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Cathie Wood's Ark Invest Purchases $1.5M in Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Shares

Cathie Wood's Ark Investment Management bought 176,945 shares ($1.5 million) in Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) on Monday as the crypto market touched a two-year low. Genesis, Grayscale and CoinDesk are owned by Digital Currency Group. "The Hash" panel discusses what to make of Ark's latest crypto bets.

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FTX Fallout: Who’s Going Bankrupt Next?

Could Genesis be facing a fight for survival? That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Drops as FTX Fallout Spreads

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 22, 2022.

FTX's collapse is having ripple effects across the crypto universe. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Finance

Genesis Bankruptcy Jitters Send Bitcoin to Fresh Low

The troubled crypto brokerage is in talks with potential investors for at least $1 billion in fresh capital, according to a Bloomberg report.

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Bernstein Says Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Is Protected From Fallout at Sibling Company Genesis Global

If Genesis is forced to file for bankruptcy, creditors will have no claim on GBTC assets, the report said.

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‘Grayscale Discount’ Widens to Record 43% as FTX Contagion Spreads

The added pressure comes after Genesis Global Capital – a corporate sibling to bitcoin trust manager Grayscale Investments – halted customer withdrawals from its lending unit this week.

GBTC has reached a record discount of 43% relative to the price of bitcoin. (Ycharts)

Markets

Bitcoin Holds Steady Over $16K Amid Widening FTX Fallout

Bitcoin has been trading flat this week, even as more companies admit exposure to crypto exchange FTX, which has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Cryptocurrencies have stabilized for now, but analysts are mulling a further downside. (Unsplash)

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'Regulators Are Not Going to Save Us' After FTX Collapse: B2C2 Founder

B2C2 Founder Max Boonen argues that regulation is not the savior of crypto. "I believe much more in private market solutions," he adds, as the firm is offering to buy loans from Genesis' crypto-lending unit.

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Rebuilding Trust in Crypto After FTX Collapse

In the wake of FTX's fallout, "Crypto is Macro Now" Economist Noelle Acheson argues that the industry had a lot of singular trust in Sam Bankman-Fried despite being built on the principle of decentralization. Acheson joins "First Mover" to discuss what it will take for crypto to gain trust again and she reacts to Genesis' crypto lending arm pausing customer withdrawals.

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