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Sep 9, 2022 • 1h 4min

Bitcoin Mining Outlook for the Second Half of 2022

Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, September 7th, 2022.++Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/
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Sep 2, 2022 • 54min

Jackson Hole, Arbitrum Nitro, Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Increase

Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, August 31, 2022. ++Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/
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Aug 26, 2022 • 57min

Stephane Gosselin on Flashbots and MEV

Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, August 24, 2022.++Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/
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Aug 19, 2022 • 1h 6min

NFTs: Licenses, Ownerships, Copyrights, & More

On this week’s episode of Galaxy Brains, the Galaxy Research team is joined by Research Analyst Gabe Parker and Legal & Compliance Director Michael Marcantonio to discuss NFTs and highly restrictive license agreements. Read our recent article NFT Licenses: Facts and Fictions here.This episode was recorded on Wednesday, August 17, 2022.++Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/
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Aug 12, 2022 • 1h 17min

Tornado Cash, Stablecoins, & the Crypto Market

Welcome to Episode 22 of Galaxy Brains! This week, Alex and Christine are joined by Beimnet Abebe and Trey Aslanian from the Galaxy Digital Trading team.Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Thursday, August 11, 2022.++Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/
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Aug 5, 2022 • 1h 11min

Alex Gladstein on Bitcoin Activism

Welcome to Episode 21 of Galaxy Brains! This week, Alex and Christine are joined by Alex Gladstein, the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation. He talks to the GDR team about his work, HRF, and his thoughts regarding cryptocurrency adoption around the world, particularly in emerging economies under authoritarian regimes.Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital.This episode was recorded on Wednesday, August 3, 2022.++Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/
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Jul 29, 2022 • 1h 5min

Fed rates, Central African Republic’s first digital coin, and AntPool’s $10M investment

Welcome to episode 20 of Galaxy Brains! This week Alex is joined by VP of Principal Trading, Beimnet Abebe, to talk about the Fed’s recent rate hike, Central African Republic’s first digital coin, and AntPool’s $10M investment into the Ethereum Classic Ecosystem.Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital.This episode was recorded on Wednesday, July 27, 2022.++Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/
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Jul 22, 2022 • 1h 11min

Nic Carter on The Future of Blockchains

Welcome to episode 19 of Galaxy Brains! This week Alex is joined by Nic Carter from Castle Island Ventures, and Galaxy Research Associate, Christine Kim, and VP of Principal Trading, Beimnet Abebe.Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital.This episode was recorded on Wednesday, July 20, 2022.++Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/
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Jul 15, 2022 • 1h 2min

CPI Numbers, Stratum V2, MakerDAO SocGen Governance Vote

Welcome to episode 18 of Galaxy Brains! This week Alex is joined by Research Associate, Christine Kim, VP of Principal Trading, Beimnet Abebe, and Rachel Rybarczyk from Galaxy’s Bitcoin Mining team.Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital.This episode was recorded on Wednesday, July 13, 2022.++Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/
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Jul 8, 2022 • 59min

Round Table; Sepolia Merge Upgrade, Antminer S19, $540M Social Engineering Attack, and More

Welcome to episode 17 of Galaxy Brains! This week Alex is joined by Christine Kim, Sal Qadir, Beimnet Abebe, and former Galaxy Researcher Karim Helmy. This week the team has a round table discussion on the Merge activation on Sepolia testnet, MakerDAO’s community vote on a $100M DAI vault, one of the biggest known crypto hacks to date ($540M) and more.Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital.This episode was recorded on Wednesday, July 6, 2022.++Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

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