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Bitcoin Flirts With $19K for the First Time Since FTX Fallout

Bitcoin (BTC) is surging near the $19,000 level for the first time since FTX's collapse last year. StockCharts.com Senior Technical Analyst Julius de Kempenaer joins "All About Bitcoin" to discuss whether bitcoin's rally is here to stay and compares the gains in BTC and ETH. Plus, his outlook for the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization by the end of 2023.

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Sam Bankman-Fried Blogs Like a Crypto Robin Hood, but in Court He's Not So Charitable

The FTX founder’s claimed largesse about giving his funds away contrasts with a legal battle to keep control of $450 million in shares – that were paid for a loan from Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research

Sam Bankman-Fried, a modern-day Robin Hood? (George Rinhart/Corbis/Getty Images)

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Sam Bankman-Fried's New Online Post: 'I Certainly Didn’t Stash Billions Away'

Disgraced former chief of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried denied stashing away billions of dollars and gave his take on what happened to his bankrupt crypto exchange in a lengthy new post on Substack published Thursday. "The Hash" panel weighs in on Bankman-Fried's further defense of the collapse of his crypto empire.

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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Launches Substack: 'I Didn’t Steal Funds'

Disgraced former chief of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, denied stashing billions and gave his take on what happened to his bankrupt crypto exchange in a lengthy new post on Substack published Thursday. CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De joins "First Mover" to discuss.

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'Shields Are Up' In Congress Following FTX's Collapse: Rep. Jim Himes

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) discusses how the collapse of crypto exchange FTX impacted how Congress views the crypto space. "The players in this industry no longer have the benefit of the doubt," Himes said.

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Why FTX Japan Users May Get Their Funds Back

FTX Japan customers may be able to withdraw their funds as of mid-February, according to a blog post from Liquid by FTX, which would make them some of the first customers of the collapsed crypto exchange to get their money back. CoinDesk Executive Director of Global Content Emily Parker discusses how the Japanese regulatory framework made it possible.

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Rep. Jim Himes on Crypto Regulation Outlook

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) joins "First Mover" to discuss how policymakers are approaching crypto in the 2023 agenda amid the uncertainty surrounding crypto giant Digital Currency Group (DCG) and the fallout of crypto exchange FTX. DCG is the parent company of CoinDesk. The Congressman weighs in on whether Sam Bankman-Fried's political donations and previous appearances in Washington, D.C. had any impact on crypto regulation. Plus, his insights on SEC's approach to regulating digital assets.

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FTX Loan Wiped Out $800M in BlockFi Executives’ Equity, Court Filing Reveals

The crypto lender released extensive details of financial transactions in the run-up to its own collapse in November.

Collapsed crypto lender BlockFi has released thousands of pages of financial transactions. (filo/Getty Images)

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Judge Allows FTX Creditor Names to Remain Sealed for Now

Wilk Auslander LLP Partner Eric Snyder joins "All About Bitcoin" to discuss the latest developments of FTX's bankruptcy hearings, with a focus on the crypto exchange recovering assets worth more than $5 billion and a bipartisan letter written by U.S. senators sent a letter to the judge in the FTX bankruptcy case calling for an independent examiner to be appointed. Plus, Snyder shares his thoughts about the judge allowing a list of creditors for FTX to remain sealed for at least another three months.

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