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MARKETS DAILY: Casualties Ahead in the Cryptocurrency Mining Arms Race
On another down day, we're talking U.S. warnings on digital assets, a brief history of troubled but systemically important stablecoin "Tether", and a look at the arms-race in blockchain mining technology.
Updated May 2, 2022, 3:47 p.m. Published Dec 5, 2019, 4:41 p.m.
Tune in as CoinDesk podcasts editor Adam B. Levine and senior markets reporter Brad Keoun run down recent action in the markets, interesting longer-term trends and some of the most important crypto industry developments of the day.
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On today's show:
- Crypto and traditional markets update
- New Comments out of US and ECB
- A Brief History of Tether with CoinDesk's Sebastian Sinclair
- Casualties Ahead in the Cryptocurrency Mining Arms Race
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