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Bitwise Asset Management General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer Katherine Dowling joins "First Mover" to discuss whether Congress will take action on stablecoin regulation in 2023. Plus, insights on FTX's implosion and how it could impact future laws.

Jan 23, 2023

Crypto lender Genesis Global Capital's first hearing in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case will take place Monday afternoon, according to court filings. Genesis has over 100,000 creditors among the three companies that declared bankruptcy. Robert Leshner, Founder of decentralized finance lending platform Compound Labs and a Genesis creditor, discusses his take on Genesis' bankruptcy developments and the state of the NFT market. DCG is the parent company of Genesis and CoinDesk.

Jan 23, 2023

A bankruptcy court judge in Delaware has given New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell the green light to continue representing FTX during its bankruptcy proceedings. CoinDesk regulation reporter Cheyenne Ligon discusses the recent controversy about the white-shoe law firm's potential conflicts of interest. Plus, the latest on FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's recent online posts.

Jan 23, 2023

Bitcoin (BTC) climbed above $23,000 for the first time since August before retreating. This comes as play-to-earn giant Axie Infinity's AXS cryptocurrency is rallying despite the impending unlocking of $64 million worth of tokens.

Jan 23, 2023

Opimas LLC CEO and Founder Octavio Marenzi discusses his crypto markets analysis and outlook as bitcoin (BTC) rose above $23,000 for the first time since last August before retreating. He also reacts to Bernstein's latest research report saying recent crypto market strength is probably driven by a reversion to mean values. Plus, his take on Signature Bank not handling transactions of less than $100,000 for crypto exchange customers, according to a statement from exchange giant Binance.

Jan 23, 2023

Hut 8 Mining CEO Jaime Leverton discusses the significance of bitcoiners attending the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Plus, her outlook on bitcoin (BTC) as the market continues to navigate crypto winter.

Jan 20, 2023

Bitcoiners are cringing at the fact that users of the rival Bitcoin SV (BSV) blockchain can now freeze and confiscate other users’ coins, thanks to the Australian computer scientist Craig Wright’s “blacklist manager” – a software tool for recovering lost or stolen coins. But did Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of Bitcoin, suggest a similar “kill switch” feature 13 years ago? CoinDesk Bitcoin Protocol Reporter Frederick Munawa explains.

Jan 20, 2023

CoinDesk Managing Editor of Tech Brad Keoun joins "All About Bitcoin" to discuss bitcoin's reaction to Genesis’ crypto lending businesses filing for bankruptcy protection and the widening GBTC discount. DCG is the parent company of Genesis, Grayscale, and CoinDesk.

Jan 20, 2023

The price of bitcoin is remaining calm, after Genesis’ crypto lending businesses file for bankruptcy protection. In a statement on Friday, DCG said that neither it nor any of its employees, including those on Genesis’ board of directors, were involved in the decision to file for bankruptcy, and that DCG would continue to operate “business as usual." DCG is the parent company of CoinDesk and Genesis.

Jan 20, 2023

Bitwise analysts see bitcoin starting a three-year bull run this year, based on past cycles when the price of the cryptocurrency has risen in advance of a bitcoin “halving,” which is when the reward for mining a block of bitcoin is cut in half. The next halving is expected to occur early in 2024.

Jan 20, 2023