The Hash

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Rostin Behnam said he gets “very irritated when folks start to talk about the CFTC as a more favorable regulator,” adding that his agency’s “greatest accomplishment” was its track record of crypto-related enforcement actions. Plus, Apple has rejected calls to exempt NFTs from its 30% “Apple Tax” on in-app purchases.

25 ott 2022

Rishi Sunak, who shepherded the U.K.’s new crypto ambitions during his time as finance minister, will be the country’s next prime minister following Liz Truss’ controversial resignation last week. Plus, cryptocurrency exchange FTX agrees to reimburse victims of this weekend's phishing attack up to $6 million, according to the exchange's CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.

24 ott 2022

"The Hash" hosts discuss today's top stories, including the latest report that Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon is on the move and has transited to an unknown destination via Dubai. This comes after Do Kwon appeared on Laura Shin's podcast acknowledging that the TerraUSD (UST) project failed.

21 ott 2022

Prominent Bitcoin community member Hodlonaut won a lawsuit against Craig Wright on Thursday, a Norwegian judge ruled. The pseudonymous website editor had sued Wright in Norway to try and preempt a defamation suit Wright planned to bring against him in the U.K. Plus, Warner Bros. gears up to sell "Lord Of The Rings" non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

20 ott 2022

Terra developers floated a new proposal earlier this week as they look to revive the once-mighty network, even as Do Kwon, the platform's controversial co-founder, faces a warrant for his arrest on charges of fraud. Plus, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has made a move this week to clarify at least one question for crypto investors: how taxpayers account for non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

19 ott 2022

Do Kwon, the controversial co-founder of Terraform Labs, the firm behind the Terra blockchain network, has denied claims that he is on the run from law enforcement, despite Interpol reportedly issuing a "red notice" for his arrest last month. Plus, Story DAO co-creators Justin and J.P. Alanís join "The Hash" live from I.D.E.A.S. to discuss their "radical experiment in community world-building."

18 ott 2022

Mastercard (MA) has formed a partnership with crypto trading platform Paxos to offer a program that will help financial institutions offer cryptocurrency trading, the payments company said Monday. Plus, Solana non-fungible token (NFT) mainstay Magic Eden is moving to an optional royalty model, the marketplace said in a Friday night Twitter thread.

17 ott 2022

Bitcoin services company NYDIG has laid off around 100 people, according to CoinDesk sources. The firm has cut approximately 30% of its staff in the past several weeks as the crypto market has soured. Crypto winter is also taking a toll on companies that man the virtual mines, which has led to cryptocurrency exchange Binance starting a lending facility for bitcoin (BTC) miners.

14 ott 2022

DeFi protocols have lost over $718 million to eleven different hacks this month so far, according to research firm Chainalysis. Plus, decentralized exchange Uniswap Labs raises $165 million in a Series B funding round led by crypto-focused investment firm Polychain Capital.

13 ott 2022

A rogue crypto trader utilized millions of dollars to manipulate the prices of Mango’s MNGO tokens on the namesake decentralized exchange (DEX) to eventually drain over $116 million in liquidity from the platform. Plus, the largest independent robo-advisor, Betterment, is letting its clients invest in a handful of crypto portfolios for the first time, but with a caveat: best not to go above 5% exposure.

12 ott 2022