Insights into the potential for blockchain to do good with Jennifer Sanasie, Sam Ewen, ValuesCo CEO Andrew Berkowitz and Rainforest Foundation US Executive Director Suzanne Pelletier.

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ValuesCo co-founder and CEO Andrew Berkowitz joins Rainforest Foundation US Executive Director Suzanne Pelletier at CoinDesk to discuss the potential of blockchain technology for social good.

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Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry including bitcoin's reaction to Donald Trump's threat to impose 100% tariffs on BRICS countries.

Bitcoin’s rally reversed Friday as President Donald Trump threatened to impose 100% tariffs on BRICS countries. Plus, a class action lawsuit hovers over memecoin factory Pump.fun and SBF seeks a presidential pardon. CoinDesk’s Christine Lee breaks down the headlines on “CoinDesk Daily.”

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For this week’s news roundup, a new Bitcoin-related ETF emerges, plus a breakdown of DeepSeek.

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Colin and Matt are back for this week’s news roundup. They touch on Hive’s $85 million, 200 MW acquisition of a Yguazu, Paraguay bitcoin mine from Bitfarms. Plus, Grayscale launches a bitcoin miner ETF, a home-mining device wins a $330,000 bitcoin block for charity, and why the market freaked out over DeepSeek this week. And for this week’s cry corner, why you shouldn't trust Brad Garlinghouse’s call for crypto unity.

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:57 Difficulty report

18:28 Grayscale miner ETF

33:26 Hashrate Fundraiser Mines Block

37:28 DeepSeek

43:36 Cry corner: Ripple CEO Very Sad

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