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Cryptocurrency markets will likely stay under sell pressure for the next few weeks, but data points indicate this bear may be short-lived. “We are in the middle of a bull market cycle that is punctuated by a temporary bear market,” host Adam B. Levine says.

Jun 28, 2021

Billionaire and noted bitcoin bull Ricardo Salinas Pliego revealed he is working to make his bank, Banco Azteca, the first lender in Mexico to accept bitcoin. “The Hash” team continues the ongoing conversation around Latin America’s booming institutional interest for cryptocurrencies and the implications for financial access.

Jun 28, 2021

SafeDollar (SDO), a decentralized finance (DeFi) stablecoin based on the Polygon blockchain, has dropped to a value of $0 following a cyberattack. “The Hash” hosts investigate the DeFi paradigm and its associated risks.

Jun 28, 2021

Charles d’Haussy of ConsenSys explains how the new blockchain-based digital health passport can help alleviate the pandemic situation in Hong Kong, affirming that the Chinese government will not gain access to data through this new app.

Jun 28, 2021

A subcommittee of the House Committee on Financial Services will host a hearing on Wednesday titled, “America on FIRE: Will the Crypto Frenzy Lead to Financial Independence and Early Retirement or Financial Ruin?” CoinDesk's Nikhilesh De sheds light on what to expect. Plus, Binance facing regulatory warnings in several countries and whether this is indicative of a larger global policy shift around regulating crypto exchanges.

Jun 28, 2021

"We can't use the old equity benchmark, a 20% pullback from recent highs, to determine if we're in a bear market," GlobalBlock's Grant Whitlock says on "First Mover," pushing back the argument that we are in a bear market following the recent price drops for bitcoin. "You're talking about a product that can move 20% in a day," he added. Bitcoin now bounces back 15% after falling below $30K, battling resistance in the $37-37K range. Are we out of the woods yet? What's next?

Jun 28, 2021

A look at how Kazakhstan’s quickly becoming a crypto mining hub alternative to China. Hong Kong’s finance chief reiterates plans to strengthen e-HKD research. Forkast.News launches a new three-part series with the Judith Neilson Institute on China’s blockchain developments. More on that story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

Jun 28, 2021

Regulators in Canada, Japan, and the U.K. are issuing warnings against Binance for operating in their territories. PwC Global Crypto Leader Henri Arslanian discusses the global regulatory risks against Binance and what this means for its users and other crypto exchanges. Plus, where are the bitcoin miners moving to next following China's crypto ban?

Jun 28, 2021

Since Xi Jinping called it a core technology in 2019, blockchain has been driving change across China's ports, cities, and grasslands. Forkast.News with support from the Judith Neilson Institute’s Asian Stories project explores how blockchain and China’s Blockchain-based Service Network is defining today how it could be used tomorrow.

Jun 28, 2021

CoinDesk’s Christie Harkin breaks down this past week’s stories making waves in the crypto markets, including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) raising $2.2 billion for its third crypto venture fund, El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law in effect beginning in September, and John McAfee’s sudden death, controversial life and legacy.

Jun 25, 2021