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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry from the surge in bitcoin to the Dogwifhat community's plan in Vegas.

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"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as bitcoin (BTC) crossed the $72,000 level for the first time. This comes as the U.K.'s FCA removed objections to crypto-based ETNs, opening the gates for more institutional involvement in crypto. Plus, billionaire hedge funder Bill Ackman mulls bitcoin in a tweet, and the Dogwifhat community wants the meme on the Vegas Sphere.

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “First Mover” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.

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SVP of Vodka and Rum at Diageo, Julie Yufie, joins the pod to share how she keeps iconic spirits brands culturally relevant in this episode of “Gen C.”

Julie Yufe, SVP of Vodka and Rum at Diageo, joins “Gen C” to discuss how the beverage giant balances global brand strategy with localized activations. She shares her approach to tapping into cultural moments like the Super Bowl through innovation and creator partnerships. Julie also explains why brand purpose is essential and how she stays inspired by trends across industries.

Links mentioned from the podcast: 

• Binance made crypto perfume in a baffling attempt to woo women
• Public trust in AI is sinking across the board

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"Gen C" features hosts Sam Ewen and Avery Akkineni. Executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced by Uyen Truong, with additional production assistance from Eleanor Pahl. Our theme music is "1882” by omgkirby x Channel Tres with editing by Doc Blust. Artwork by Nicole Marie Rincon.

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The latest price moves and insights with Jennifer Sanasie and guest Anthony Georgiades, general partner at Innovating Capital.

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On "Markets Daily," host Jennifer Sanasie speaks with Anthony Georgiades, general partner at Innovating Capital and co-founder of Pastel Network. The pair discuss bitcoin's recent rally to a new all-time high above $70k, challenges to a possible spot ether ETF approval and AI tokens.

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Consensus is where experts convene to talk about the ideas shaping our digital future. Join developers, investors, founders, brands, policymakers and more in Austin, Texas from May 29-31. The tenth annual Consensus is curated by CoinDesk to feature the industry’s most sought-after speakers, unparalleled networking opportunities and unforgettable experiences. Take 15% off registration with the code MD15. Register now at consensus.coindesk.com.

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl, alongside Senior Booking Producer Melissa Montañez. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

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Economist with the American Institute for Economic Research Thomas Hogan joins "First Mover" to look back on the success of spot bitcoin ETFs and what it means for crypto's exposure to the TradFi world.

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Thomas Hogan, an economist with the American Institute for Economic Research, joins "First Mover" to discuss the success of spot bitcoin ETFs in the U.S. since the approval in January. Plus, his outlook on the potential coexistence of crypto and traditional finance ecosystems as TradFi players have shown interest in blockchain technologies.

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Consensus is where experts convene to talk about the ideas shaping our digital future. Join developers, investors, founders, brands, policymakers and more in Austin, Texas from May 29-31. The tenth annual Consensus is curated by CoinDesk to feature the industry’s most sought-after speakers, unparalleled networking opportunities and unforgettable experiences. Register now at consensus.coindesk.com.

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “First Mover” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.

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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry including the next steps for Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon and a JPMorgan report that compares bitcoin and gold’s allocation in investor portfolios.

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"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, including a JPMorgan report that says bitcoin is unlikely to match gold’s allocation in investor portfolios due to heightened risk and volatility. Plus, Optimism Foundation selling about 19.5 million OP tokens to an unidentified buyer and Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon's next steps.

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Consensus is where experts convene to talk about the ideas shaping our digital future. Join developers, investors, founders, brands, policymakers and more in Austin, Texas from May 29-31. The tenth annual Consensus is curated by CoinDesk to feature the industry’s most sought-after speakers, unparalleled networking opportunities and unforgettable experiences. Register now at consensus.coindesk.com.

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “First Mover” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.

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CoinDesk Indices presents notable data insights from the week, followed by additional analysis from an industry expert.

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The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) functions as a benchmark for the performance of the digital asset market, delivering institutional quality information to digital asset investors. Subsets of the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) are investible CoinDesk Crypto Sectors and the CoinDesk 20 Index, designed to measure the performance of the top digital assets. Today’s takeaways are provided by Tracy Stephens, senior index manager at CoinDesk Indices with additional analysis from Greg Magadini, director of derivatives at Amberdata. For more on CoinDesk Indices, visit: coindeskmarkets.com.

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Consensus is where experts convene to talk about the ideas shaping our digital future. Join developers, investors, founders, brands, policymakers and more in Austin, Texas from May 29-31. The tenth annual Consensus is curated by CoinDesk to feature the industry’s most sought-after speakers, unparalleled networking opportunities and unforgettable experiences. Take 15% off registration with the code MD15. Register now at consensus.coindesk.com.

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie and uses Wondercraft AI Voice. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl, alongside Senior Booking Producer Melissa Montañez. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

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Eric Balchunas of Bloomberg Intelligence explains why the spot Bitcoin ETFs have made TradFi move at the speed of crypto — and why he’s uncertain spot Ether ETFs will be approved.

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In this episode, Eric Balchunas, senior ETF Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, discussed the performance of Bitcoin ETFs since their launch two months ago. 

Balchunas noted that the ETFs' performance exceeded his expectations, with a faster and more intense "second wind" than anticipated. He attributed this to a combination of asset managers buying in, retail interest, and the "ETF effect" where the knowledge of incoming flows encourages non-ETF investors to buy. 

Balchunas also predicted that BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF would likely be the most successful of the nine new spot Bitcoin ETFs, while also doubting that any of the smaller issuers would bow out. 

He also discussed the potential for spot Ether ETFs, but was less optimistic about their success compared to Bitcoin ETFs.

Learn more: Bitcoin ETFs Explained: What Are They & How Do They Work?

Show highlights | 

• Why the Bitcoin ETF performance in the first couple of weeks exceeded Eric's expectations
• Whether Eric had ever seen the kind of hype around Bitcoin ETFs occur with other ETFs
• How there has been a lot of retail interest in these past few weeks
• Eric's insights into how Bitcoin reached all-time highs again this week
• Whether a good portion of the ETF volumes is sustainable and what's driving those large volumes
• Whether it's safe to say that BlackRock is the winner among issuers
• Whether the smaller issuers in terms of volume and AUM will close their ETFs
• When options on Bitcoin ETFs will be approved
• Whether in-kind redemptions will be allowed in the near future and the role of politics in that
• Whether Grayscale will have to reduce its fees considering the huge outflows from GBTC
• Why Eric believes that spot ether ETFs won't have as much demand as the bitcoin ETFs did
• Reasons the SEC could use to reject spot ether ETFs
• Whether issuers will rebalance their portfolios at the end of quarters
• What Eric expects to see in terms of inflows by year’s end 

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Guest | 

Eric Balchunas, Senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence

Previous appearances on Unchained:

Why Spot Bitcoin ETFs Are Likely to Finally Start Trading on Thursday

Will a Spot Bitcoin ETF Finally Get Approved?

Links | 

Recent coverage on Unchained of Bitcoin’s surge: 

How the Bitcoins in Your ETF Get Sourced: The Real Story

Should You Sell Bitcoin Now That It’s Nearing Its All-Time High?

Miners Appear to Sell $69 Million Worth of Decade-Old Bitcoin

Bitcoin Hits New All-Time High Above $69,000, Presaging More Potential Gains

Previous coverage on the Unchained podcast of spot Bitcoin ETFs:

Bitcoin’s Price Is Way Up. And $48 Trillion in Wealth Just Got Access

Why Some Brokerage Firms Are Blocking Access to Spot Bitcoin ETFs

Why the SEC May Want Cash Creation of Spot Bitcoin ETFs

Why It Looks Like BlackRock Could Win America’s First Spot Bitcoin ETF

The 4 Factors That Will Determine Which Spot Bitcoin ETFs Win Market Share

How Much Money Will Flow Into Bitcoin ETFs? Here’s One Projection

Eric’s tweet on $IBITsmashing $788m 

Ethereum spot ETF:

BitMEX Blog: Ethereum ETFs & Staking

Eric’s tweet on ether ETFs 

Unchained: 

Why Spot Ether ETFs Likely Won’t Steal Bitcoin’s Thunder — Even if Staking Is Included

Spot Ether ETFs Could Introduce New Concentration Risk in Ethereum: S&P Global

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Marathon Digital’s tech team joins to discuss its Inscription minting service Slipstream and Layer 2 project, Anduro.

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Julian Duran and Mike Casey of Marathon Digital join the podcast to discuss the advent of Slipstream, an Ordinal minting service, and Anduro, a Layer 2 network for Bitcoin.

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Usual CEO Pierre Person joins "First Mover" with insights on the new stablecoin project USD0.

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Pierre Person, CEO of finance protocol Usual and former politician and member of the French National Assembly, joins "First Mover" to break down the details of USD0 and how the new stablecoin project aims to offer more transparency and fairness in the market. Plus, insights on the state of crypto regulation in Europe.

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Consensus is where experts convene to talk about the ideas shaping our digital future. Join developers, investors, founders, brands, policymakers and more in Austin, Texas from May 29-31. The tenth annual Consensus is curated by CoinDesk to feature the industry’s most sought-after speakers, unparalleled networking opportunities and unforgettable experiences. Register now at consensus.coindesk.com.

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “First Mover” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.

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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry from the surge in AI tokens to Nigeria's new regulatory guidelines.

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"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, including the 25% surge in artificial-intelligence tokens over the past 24 hours, according to data tracked by CoinGecko. Plus, Nigeria's SEC updates guidelines for crypto firms in an attempt to stop "criminal activities." And, the latest announcement from Hong Kong’s Central Bank on a wholesale CBDC project.

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Consensus is where experts convene to talk about the ideas shaping our digital future. Join developers, investors, founders, brands, policymakers and more in Austin, Texas from May 29-31. The tenth annual Consensus is curated by CoinDesk to feature the industry’s most sought-after speakers, unparalleled networking opportunities and unforgettable experiences. Register now at consensus.coindesk.com.

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “First Mover” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.

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