Crypto Update | Ethereum's Shanghai Upgrade and Bitcoin's Surge Fuel Crypto Market Momentum
With bitcoin and ether rising solidly as crypto markets absorbed the latest jobs report, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with the latest news roundup.
ABOUT
Today's Stories:
BRN00 | Brent Crude Oil Continuous Contract Overview | MarketWatch
Ethereum's Shanghai Upgrade Could Bring $2.4B Selling Pressure to Ether: Observers
First Mover Americas: Ether Rising Ahead of Upgrade
Ether Breaking Out Ahead of Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade: Bernstein
Bitcoin's Huge Surge Pushes Crypto Market Cap to $1.19T, the Highest Since June
Tokenized Gold Surpasses $1B in Market Cap as Physical Asset Nears All-Time Price High
Brazilian Investment Bank BTG Pactual Brings Out Dollar-Backed Stablecoin
Swiss Government-Owned Bank PostFinance to Offer Customers Crypto
Tether Gained Access to U.S. Financial System Using Signature Bank: Bloomberg
Texas Bill Limiting Benefits for Crypto Miners Unanimously Passes Committee Vote
OpenSea Launches OpenSea Pro, Courting Professional NFT Traders
This episode was edited & produced by Adrian Blust, with original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.
HOSTS
Associate Producer for CoinDesk, Adrian 'Doc' Blust, is an experienced Composer, Musician/DJ, fintech nerd, and Educator, with practice both in the field and in the studio. He currently is dedicated to the editing & production of the Markets Daily Crypto News Roundups with Adam B. Levine, focused on quick news feeds to help people get up to speed with the fast pace of crypto every morning. He also offers support in the production of other shows on CoinDesk’s diverse Podcast Network.
He holds BTC, ETH, and ADA above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

Adam B. Levine joined CoinDesk in 2019 as the editor of its new audio and podcasts division. Previously, Adam founded the long-running Let's Talk Bitcoin! talk show with co-hosts Stephanie Murphy and Andreas M. Antonopoulos.
Finding early success with the show, Adam transformed the podcast's homepage into a full newsdesk and publishing platform, founding the LTB Network in January of 2014 to help broaden the conversation with new and different perspectives. In the Spring of that year, he would go on to launch the first and largest tokenized rewards program for creators and their audience. In what many have called an early influential version of "Steemit"; LTBCOIN, which was awarded to both content creators and members of the audience for participation was distributed until the LTBN was acquired by BTC, Inc. in January of 2017.
With the network launched and growing, in late 2014 Adam turned his attention to the practical challenges of administering the tokenized program and founded Tokenly, Inc. There, he led the development of early tokenized vending machines with Swapbot, tokenized identity solution Tokenpass, e-commerce with TokenMarkets.com and media with Token.fm. Adam owns some BTC, ETH and small positions in a number of other tokens.

EPISODES
Peter Schiff Argues Most Crypto Companies Are Headed for Bankruptcy | Markets Outlook
SchiffGold Founder Peter Schiff on CoinDesk Live from Binance Blockchain Week.
Dec 5, 2025
Nansen Unveils Plans for AI Trading Platform | Markets Outlook
Unveiling Nansen's new agentic trading platform with CEO Alex Svanevik.
Dec 5, 2025
How Opera and Celo Plan to Bring Financial Inclusion to One Billion People by 2030
Opera EVP of Mobile Jørgen Arnesen and Celo Co-Founder Rene Reinsberg announce an extension of their MiniPay partners...
Dec 5, 2025
Michael Saylor Says $80K Bitcoin is "Satoshi's Gift to the Faithful" | Markets Outlook
Bitcoin's volatility and MSTR stock with Strategy Founder and Executive Chairman Michael Saylor.
Dec 1, 2025

The Mining Pod
Feb 10, 2025

CoinDesk Podcast Network
The top stories and best shows in the blockchain world, delivered daily from the team at CoinDesk.
Dec 20, 2023

Markets Outlook
Tune in as CoinDesk runs down action in the crypto market and some of the most important recent industry development.
Dec 19, 2023

Unchained
Unchained, your no hype resource for all things crypto by former Forbes senior editor Laura Shin, author of The Cryptopians.
Dec 18, 2023
