Christine Lee

Christine Lee is an anchor and producer at CoinDesk. Previously, she anchored live daily market updates and reported business news features for television stations around the world at Thomson Reuters. She first began covering cryptocurrencies at Bloomberg TV Canada.

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Former Obama Cybersecurity Specialist Offers Advice on How the US Should Combat Its Bitcoin Ransomware Problem

“All About Bitcoin” dives into the bitcoin ransomware debate: Would banning bitcoin help solve the problem? Michael Daniel of the Cyber Threat Alliance joins the show to discuss what the government and businesses need to know about cybersecurity and bitcoin. Also, as BTC takes another tumble, Nate Maddrey of Coin Metrics shares his charts and perspective on what’s moving the bitcoin markets.

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Bitcoin Suffers Steepest Drop in 10 Days, What’s Behind the New Sell-Off?

Federal officials say they have recovered $2.3 million in bitcoin (BTC) Colonial Pipeline paid to a criminal outfit during a ransomware attack. How did they recover the money? CoinDesk’s Nik De explains what happened. Andre Portilho of BTG Pactual joins the show with markets analysis, and Juanjo Benitez Rickmann of Bitcoin.com.py in Paraguay shares an update on bitcoin adoption in his country. And, Anchorage’s Diogo Mónica on his company’s new product offering, Ethereum-backed loans through BankProv.

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Why Does El Salvador Want to Adopt Bitcoin; Will Paraguay Follow Suit?

If El Salvador’s president has his way and the country makes bitcoin legal tender, it will be a milestone in monetary policy. So says our guest Avik Roy of Forbes and the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, a think tank that researches expanding economic opportunity. Roy joins “All About Bitcoin” to discuss the significance of President Nayib Bukele’s decision. Plus, CrossTower analyst Martin Gaspar with today’s look at bitcoin markets.

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Crypto Community Responds With Enthusiasm to Historic Development for Bitcoin in El Salvador but Markets Remain Quiet

“First Mover” goes to El Salvador for reaction to President Nayib Bukele’s proposal to use bitcoin as legal tender. Micheal Peterson, director of Bitcoin Beach, discusses an experiment underway to turn a town in El Salvador into a self-sufficient community that operates on bitcoin. Nischal Shetty of Indian crypto exchange WazirX joins our crypto markets discussion. Plus, Jesse Proudman discusses Makara, a crypto robo-advisor product that claims to be the first of its kind registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Is Crypto Miami for Real? Why Is Square Considering Building a New Hardware Bitcoin Wallet?

Blockchain.com CEO Peter Smith joins “All About Bitcoin” to explain why he is moving his company headquarters from New York City to Miami. The Week In Review panel tackles the top stories of the week, including Mt. Gox creditors’ deadline to vote on a rehabilitation plan, Elon Musk’s outsized market influence and more.

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Crypto Community, Industry Leaders Respond to Musk ‘Broken Heart’ Bitcoin Tweet, Market Drop

Elon Musk does it again, sending crypto markets moving with a single tweet. This time it was a broken heart emoji that knocked bitcoin down, and other crypto prices followed suit. Joining the show with their reactions to the “Musk effect” and to discuss other markets and industry news are Ray Youssef of Paxful, Jeffrey Wang of Amber Group and Kathleen Breitman of Tezos.

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Bitcoin Price Rises Above $38K, Are Further Gains Ahead? SEC Says Elon Musk Twice Violated Settlement Agreement, and More

 “All About Bitcoin” dives into today’s top stories, including Elon Musk tweets reportedly under SEC scrutiny and JPMorgan looking for crypto-savvy talent. Andres Ricaurte of Mphasis on bitcoin markets and institutional adoption. Plus, bitcoin mining engineer Brandon Arvanaghi on the latest anti-crypto moves by China and the Biden administration’s hard-line China policies.

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How Big a Hurdle Is $40K Resistance for Bitcoin? Comptroller of the Currency’s Crypto Concerns

“First Mover” with crypto markets analysis: Is bitcoin still in a bull market? What are institutional investors doing? Raghu Yarlagadda of FalconX joins our markets discussion. World-renowned photographer Platon and Michael Blu, co-founder of NFT platform LGND, discuss what NFTs mean to artists and the art industry. Plus, highlights of Platon’s NFT series of extreme eye close-ups of his subjects.

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Bitcoin Higher; Will It Break Resistance? WisdomTree Talks ETPs, Bitcoin’s Multi-Sig Adoption

“All About Bitcoin” with today’s top stories and markets check. BTC broke $38K this afternoon. What’s the outlook now? Jason Guthrie of WisdomTree Europe joins our markets discussion, and gives an update on Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) gaining broader adoption in Europe. Plus, CoinDesk’s Galen Moore looks at bitcoin multi-sig adoption. It provides increased security so why aren’t more people using it?

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Tether Risks, Dogecoin Listing Bump, Bobby Lee on China News

“First Mover” dives into the latest crypto markets news and analysis, including a focus on tether. Harvard University Senior Fellow and former CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad discusses his thesis questioning the stability of the popular stablecoin. Also, Bobby Lee on the state of crypto affairs in China, and Michele Schneider of MarketGauge Group on what she’s watching in the bitcoin, ether and other crypto markets.

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