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Avraham Eisenberg, the crypto investor who drained DeFi trading platform Mango Markets of crypto worth $110 million, was arrested Monday in Puerto Rico on charges of commodities fraud and commodities manipulation. CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses what we know so far.

Dec 28, 2022

Umee Founder and CEO Brent Xu shares his crypto markets predictions going into 2023. He says that while a prolonged period of negative sentiment is expected to continue in the markets, protocols will move in favor of having their own consensus layers and that's a positive development in the technology.

Dec 28, 2022

The CoinDesk Podcast Network is launching the first season of "Crypto Crooks" with the story of the infamous BitConnect pyramid scheme. CoinDesk Chief Insights Columnist and "Crypto Crooks" host David Z. Morris gives a preview of the narrative podcast. Crypto Crooks” Season 1: BitConnect, debuts on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 5 a.m. EST.

Dec 28, 2022

Why aren’t we further along in the development of the metaverse? Sam Ewen, head of CoinDesk Studios, tells Coindesk’s Executive Director of Global Content Emily Parker "we still don’t really know what the metaverse is." They discuss what has changed in the metaverse in 2022 and what’s to come.

Dec 28, 2022

The bitcoin mining hashrate, a measure of computing power on the blockchain, dropped about 100 exahash per second (EH/s), or 40%, to 156 EH/s, between Dec. 21 and Dec. 24, as a powerful storm swept across North America. It returned to about 250 EH/s as of Sunday. Christine Lee presents "The Chart of the Day."

Dec 27, 2022

Bitcoin (BTC) is trading flat below $17,000, after falling roughly 64% this year. Prosper Trading Academy's Cryptocurrency Educator Howard Greenberg discusses the reasons behind the token's recent stagnant price and his crypto markets outlook for 2023.

Dec 27, 2022

The Built With Bitcoin Foundation (BWB), a nonprofit organization seeking to provide “humanitarian support, powered by Bitcoin,” has built a technology center in Kumasi, Ghana. Built With Bitcoin Foundation co-founder and Director of Philanthropy Yusuf Nessary joins the conversation. Plus, how residents in Ghana are dealing with bitcoin's recent price volatility.

Dec 27, 2022

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan has been assigned to preside over the fraud case against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. Meanwhile, Bloomberg reports the U.S. Department of Justice has launched a criminal probe into the alleged hack that drained nearly $400 million out of FTX-controlled wallets the night the Bahamas-based exchange filed for bankruptcy.

Dec 27, 2022

DeGods and Y00ts, two of the top Solana non-fungible token (NFT) projects, confirmed to be leaving the Solana network for Ethereum and Polygon after months of speculation. "The Hash" panel discusses the migration and the implications for the blockchain ecosystem at large.

Dec 27, 2022

"The Hash" panel discusses how Twitter users are reacting to a new article from the The New York Times about how residents in The Bahamas have "lingering sympathy" for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. "The Hash" team also dives into the role of the media in the wake of FTX's downfall.

Dec 27, 2022