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Bitcoin is again experiencing moderate price turbulence while heading into the monthly options expiration. CoinDesk's Damanick Dantes discusses his assessment and outlook for bitcoin as the cryptocurrency has reversed Wednesday’s gains and exposed the widely tracked 200-day moving average (MA) line located at $46,040. Plus, his take on the explosive growth of altcoins, including Cardano (ADA) and Avalanche platform's AVAX token.

26 ago 2021

South Korea reveals crypto exchange ‘Death Note’. DeFi investment booms. FTX offers loan to hacked Japanese crypto exchange Liquid. We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

26 ago 2021

CoinDesk’s Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses the latest on the Senate’s $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill now that the U.S. House of Representatives is finally taking it up. Plus, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is expected to speak on the tapering roadmap at Friday’s Fed’s Jackson Hole meeting.

26 ago 2021

Israeli-based exchange eToro said its commissions from crypto trading increased by nearly 23 times in the second quarter, compared with last year's same period. This comes as it readies going public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) FinTech Acquisition Corp. V., which values the combined company at $10.4 billion. CEO Yoni Assia shares insights into the trading platform's earnings, growth, and plans.

25 ago 2021

Under normal historical conditions, with the price of bitcoin and hashrate increasing, the 30-day moving average (MA) sits somewhere above the 60-day MA. When the 30-day MA falls below the 60-day, moments are seen as buying opportunities in the spot markets for bitcoin, a pattern that’s proven relatively consistent over the past 2.5 years.

25 ago 2021

U.K.-based crypto miner Argo Blockchain is calling itself the first publicly-traded cryptocurrency miner to become "climate positive." CEO Peter Wall discusses how his firm has "gone beyond net zero" in carbon emissions and whether renewables-focused mining could push the bitcoin price up further. Plus, his take on the impact of China's crackdowns on mining operations and plans for Argo to go public in the U.S.

25 ago 2021

Since February, Oklahoma-based Vast Bank, formerly known as Valley National Bank, has been helping select clients buy crypto with their bank accounts through a partnership with Coinbase. Now, it is inserting a crypto purchasing feature into its mobile banking app. "The Hash" team discusses the development as a potential glimpse into the continuous investor interest in bitcoin.

25 ago 2021

Whistleblower and security engineer Chelsea Manning has joined privacy startup Nym as a security consultant, focusing on auditing their mix network or "mixnet," which takes its name from the proxy servers it employs, called “mixes." The squad for "The Hash" discusses the latest in the world of privacy software and security audits as we increasingly move forward in the digital age. "This is the direction we need to be moving in in society," host Naomi Brockwell said.

25 ago 2021

Budweiser USA has changed its Twitter profile picture to a rocket designed by non-fungible token (NFT) platform Rocket Factory, which was bought for 8 ETH (US$25,000).

25 ago 2021

“The Hash” panel discusses the specifics, reactions, and potential impacts of the U.S. House of Representatives voting 220-212 to advance the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on Sept. 27 without considering any amendments. “It’s a little more malicious than we’re actually giving it credit for,” host Naomi Brockwell said.

25 ago 2021