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Napster CEO Jon Vlassopulos weighs in on decentralization in the music industry. To get the show every day, follow the podcast here. Napster CEO Jon Vlassopulos joins CoinDesk Live at Consensus 2024 to discuss the brand's evolution and its upcoming initiatives. Plus, insights on community and artist engagement in the music and Web3 space. - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “First Mover” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

FIRST MOVER: Napster CEO on Decentralization in the Music Industry

Host Helene Braun breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry from the U.S. jobs report to Semler Scientific's bitcoin purchase. To get the show every day, follow the podcast here. "CoinDesk Daily" host Helene Braun breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as bitcoin (BTC), stocks and bond markers have all turned lower in response to the strong employment data in May. Plus, Saudi Arabia’s central bank has joined Project mBridge as a full participant and medical device maker Semler Scientific has broadened its corporate strategy to include buying bitcoin. - This episode was hosted by Helene Braun. “First Mover” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

COINDESK DAILY: U.S. Added 272K Jobs in May; Semler Scientific Buys $17M More Bitcoin

Coinbase has launched its new smart wallet with partners such as DeFi lending protocol Moonwell, offering them freebies they can pass onto consumers to get more people on-chain.  
 Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. Coinbase’s “on-chain summer” has kicked off with the launch of its new smart wallet. This interview with Luke Youngblood, founding contributor to Moonwell, gives a peek at how it’s sweetening the pot for developers and users alike.  In this episode, Youngblood describes how smart wallets are different from traditional wallets, how they do away with past security issues, and the more minor potential risks that still do exist with smart wallets. He also gives details on the ways that Coinbase is trying to use its smart wallet to get users on-chain: making it much easier to transact on-chain directly from their Coinbase accounts, subsidizing gas costs for certain dapps, and making sure everything is web-accessible.  Plus, he explains why Moonwell chose Base, how it is branching out to non-crypto native DeFi users, such as populations that only have mobile phones and not desktop computers in geographies like Africa, Latin America, and Asia, and how the DeFi lending protocol differentiates itself from bigger ones that have established a beachhead on Base.  
 Show highlights:How smart wallets differ from traditional wallets and embedded walletsWhy Luke is excited to be working with Coinbase smart walletWhat happens if the user loses the device linked to their smart walletHow hard it would be for a hacker to try to get access to the assets in this smart walletHow Coinbase is initially paying for user gas fees on dapps like Moonwell and other launch partnersHow Coinbase’s Magic Spend feature enables users to transact onchain straight from their Coinbase accountsHow Coinbase might keep paying gas fees for some dapps even after the initial launch periodWhy the smart wallet is also accessible via the web, and not just through an appWhy Moonwell has focused on lending and borrowingWhy Moonwell chose to build on Base as opposed to, say, SolanaMoonwell’s plans to grow How having access to Coinbase’s user base changes Moonwell’s strategy for attracting users
 Visit our website for breaking news, analysis, op-eds, articles to learn about crypto, and much more: unchainedcrypto.com Thank you to our sponsors!  iTrustCapital  |  Polkadot Guest |   Luke Youngblood 
 Links |  Previous coverage on Unchained:Coinbase Smart Wallet: Coinbase Launches Its Smart Wallets, Dubbing It Crypto’s ‘IPhone Moment’Wallets: Why (Almost) Everyone in Ethereum Is So Excited About a Wallet-Related ProposalWhat Are Externally Owned Accounts (EOAs) in Ethereum?An Introduction to ERC-4337 (Account Abstraction) StandardBase: How Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade Could Lead to the Rise of Millions of Layer 3sDencun Day One: Ethereum Layer 2 Networks See Drastic Drop in Transaction FeesBase Daily Transactions Spike to 2 Million Post Dencun Upgrade Why Base’s Creator Thinks Social Apps Will Be a ‘Huge Part’ of the Layer 2 Blockchain’s SuccessBase TVL Hits $4 Billion as Transactions Per Second Surpass Ethereum3 Reasons Why Layer 2 Network Base Has More Than Doubled Its Total Value Locked This YearEthereum Layer 2s:Ethereum L2 Networks Reach Record High of 7 Million Distinct Addresses
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UNCHAINED: How Coinbase Might Bring 1 Billion People On-Chain Using Its Smart Wallet

There’s too much M&A; in Bitcoin mining to keep track of!  
 Will and Charlie dig into this week’s Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news, including the short report leveled at Riot Platforms, CoreWeave’s declined bid to purchase Core Scientific, BitDeer buying a fabless ASIC manufacturer for $140 million in shares, and lastly, Cleanspark’s involvement in the Cheyenne, Wyoming Bitcoin mining slapped with an executive order by the Biden administration. 
 Follow along on your favorite podcast player of choice by clicking here. Chapters:  00:00	Start 02:31	Difficulty update 04:51	Mining stocks 08:04	Riot & Bitfarms 16:30	Core Scientific rejects Coreweave 22:00	Desiweminer (new AISC) 27:21	Cleanspark vs White House 
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THE MINING POD: Riot’s Short Report, CoreWeave’s $1 Billion Offer and BitDeer’s ASIC Play

CoinDesk Indices presents notable data insights from the week, followed by additional analysis from an industry expert. 
 To get the show every day, follow the podcast here. The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) functions as a benchmark for the performance of the digital asset market, delivering institutional quality information to digital asset investors. 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 Alex Ryvkin, Founder and CEO at Rho Labs.  For more on CoinDesk Indices, visit: coindeskmarkets.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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