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  • The Breakdown - As Circle Prepares to IPO, Crypto Deals Heat Up

    May was a breakout month for crypto deals, with $3.5 billion in activity signaling a shift from stagnation to strategic consolidation. NLW breaks down the Robinhood–Bitstamp acquisition, Jump’s bet on tokenization, and Circle’s suddenly hot IPO—backed by BlackRock and poised to reshape the stablecoin landscape.



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    • 13 min
    • Podnews Daily - podcast industry news - A legal threat to a podcast app for using open RSS

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      • Exclusive: A lawyer acting on behalf of Canadian broadcaster Radio-Canada is threatening podcast apps that use its podcast feeds. Our investigation today discovers that in the overly-broad legal threat, the lawyer is confused about how podcasting works, and even who his client actually is.
      • Host-read ad marketplace Gumball has launched contextually-relevant “adaptive ads”. The tool “considers the similarities between a show’s audience and brand’s target buyer, the specifics of the brand’s ad copy, and the content and tone of a particular episode, to create a script that captures the brand’s requirements while thematically matching the podcast episode it’s being inserted into.”
      • “It’s time for the advertising industry to stop thinking in silos and start thinking in moments.“ - Writing in Podnews, Kym Treasure, founder and CEO of Audacia Audio, suggests that brands should embrace a cross-channel strategy that follows listener behaviour.
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        4 min
      • The Breakdown - Who is Funding These Bitcoin Treasury Companies?

        Bitcoin treasury companies are multiplying fast—some with billions in backing, others chasing quick gains. Today’s episode examines who’s funding these firms, how the Michael Saylor playbook is evolving, and whether we’re watching the rise of a sustainable trend or the start of a new crypto bubble.


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          14 min
        • Pivot - Elon's Drug Denial, Trump's Tariff Play, and Taylor Swift's Master Move

          Kara and Scott discuss Senator Joni Ernst's callous comments about Medicaid cuts, Texas's new law requiring app stores to verify ages, and Taylor Swift's blockbuster deal to get the rights to her masters. Then, Elon leaves The White House with a literal black eye, and denies a New York Times report about his ketamine use. Plus, Trump raises tariffs yet again, and lashes out at China.


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          1 hr 9 min
        • Podnews Daily - podcast industry news - A new dawn: Kast Media out of bankruptcy

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          • As we suggested last week, podcast studio Kast Media has announced it has emerged from Chapter 11 restructuring with “overwhelming support” of its creditors. As Podnews covered, the company continued to trade through the process, which founder Colin Thomson says was “heavily scrutinized”. Thomson has become Chief Creative Officer; Kast Media’s new CEO will be Matty Staudt who joins from iHeart, Stitcher, and Jam Street Media.

            • Kast has also published a Platform for Advertiser-to-Creator Transparency, which it describes as an “operational structure that provides our creators with visibility and protection of fund flow each step of the way”. It follows posts from founder Colin Thomson, one explaining what happened to Kast, and another discussing how creators are paid, and proposing a new set of protective standard practices that better care for creators. Whatever you might think of Thomson - he appeared to threaten us as we reported the initial story - it’s an open and illuminating set of posts.
            • “If we don’t nail this, we’ll be essentially telling podcasters that their only real options for podcast video are YouTube and Spotify.” The Podcast Standards Project has published its thinking behind HLS delivery of video podcasting via open RSS. Benefits include one RSS feed that can contain both audio and video; and adaptive quality for all consumers, as well as potentially producing consumption analytics, and lowering bandwidth bills. HLS streams can still be downloadable if required.
            • Wondercraft has launched “Convo Mode”, which it describes as realistic AI dialogue for podcasts, ads and training. The tool is similar to NotebookLM, but allows you to edit the output and its length, and customise the voices.
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            • This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von - Nigel Ng (Uncle Roger)

              Nigel Ng is a comedian, content creator and restaurateur originally from Malaysia. He’s known for his viral character “Uncle Roger” who roasts celebrity chefs and bad cooking. 

              Nigel joins Theo to talk about some of the big differences between eastern and western cultures, how his viral food content led to him opening a restaurant of his own, and the joke that might have put him on China’s watchlist…

              Nigel Ng: https://www.instagram.com/mrnigelng/ 

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              1 hr 48 min
            • The Peter McCormack Show - #079 - Zia Yusuf - Reform’s Bold Plan to Save the UK

              Zia Yusuf is a successful businessman, the Chairman of Reform UK and one of the driving forces behind the party’s bold and disruptive policy platform.

              In this interview, we go deep into Reform UK’s policy agenda, from mass immigration and broken public services to crime, the cost of living, and the digital economy. Zia outlines a radical but pragmatic vision for national renewal, including smaller government, constitutional reform, sound money, and digital asset freedom.

              2 hr
            • The Breakdown - The Five Most Important Stories in Bitcoin Last Week

              Recorded live on Friday May 30th, 2025.


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              • 26 min

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