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Poly Network suffers the largest hack in DeFi history. Small and mid-sized miners suffer in China exodus, and Cardano’s ADA hits a two-month high. We’ll have more on that story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

Aug 11, 2021

Coinbase posted $1.9 billion in transaction revenue in the second quarter of 2021, surpassing analyst estimates for $1.57 billion in its second-ever earnings report as a public company. The crypto exchange also noted ether was traded more than bitcoin in Q2 for the first time. CoinDesk's Nate DiCamillo digs into the report and reveals about the outlook for Coinbase and the wider industry. Plus, his insights into the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers.

Aug 11, 2021

Bitcoin and ether are soaring, but some crypto traders speculate the next hot market bet: digital assets associated with visions of a decentralized Internet or Web 3.0 tokens. Vanessa Grellet, Head of Portfolio Growth at investment firm CoinFund, explains what Web 3.0 tokens are and why she believes “this is looking like the future.”

Aug 11, 2021

Crypto Trader Scott Melker discusses his bullish outlook for bitcoin as it climbs 20% over the past week, despite some claiming the U.S. Senate's $1 trillion infrastructure bill could be bearish for the crypto markets. "Well, [the] price hasn't reacted bearishly," Melker said. "Bitcoin's going to seven figures. It's going to be a multi-million dollar figure."

Aug 10, 2021

Bitcoin is roughly flat over the past 24 hours as the rally near $45,000 appears exhausted. Short-term overbought signals could encourage profit-taking, although buyers will likely return around the $38,000 to $40,000 support zone. “All About Bitcoin” host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

Aug 10, 2021

Tanya Woods, General Counsel at North American mining giant Hut 8, discusses how the U.S. Senate’s $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill could affect Hut 8, which operates exclusively in Canada, and how it could inform the outlook for crypto regulation in the Great White North.

Aug 10, 2021

Are NFTs back? Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea topped the leaderboard in gas consumption on the Ethereum blockchain, surpassing Ethereum's largest decentralized finance (DeFi) exchange Uniswap. Since last year, Uniswap has typically commanded the top spot. "The Hash" team discusses the industry implications for the rare flippening event and what it means for ether.

Aug 10, 2021

AMC Entertainment Holdings, America's largest movie theater chain, will begin accepting bitcoin payments for tickets and concessions by the end of the year, CEO Adam Aron said on Monday's Q2 earnings call. "The Hash" squad discusses the practicality of AMC embracing crypto and whether it is just a play to appease its online fan community by way of Reddit's Wall Street Bets movement.

Aug 10, 2021

In the first half of 2021, CoinMarketCap added 2,655 new crypto assets to its database to a total of 10,810 listed coins. The data aggregator and two others cited the surge to be driven by a combination of bullish price action, the influx of traditional financial institutions, influencers and celebrities to the space, a non-fungible token (NFT) boom, and the rise of meme coins. "The Hash" team digs into the data and what it reveals about the outlook for the crypto industry.

Aug 10, 2021

Cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Poly Network was attacked on Tuesday, with the alleged hacker draining roughly $600 million in crypto. This figure would place the Poly Network hack among the largest in crypto history. “The Hash” hosts discuss the implications for DeFi regulation amid U.S. lawmakers reining in on the digital asset sector.

Aug 10, 2021