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More than $6B left Binance after record hack/

More than $6 billion in crypto flowed out of Binance-linked wallets in the first 24 hours after the exchange reopened withdrawals, following a record hack that stole roughly $6.3 billion. Rival exchanges OKX and Bybit absorbed hundreds of millions in the shuffle. CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie hosts “CoinDesk Daily.”

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This episode is brought to you by Grayscale, the world's largest digital asset-focused investment platform. Grayscale's mission is to make digital asset investing simple and open to every investor. Learn more at grayscale.com.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

The NBA enters prediction markets.

The NBA signed a data-sharing deal with the CFTC and named Kalshi and Polymarket as preferred exchanges, formally stepping into prediction markets. The move puts the league at odds with the NFL, which has sided with states fighting to regulate the sector. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

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This episode is brought to you by Grayscale, the world's largest digital asset-focused investment platform. Grayscale's mission is to make digital asset investing simple and open to every investor. Learn more at grayscale.com.
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Digital asset vaults are growing rapidly, but understanding the risks behind them requires more than on-chain data. S&P Global Ratings' Vault Risk Assessment (VRA) delivers independent, forward-looking insight into vault credit quality, governance, and risk management, helping bring institutional-grade risk transparency to digital asset markets. Learn more at https://www.spglobal.com/ratings/en/products/vault-risk-assessments.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

SpaceX raised $40B to buy GPUs.

Elon Musk's SpaceX raised $40 billion in debt to buy GPUs, but he warned that debt markets have almost entirely cut off financing for companies without revenue independent of AI data centers. He predicts most of the 200-plus "neoclouds" will not survive. CoinDesk's Uyen Truong hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

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This episode is brought to you by Grayscale, the world's largest digital asset-focused investment platform. Grayscale's mission is to make digital asset investing simple and open to every investor. Learn more at grayscale.com.
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Digital asset vaults are growing rapidly, but understanding the risks behind them requires more than on-chain data. S&P Global Ratings' Vault Risk Assessment (VRA) delivers independent, forward-looking insight into vault credit quality, governance, and risk management, helping bring institutional-grade risk transparency to digital asset markets. Learn more at https://www.spglobal.com/ratings/en/products/vault-risk-assessments.
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This episode was hosted by Uyen Truong. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

Venice.ai founder Erik Voorhees sits down with CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie ahead of the Lumara Film Festival to explore the fast-growing world of AI filmmaking. He says video generation has grown to about 30% of Venice’s usage since the company launched its video studio this spring, and that creators can now make a full movie with roughly $10,000 in AI credits. He also previews the festival’s roughly 750 submissions, most of them from amateur filmmakers, and predicts how AI could transform filmmaking by 2030.

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Timecodes:

00:00 - Venice.ai’s Erik Voorhees Joins CoinDesk Spotlight

01:45 - Venice.ai: A Private, Uncensored ChatGPT

02:18 - How Video Grew to 30% of Venice’s Usage

03:33 - Why Privacy Should Be the Default

05:11 - What Creators Really Want

08:14 - Inside the Lumara Film Festival

12:18 - What AI Filmmaking Looks Like in 2030

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This episode is brought to you by Grayscale, the world's largest digital asset-focused investment platform. Grayscale's mission is to make digital asset investing simple and open to every investor. Learn more at grayscale.com [grayscale.com].

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Digital asset vaults are growing rapidly, but understanding the risks behind them requires more than on-chain data. S&P Global Ratings' Vault Risk Assessment (VRA) delivers independent, forward-looking insight into vault credit quality, governance, and risk management, helping bring institutional-grade risk transparency to digital asset markets. Learn more at https://www.spglobal.com/ratings/en/products/vault-risk-assessments.

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Read CoinDesk Research's report on the future of equity ownership and the issuer-sponsored platform Bullish and Equiniti are building: https://www.coindesk.com/research/the-future-of-equity-ownership-an-issuer-s-guide-to-tokenized-equities

Polymarket fires CMO.

Polymarket fired chief marketing officer Matthew Modabber, a close friend of CEO Shayne Coplan, after an internal probe into several episodes, including a reported fake-trades scheme. The board reportedly concluded he was slowing the company's push toward a possible IPO. CoinDesk's Uyen Truong hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

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This episode is brought to you by Grayscale, the world's largest digital asset-focused investment platform. Grayscale's mission is to make digital asset investing simple and open to every investor. Learn more at grayscale.com.
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Digital asset vaults are growing rapidly, but understanding the risks behind them requires more than on-chain data. S&P Global Ratings' Vault Risk Assessment (VRA) delivers independent, forward-looking insight into vault credit quality, governance, and risk management, helping bring institutional-grade risk transparency to digital asset markets. Learn more at https://www.spglobal.com/ratings/en/products/vault-risk-assessments.
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This episode was hosted by Uyen Truong. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.