Crypto Update | What's Fueling Solana's Outsized YTD Performance?
Noelle Acheson, the mind behind the Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, explores market uplift, an investor survey, Solana, the U.S. Federal Reserve and more.
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Today’s Stories:
CoinShares Digital Asset Fund Manager Survey October 2023
Solana Surges to 14-Month High; Sell Pressure Lingers as FTX Unstakes $67M Tokens
https://x.com/solana/status/1719310929593057720?s=20
How a Ph.D. Student's Research Paper Turned Celestia Into $345M Blockchain Project Overnight
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This episode was hosted by Noelle Acheson. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.
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Noelle Acheson is host of the CoinDesk "Markets Daily" podcast, and author of the Crypto is Macro Now newsletter on Substack. She is also former head of research at CoinDesk and sister company Genesis Trading. Follow her on Twitter at @NoelleInMadrid.

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