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Crypto kidnappings & "wrench attacks" are surging globally. Charlie & Colin break down real cases, from Ledger CEO torture to NYC penthouse hostage drama, plus essential security tips to protect yourself from physical Bitcoin theft.
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Charlie and Colin dive deep into the dark side of crypto wealth - the rising amount of physical attacks, kidnappings, and torture targeting Bitcoin holders. From the Ledger co-founder's mutilation in France to wild NYC penthouse hostage situations involving crack cocaine and air fryers, they explore real cases and share Jameson Lopp's security wisdom.
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**Notes:**
⢠Ledger co-founder kidnapped 2 days, fingers cut
⢠American tourist lost $125K in London scam
⢠Italian held 17 days, $28M crypto extorted
⢠90+ officers in French rescue operation
⢠Attacks started with Hal Finney in 2014
⢠Most incidents happen in Europe/Asia
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
01:08 What is a wrench attack?
05:33 Jameson Lopp
08:19 3 Types of attacks
09:34 Kidnapping (Ledger Case)
12:19 Kidnapping (French Father Case)
13:03 Attempted Abduction (France Daughter of CEO)
14:59 Arch Network
15:31 Wrench Attack Tracker
19:10 Hostage (American Tourist London)
22:08 Different custody setups
24:34 Hostage (Kentucky Crypto King)
30:58 Best practices
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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as the dispute between Donald Trump and Elon Musk escalates.
The dispute between Donald Trump and Elon Musk continues to draw attention as the feud unfolds on social media. Polymarket bettors believe that there is a 26% chance that the president will unfollow Musk. What's your take? CoinDeskâs Sam Ewen hosts âCoinDesk Daily.â
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CoinDesk has released its inaugural list of the Top 50 Women in Web3 and AI, powered by Proof of Talk. Julia Bonafede, co-founder of Rosetta Analytics AI who served as one of five judges, joins CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie to discuss the rigorous criteria used to curate this list of 50 trailblazing women, emphasizing their groundbreaking work driving innovation and ethical frameworks in emerging technologies.
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Ledn is the leading platform for Bitcoin-backed loans, offering a secure and transparent way to unlock liquidity without selling your Bitcoin. Ledn has issued over $9 billion in loans since 2018 and has never lost a single satoshi of client assets, earning a reputation as the name you can trust in the crypto space.
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The gang goes over May production updates from major public miners. Plus, how many bitcoin treasury companies is too many?
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Will, Colin and Matt talk about May mining production numbers from major players like CleanSpark, Riot, and Marathon; the explosive growth of corporate Bitcoin treasury companies following MicroStrategy's playbook; and CoreWeaveâs $7 billion deal with Applied Digital. Plus, for this weekâs cry corner, silver just hit a 13-year high, but itâs still only up 5% in those 13 yearsâŚ
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**Notes:**
⢠Hash price currently around $52 per petahash/day
⢠CleanSpark mined 694 BTC in May at 45.6 EH/s
⢠Riot sold 500 BTC for $51M operational costs
⢠Marathon holds almost 50,000 Bitcoin treasury
⢠Applied Digital signed $7B, 15-year AI deal
⢠Silver hit $36, highest since February 2012
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
01:08 Difficulty Report by Luxor
06:16 Monthly Production Figures
16:55 Fractal Bitcoin
17:30 The Bitcoin Treasury Movement
24:16 Saylorâs copycats fall behind
30:03 Applied Digital and CoreWeave
33:27 Cry Corner - Silver rips higher
37:43 Circle IPO
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ChainPatrol co-founder and COO Vito Giovannetti joins CoinDesk to reflect on the journey that led them to winning the pitchfest at Consensus 2025 as a dark horse. Plus, how they plan to accelerate its mission to protect Web3 companies, brands, and communities from relentless online threats.
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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as Elon Musk bashed President Donald Trumpâs proposed spending package.
Teslo CEO Elon Musk bashed President Donald Trumpâs proposed spending package, calling the One Big Beautiful Bill Act a "Debt Slavery Bill." CoinDeskâs Jennifer Sanasie hosts âCoinDesk Daily.â
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Ledn is the leading platform for Bitcoin-backed loans, offering a secure and transparent way to unlock liquidity without selling your Bitcoin. Ledn has issued over $9 billion in loans since 2018 and has never lost a single satoshi of client assets, earning a reputation as the name you can trust in the crypto space.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. âCoinDesk Dailyâ is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.
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At Consensus 2025, Eric Trump, Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov and the World Liberty Financial team joined forces with Charles Hoskinson for a discussion on bitcoin mining, the fastest-growing stablecoin (USD1) and the fight for financial freedom against outdated banking systems.
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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as World Liberty Financial airdropped $47 worth of its USD1 stablecoin to each participant in its token sale.
World Liberty Financial, backed by the Trump family, airdropped $47 worth of its USD1 stablecoin to each participant in its WLFI token sale. Plus, top Pump.fun tokens slid amid reports on the platform's plan to raise $1 billion for a token sale. CoinDeskâs Jennifer Sanasie hosts âCoinDesk Daily.â
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Ledn is the leading platform for Bitcoin-backed loans, offering a secure and transparent way to unlock liquidity without selling your Bitcoin. Ledn has issued over $9 billion in loans since 2018 and has never lost a single satoshi of client assets, earning a reputation as the name you can trust in the crypto space.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. âCoinDesk Dailyâ is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.
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The latest price moves and insights with Bitwise Asset Management CIO Matt Hougan.
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Bitwise Asset Management CIO Matt Hougan joins CoinDesk live at Consensus 2025 to explain why he is more confident now with his $200,000 bitcoin price target. Plus, why now is the "best moment" to buy the asset.
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This episode was hosted by Christine Lee and Any Baehr.
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Vortex returns to discuss Bitcoin's future, soft fork upgrades like CTV, the dangers of cult personalities, and why Bitcoin development must continue despite political resistance in this technical deep dive.
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Vortex joins us to talk about Bitcoin's unfinished evolution, the critical need for soft fork upgrades like CTV and check sig from stack, parallels between Roger Ver and Michael Saylor's influence, lessons from the block size war, and why technical development can't stop despite growing political resistance within the Bitcoin community.
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**Notes:**
⢠Bitcoin at $110,000 feels eerily casual in 2025
⢠CTV has $500k+ bug bounty with no exploits found
⢠Only 3-5% of global population has used Bitcoin
⢠Next cycle could see $2M+ Bitcoin price target
⢠ETFs defined this cycle; governments next
⢠Lightning needs upgrades for high-fee environments
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
01:20 The RETURN of Vortex
03:47 Blocksize War vs Now
08:41 Roger Ver & Micheal Saylor
14:56 Why not big blocks?
19:38 UASF (user activated soft fork)
20:47 CTV + CSFS
24:49 Current state of Bitcoin
31:50 Protecting your psyche
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Dan Tapiero, founder and CEO of 1RT and 10T, joins Pantera Capital founder and CEO Dan Morehead at Consensus 2025 in Toronto to reflect on their pioneering journey into crypto, from launching the first crypto fund in 2013 to navigating past market cycles. They discuss why bitcoin and the broader blockchain space represent the "biggest macro trade of a generation," offering returns unseen in traditional finance.
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Recorded live from the Global Dollar Network event, Network Effect in New York City please enjoy this conversation with Raj Dhamodharan, EVP Blockchain / Digital Asset Products & Digital Partnerships at Mastercard and CoinDesk Indices' Andy Baehr.
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The latest price moves and insights with Chainlink Labs co-founder Sergey Nazarov.
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Chainlink Labs co-founder Sergey Nazarov joins CoinDesk live at Consensus 2025 to discuss their recent announcement with Kinexys by J.P. Morgan and Ondo Chain on the successful completion of a cross-chain Delivery versus Payment test transaction. He weighs in on the significance of J.P. Morgan opening up its private chain and what it means for crypto's road to institutional.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie and Sam Ewen. âMarkets Dailyâ is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.
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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as South Koreaâs presidential election is under way.
South Koreaâs presidential election is under way and exit polls project a win for Lee Jae-Myung, a pro-crypto leader from the liberal party. Plus, Robinhood completes the $200 million acquisition of European crypto exchange Bitstamp and what's behind the slowdown of activity on the XRP Ledger? CoinDeskâs Jennifer Sanasie hosts âCoinDesk Daily.â
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Ledn is the leading platform for Bitcoin-backed loans, offering a secure and transparent way to
Unlock liquidity without selling your Bitcoin. Ledn has issued over $9 billion in loans since 2018 and has never lost a single satoshi of client assets, earning a reputation as the name you can trust in the crypto space.
Visit ledn.io to learn more.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. âCoinDesk Dailyâ is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.
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Cipher Miningâs CEO Tyler Page and CCO Chris Totin join to discuss the companyâs dive into AI and HPC infrastructure.
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Tyler Page (CEO) and Chris Totin (CCO) from Cipher Mining join us to talk about their strategic pivot from pure-play bitcoin mining to hybrid approach with AI/HPC data centers, SoftBank's $50M investment, the ins-and-outs of building HPC data centers, and why they're betting big on the convergence of bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence workloads.
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**Notes:**
⢠Cipher has 2.7 cents/kWh electricity costs
⢠SoftBank invested $50M in Cipher through private placement
⢠Barber Lake site: 300MW capacity with substation
⢠Texas has 397GW generation in queue over 5 years
⢠Construction workforce growing only 1% annually
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
00:33 Intro Tyler
01:44 Intro Chris
03:55 Access to capital
06:43 Debt financing
10:37 Selling BTC for operations
16:29 Barber Lake update
20:24 Agnostic greenfield site design
25:02 HPC vs mining design challenges
31:49 Stingray
34:32 Finding facility buyers
37:01 Softbank
39:47 Greenfield vs retrofit
45:15 Are all miners flipping to HPC?
48:47 Hybrid sites
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Mr. Wonderful Kevin O'Leary joins WonderFi President and CEO Dean Skurka with Bullish CEO Tom Farley on stage at Consensus 2025 in Toronto to discuss WonderFi's landmark acquisition by Robinhood, bringing major American crypto presence to Canada. Plus, the panel delves into Canada's crypto landscape as the country seeks to wake up from an "economic coma."
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The latest price moves and insights with Gemini Head of Markets Patrick Liou.
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Gemini Head of Markets Patrick Liou joins CoinDesk to explain why bitcoin's sentiment is not euphoric despite the asset registering its highest monthly close ever at around $104,000 in May. Plus, the catalyst that would lead the largest crypto by market cap to the next breakout and insights into the increasing corporate adoption of BTC.
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Ledn is the leading platform for Bitcoin-backed loans, offering a secure and transparent way to
Unlock liquidity without selling your Bitcoin. Ledn has issued over $9 billion in loans since 2018 and has never lost a single satoshi of client assets, earning a reputation as the name you can trust in the crypto space.
Visit ledn.io to learn more.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. âMarkets Dailyâ is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.
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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as U.S.-China trade tensions escalate.
Trade tensions between the U.S. and China have escalated as renewed tariff fears dominate the global market narrative. President Trump's announcement to double tariffs on steel and aluminum, coupled with new restrictions on AI chip exports and student visas, has prompted vows of retaliation from China and sent ripples through crypto markets. CoinDeskâs Jennifer Sanasie hosts âCoinDesk Daily.â
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Ledn is the leading platform for Bitcoin-backed loans, offering a secure and transparent way to
Unlock liquidity without selling your Bitcoin. Ledn has issued over $9 billion in loans since 2018 and has never lost a single satoshi of client assets, earning a reputation as the name you can trust in the crypto space.
Visit ledn.io to learn more.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. âCoinDesk Dailyâ is produced by Jennifer Sanasie 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.
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Bitmain launched a new unit this week, plus drama around Rippleâs âSkull of Satoshi.â
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin and Will are recording from the Las Vegas Bitcoin Conference. They drop in on topics like Bitmain's new Antminer S23 series achieving sub-10 joules per terahash efficiency, Swan's paused lawsuit against former mining employees and contractors, Pakistan's ambitious 2GW allocation announcement, the Trump administration tariff legal battles, and the legendary Skull of Satoshi donation drama. Plus, an update on Cango!
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**Notes:**
⢠Bitcoin price: $105K, Network Hashrate: 917 EH/s per @luxor
⢠Antminer S23: First sub-10 J/TH efficiency @bitmain
⢠Pakistan allocates 2GW for mining
⢠@Swanbitcoin lawsuit paused by federal judge
⢠Conference grew from 2K to 35K attendees @thebitcoinconference
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
01:23 Difficulty Report by @hashrateindex
04:15 Bitmain new models
07:44 Swan court case
12:04 Pakistan mining
13:59 @FractalBitcoin
14:34 Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs
18:38 Cry Corner: The Skull & Ripple
22:07 Cango
đ Fractal Bitcoin, Reduces up to 50% of your pool fee. No new hardware, no extra energy.
And itâs easy. FB rewards go straight to your existing Bitcoin wallet address. Over 50% of Bitcoinâs hashpower is already merge mining Fractal. Get more from the same resources â start on Fractal today!
đ Luxor, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power!
Get game-changing mining results with Luxor Firmware. Boost hashrate, cut energy costs, protect your hardware, and maximize mining profits with LuxOS.
đ Colorado Air Filter, Leaders In Mining HVAC Solutions!
Pick from 6 different filtration brands from MERV 8 pleats to HEPA filters. Get your mine in top shape before the heat and dust of this summer comes! Contact [email protected]
Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the
Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews
on Tuesday and a news show on Friday!
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Enron CEO Connor Gaydos joins Token Relations co-founder Jacquelyn Melinek at Consensus 2025 with a deep dive into the revival of Enron, which he believes could be the "greatest comeback story of all time." Connor outlines a vision of Enron as a beacon of hope and innovation in the energy sector, beginning with upgrading the outdated U.S. electrical grid. Plus, their strategy around meme marketing and the recent challenges with launching a cryptocurrency.
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