Jul 3, 2024

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as crypto exchange Kraken considers using nuclear energy as a power source for its data centers.

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Krin considers nuclear energy and poly market bets bet on President Biden dropping out of the presidential race. You're watching Quin Desk daily, I'm your host, Jen Sani is considering using nuclear energy as a power source for its data centers. That's according to the company's chief Technical Officer Vishnu Patankar amid an expected boom in defi and increased demand for its services. The crypto exchange is looking to partner with energy providers that can supply small modular reactor cracking has set its eyes on nuclear power options in North America and Europe and they are not the only ones on the chase. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that the trend is increasingly apparent with firms including Amazon web services seeking to lock in contracts with nuclear plants to power data centers and Nigeria's money laundering trial against B and to executives was adjourned until July 5th. This comes after the cross examination on Monday of the first witness from the country's Securities and Exchange Commission. However, a spokesperson for Tigran Garon's family stated that the detained health continues to deteriorate and Gambar is suffering from double pneumonia and malaria. Despite several court orders the prison where Tigre Gamar is being held. Has not released the medical records from his only visit to the hospital which took place a month ago. President Biden continue his campaign betters on poly market. Don't think so. The chance that President Biden drops out of the race for the White House hit an all time high of 60% on the prediction market platform. This comes after the Washington Post reported that former President Barack Obama expressed concern about the Biden campaign and debate performance. More than $211 million has been bet on the general presidential election contract on poly market while nearly $10 million has been bet on Biden dropping out. That's it for coin desk daily. Get more updates on coindesk.com and we'll see you next time.

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