don't think personal training it for me and the had a friend that had an entry level opening marketing position it was actually an affiliate marketing position open. She said hey. I think you might like to check it out. So i definitely had a google search. What affiliate marketing had no idea so google and thought. Hey what the heck you know of of made go into law school. But i put that on hold for like a year check out markets if i liked it and the stick so i'm i started affiliate marketing and moved over into the digital side couple years later for started with display and video native or khanin on my made my way back one eight hundred contacts in marketing. So over here. now. I'm back in and do it. Affiliate marketing for them as well and then among the paint social display side. So doing a lot for him. But it's gonna be back in different
Dadpreneur - Business & Digital Marketing Talk
"digital" Discussed on Dadpreneur - Business & Digital Marketing Talk
"If there are marketers out there listening to this episode or there are nonprofits or educators at the university. And if you're working like an in a business remarketing department. I would say if you haven't tried this framework Or approach that we tried in. It's been very successful. Which is look help. The students learn by doing so hands on. Take the nonprofit in this case and pick the ones that are going to sort of drink. The kool aid right because they have to do some work on their end as well. But it's a win win for everybody. Wouldn't you say because i've everyone that i've talked to over the years and i've kept in touch with any of the students there from your class. It's like it. It served as like a big like it was very impactful. Yes i think students have found it very impactful. And they appreciate that they get to work with a real company and they're learning digital marketing. But they're actually seen because the nonprofits are so appreciative. A you know students are doing blogs and social media posts social media audit google analytics audited audit that the The not they see the nonprofits is just light up because they're actually teaching them about their business in how to improve it so many the students put you know. Put it under linked in profile. And they're very proud and they talk about it in their interviews.
Digital Marketing Gyaan
"digital" Discussed on Digital Marketing Gyaan
"The auditory fragmented but at the same time still unchartered and completely and quiet. At least for now there's no ad fraud because the streaming platform typically closed controlled system. The last type of marketing will be discussing. Today it's about inbound marketing inbound marketing in simple terms in the process of helping potential customers. Find your company. This frequently happens before the customer. It's evan ready to make a purchase. Making contact early can turn into brand preferences and leads and then finally revenue inbound marketing. Is that many form of marketing. Which can be content marketing blogs evan seo social media and mood to create brand awareness and attract new business with outbound marketing seeks out customers inbound marketing focuses on visibility. So that potential bath directly come to you. The most common methodology of inbound marketing each attracting just and make them joe side visitors. Then convert your visitors into leads after that. Glues you leads as customer and then delight your customers. So that theory mean as promoters these matters make you attractive to customers because they don't make people feel like they are being sold to the content provided by inbound marketing. It's educational entertaining and welcome by the customers. Van damme correctly inbound marketing candidate and better results than traditional marketing that disturbed prospects rather than giving them an open. Invitation to engage so these were the but of different marketing techniques that every digital marketing and marketing person should know definitely the implementation be ready from one to other subdued. Try to implement these techniques into your marketing activities and feel free to let me know if you have any doubt if you want a better clarity on any of the techniques that i have mentioned above thank you and goodbye for now..
Digital Conversations with Billy Bateman
"digital" Discussed on Digital Conversations with Billy Bateman
"We're spending on friday lower spends but we're actually spending up front for the first time and they never bat an eye. They had complete faith. Mary ann and them not knowing much about digital at all and that that faith was really the catalyst to what we've been able to create today awesome awesome so once you got started their building out that that program from scratch like. Where did you start. What did you start doing man. was step number one so snap number wine wise. That was a website. Unfortunately the website was built on a angular and so it was not really great for worse for search engines. Though that is a google offering as what google does but its application base. And so it's it's not very functional for For for bots ultimately. And so. I knew my first thing was. Let's redo the website. That's a long process. So i thought kay got to create content. Get a website Rebuilt been the process. I need a stand up some performance pages probably on a separate domain that i can actually start dragging released today so while i was doing this project of rebuilding the website and the goal wasn't to create something. Something sexy at it was more of technically. I've got a website. That's functional fast. I mean even in a in a in they the built in python it was still i gotta three second second load time Which is just too much and so anyway building. The website simultaneously. I hired a company to Up another sub domain on a On a platform where we were able to just spin pages inside of twenty four hours and dry it. Ppc campaigns so i stood up pbc and then street from pbc for quickly gen. I went the demand gen row and hired a budget companies selling leases face and bill from platforms with them. I partnered with salvin said. Hey let's let's stand up some generic pest control websites. I went that route. And then i also. I'll it with people who are already driving leads and got into the to the lead buying and also media buying space really quick which pest control was still Pretty newbie in the space still today. It's actually I came from home security just before our star smart home and you know that over the last ten years there's been a great a large evolution and digital presence and performance. I'm outside and then to come to pass control and kind of see this almost archaic landscape of competitors You've got a large predators that have been around for a very long time and they're still figuring out digital and so i was able to identify these gaps and those those gaps like companies not trying youtube Not trying Bidding on sunday These gaps that is able to find where were pivotal for starting Ah program and And finding those low hanging fruits and they helped me forecast. Hey what can digital provide on the form of acquisition. You know what what joint project to see in acquisition customer side as well as revenue Overall for the next couple of years and was the trajectory. And so i started with those gaps. And then i was able to because i was able to identify those gaps as also see seasonality was able to see competitive Market share and. I knew exactly. I could learn quickly. What we're my cliffs were and my spent you know planning daily bidding and And i but you know. I needed a team to be able to help do that. So between hiring vendors bringing it in house team we've been able to discover a lot of things and really start to..
Digital Conversations with Billy Bateman
"digital" Discussed on Digital Conversations with Billy Bateman
"Alright everyone welcome to digital stations. I'm your host. Billy bates to i am joined by coal ribbon director of digital marketing at aptiva cole. Thanks for joining me. Glad to be here. Yeah yeah. I'm excited to have you on. We're gonna talk about some interesting things Especially around how you work with. Active which is traditionally like an industry. That's very door to door. You know belly to belly sales to more of a digital approach But before tower in a little bit about your Ground so yeah My interest in the digital space especially search have been back in high school. It's kind of a fun story back in about two thousand three. I was sitting at sitting in class next to my buddy and we thought. Hey let's see who's more popular both on football team we both had Stats out there on. We have this network. Max preps that we had our stats on like let's see who has the longest list of stats thought. You were is typical thing. Anyway he lived with his name. I left up my name and the first results on my name was not a football stat. It was it was a an article that the spokesman review which was as up in northern idaho spokane washington that the tidal says Sex offender moves to north idaho. And mike oh my gosh. What is this and of course i by then i made a big deal out of it. Whole classes right next to my computer had I was shot. I read through it. What had happened. Was i had a relative that was A registered sex offender and Share the same last name and what. This news article was actually mentioned Supposedly he was going to be moving to idaho and mentioned Me and my sister in this article. Oh and so i thought immediately okay got a contact the network i've got a. I've got to get them to take this article down because it is not tied to me whatsoever. Nobody got back to me. And i was so frustrated. Parents were about to go and file a lawsuit like it was. It was fun. And i thought i'm gonna take manage my own hands and i realized at that same moment when i myself that i did not have much about out there. I think i had a my space back then faced now. Is it so i thought no. I'm just create a bunch of profiles. So i i started with like a presi profile and i took all my presentations. I did that. You're in high school. And i put him in that. I did an about me page. I just created all these profiles and the first couple of days. I was like man says it working Still seeing the article..
Dadpreneur - Business & Digital Marketing Talk
"digital" Discussed on Dadpreneur - Business & Digital Marketing Talk
"Hey guys welcome back. This is alex olivera sharing your digital marketing now. news about what's going on in the digital marketing industry and just anything opportunities related to entrepreneurship and business. So today i'm going to share with you guys a couple of different conferences. That are coming up that you don't wanna miss if you care about lead generation or driving traffic to your website. So first and foremost is the google marketing livestream. Twenty twenty one. The goal there is for them to basically share information about all their products in latest trends and insights as it pertains to all google products but specifically the ones that touch marketing right. So google ads Google search console Youtube ads in a youtube. Has its own conference later in the year but this one google marketing livestream Which is gonna go on. May seven may twenty seventh at eight. Am i'm gonna put a link in the show notes but you can register for free and just joined a conversation. It's virtually done. And you're going to hear from leaders who have transformed their businesses to adopt to new realities and of course we know we're going through corona virus. Still and they're still a lot of consumers who are only shopping online. So if you're a business and you care about legion and traffic to your website. Google marketing livestream on may twenty. Seventh is one that you don't wanna miss another one that's going to be coming up on Let's see here. It's may may eighteenth may team twentieth is. it's called google. I l and it's basically more of a a developer community from around the world. They come together. And answer a lot of questions. As it pertains to the world of google and other digital products. So they'll talk about android devices New for the web platform what's new and web platform. What's new and machine learning What's new in firebase for those of you. Who have absent are advertising in that world. So there's lots of information about the google products and it's not just for developers. I mean i'm a digital marketer. But i know i have to be tech savvy so i attended with my team and we always have a nugget or two that help us in the digital marketing and lead generation that we're doing Another one for a lot of the small businesses grow with google. So the as google partner we we have a lot of access to some of their presentations in one of the ones that they're going to be doing coming up in on may fifth is Email marketing strategy so sell more with an engaging email marketing strategy and they're going to be covering products from google analytics to cost contact and really just one is really for the small businesses. You know at the workshop that is hosted by google and constant contact. Their goal is to help you learn how to engage customers with well-designed emails. Segment your customer base With taylor tailored messages and track performance to refine your strategy so that's a really good one for small businesses and then this one really for anybody who cares about seo. It's not an event but it's just the channel on youtube. The google search central. So go to google out to youtube or google and type in google webmasters or google search central on youtube. And you're gonna come across their youtube channel and there's a ton of videos about such so everything from their webmaster conference to search console training one of my favorite ones that they launched earlier. This year is the sustainable monetize websites and one of their Their google people kind of goes through the difference between monetize websites and sustainable websites. Pretty interesting and yeah just seo news and all that stuff seo mythbusters. There's a lot of good information on there so again. The events that are going on our free. They're great way for you to kind of up your your skills as it as it pertains to all things online related gen digital marketing and whatnot. So take a look at it. I'm gonna put all the links in the in the notes and Hopefully you guys attended. Take some notes bump the most important thing with these events. I gotta tell you been doing it for twenty years attending conferences. Obviously in the past year more. Virtually than anything else. The most important thing that i can tell you that you need to do when you go to. These conferences is to take notes and focus on one thing. Just one thing that you came out of there with an a ha and say i'm going to implement this strategy and then put it on your calendar for month or three or six months later to track to see what happened with the efforts. So you spend your time your very valuable time watching people speak. Give you good advice. What are you gonna do with that advice. Figure out how you're gonna apply when you're going to apply and then track it so so so important that you do that and you just want to go for entertainment and really listen to people. Talk about digital marketing and legion. That's fine too but for me. I like to make the best use of my time. And i i always put it on the calendar after i watch these events put on a date dirty days ninety days. Whatever it is out and say what did i do with this one new piece of information that i learned at that event. So would that said See you at the at the virtual events. Good luck with your marketing and your Lead gen that's it for the brenner. Podcast.
Dadpreneur - Business & Digital Marketing Talk
"digital" Discussed on Dadpreneur - Business & Digital Marketing Talk
"Today i just wanna talk to you guys about a webinar that i attended earlier today. It was a facebook partners Webinar in knows about the cookie lists future. As you know this week. apple had their update where they got rid of idea a in so apt. Developers can't track you on every move that you make right and that does affect you a couple of different ways but primarily it's affecting app developers and less website owners. They have a work around for website owners. And i i did go over that in a couple of other episodes but really what they were talking about this Webinar was about the personalization. That you know it. It doesn't have a negative impact on privacy. And i disagree with that i think that of course the more personalization you have the more need for people's data You'll you'll have. And so there is a correlation. With that if i capture more data i can better personalize your customized campaign for you and i can make an argument that as a marketer or advertiser like oh that's better for the consumer or the user or the buyer but is it really better for them or is it just too much and the more they know about you. The more they can manipulate the message and i think that's the point with marketing and advertising that a lot of marketers advertisers. Don't get right now. It's like they want that they want it both ways. They want people to feel like Privacy is important to them but they also want to capture the biggest amount of data From from every move that they make on their smart devices. So i think it's a good thing that that privacy and you know a cookie future is up ahead. I think it's been you know probably a decade. since most consumers Started to really feel like the the effects of their their data being shared monetize online. I know because. I do a lot of affiliate marketing in in this world. Monetization is really the key to success. You know so that you can create more campaigns and lower your costs by monetize the data. Look i think that you have to think about the end user in it's really important and so you are in the future. You're going to really have to assess which data sources are vital. Not all of them are vital by the way. So you don't need that level of of Tracking on everyone's devices. And i think what facebook said which i liked. Was that you us in the agency consulting world. we have to act by adopting privacy practices. So you know understanding that you're not going to be able to rely on browser data You you you will rely on some pixel data but not browser you know. They said that that by the end of twenty twenty one most browsers will block the data gathering. That exists today. So if you think about that for a second you know. I there's already ad blockers that have been killing programmatic for quite a while. And if you're a user like me where i use a vpn and only use brave or fire fox and then for search engines. I'm using duck duck go. I'm an. I'm not using too many google products for that reason because they're tracking every move you make and then i keep location off. I never use wi fi. You as a user. Have a responsibility as well. It's not just on the companies You have to understand which apps track every move that you make there on my mobile. I have practically no apps that ask for permission.
Digital Conversations with Billy Bateman
"digital" Discussed on Digital Conversations with Billy Bateman
"Is slightly different. When you're talking to that automated with the changes we've had with covid. What channels are you seeing as being the most effective for driving driving people to your website engaging them right now what are you saying as a consultant. It's not that some things have gone away but it's not that like the buyers behavior Has changed. I wanna start with that right. There's still the old. They need to go through awareness. Interest desire and action so the buyer journey has not changed Whether there's a global pandemic right the psychology of buying Y people by all of that remains the same but two things have absolutely fundamentally changed this year. And i think there's a silver lining to this and one billion that The way that you are interacting with your Prospects in your customers has gone one hundred percent digital or virtual right if we consider phone and phones are digital these days. There's no more analog phones but there are somewhere. But you know the the way that everybody's interacting is digital. we're not. We're not walking into offices and doing face to face sales anymore. I'm right now in the process of signing a new lease for my car every three years. You know it's time for a new lease and right. It's contactless when you when you buy a car and it was very interesting. When i called car manufacturer that a leasing company. And i said hey listen. I need to extend my lease four a month or two. Because it's just gonna take a little extra time to go find a car these days and really. That was my excuse of giving me more time. It doesn't take that much longer. They said oh sure. We can extend your lease for two months. No problem Do you want us to send you some docu signs or or is there a place their mail the paperwork. I'm like oh please. That's wonderful like i argued docu sign in sign. That was great but you know it wasn't wonderful. Billy this is crazy. I couldn't interact with them so it's porsche financial services. I couldn't interact with them on their website. I was blown away. I actually had to call. I actually had to go through a nightmare. Phone tree and i actually had to speak to someone To do what i needed to do. I am expecting that. I should have been able to handle all of that digitally and and you can't and i can't even On their website easily set up for like recurring payments which most websites today. I make a one time payment. But it's very difficult set up recurring payments. You gotta fill out paperwork. So a lot of companies have have taken this. You know Global pandemic situation that. We're in an accelerated digital transformation initiatives which is great like. I said that's a silver lining always but a lot of companies still have a ways to go. And i'm blown away when for example i go to someone side and there's no way to interact and chat with someone and you've got to pick up the phone or send an email and customers want immediacy these. Thanks for listening. Remember to rate review and subscribe and for past episode channels dot com slash podcast..
Digital Conversations with Billy Bateman
"digital" Discussed on Digital Conversations with Billy Bateman
"And you'll get a new episode every week. Let's talk about the next step. Which is you know they're engaged And i think this is really where where people either do a great job or deals fall apart because it doesn't work that well is when you're working together with sales i know traditionally it's kind of been a baton pass where it's like. Okay here they are like wrap it up. Turn into closed one You know how do you work together with sales well to To keep marketing to them while they're in the sales process. Yeah i mean. I think that baton example you just uses a really good one. I mean like thank back to the fishing with nets world and the marquette world helped to create it was all about that efficient handoffs marketing generates lead hands it to this yard handed to six but in the fishing with spears world. It's just totally more dynamic. I just talked about like the salesperson. Might be the one emailing the account early on in follow up to the direct mail packages sent with underlying support from from advertising. And so to me instead of a baton. Hand off feels. It's much more like a a soccer team or football team where you've got people in different positions you know so. There are different specialties. But they they work in. A coordinated orchestrated fashion as they moved the ball up and down the field and to really make that work. You know what i find is that you know you really need First of all marketing and sales teams honestly. Just be looking at the same data. I mean accents. it's still. I mean i your customers probably Salesforce salesforce has a strange thing. Where you have a page for the leads in salesforce and there's another page for accounts in salesforce and marketers tend to live on that lead page and sales people tend to live on that account page and that literally means marketing. Sales aren't on the same page. And so you know just getting everybody looking at at account data even even if you look at the account with sales people typically don't really have visibility into the marketing touches that the people that account have responded to because the way the data rolls up again particularly in salesforce and so just getting a common view. The coun- is sort of step. One step two then is sort of almost like establish what are the things that you wanna proactively be notifying sales about or another way. That sales wants to be notified about right. So if you have one of those accounts talked about earlier that are in market for the salute your solutions and are entering buying process. But they're not in your system right. Sales must be notified. Like tell me which accounts in my territory are are showing that high intent you know. Or let's say i've got an open opportunity and then all of a sudden Those accounts start showing intent for my competition. Boy i want to know about that too. So set up those proactive notifications for sales. You know that really about the insights that are going to help them sell better and then the third step in moving towards being a soccer team. This was pretty obvious is just talking to each other And and the process. I really recommend is something called the abm standup in abyan standup you get the sales rep and a marketer and sdr if you have one and that's it just three people every two weeks. They have fifteen minutes standing meeting.