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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Bitcoin Holds Above $16K as Fed Minutes Show Smaller Rate Hikes Ahead; New York's Mining Crack Down

Bitcoin (BTC) is holding firm above $16,000 as the latest Federal Reserve meeting minutes indicate officials anticipate small rate hikes in the months to come. Brett Sifling of Gerber Kawasaki shares his bitcoin markets analysis. Plus, Zafra CEO Ryan Brienza weighs in on New York's two-year ban on new proof-of-work cryptocurrency mining.

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Sam Bankman-Fried's Mea Culpa; Kraken Incoming CEO on Crypto's Future

FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried "froze up in the face of pressure" as his company collapsed, he wrote in a new letter sent to employees of the company he once helmed. Kraken incoming CEO Dave Ripley joins "First Mover" to discuss his outlook for the crypto industry. Plus, could bitcoin outperform ether in the coming months? Fairlead Strategies founder and Managing Partner Katie Stockton weighs in.

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Bitcoin Regains $16K; Legal Expert Weighs In on FTX's First Bankruptcy Hearing

Bitcoin (BTC) has rebounded after it hit a two-year low in the past 24 hours. Delphi Digital Markets Associate Jason Pagoulatos gives his outlook on the markets. Plus, FTX’s lawyers say former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried ran the exchange like his own “personal fiefdom,” allowing executives to use customer funds to purchase luxury real estate. Wilk Auslander LLP Partner Eric Snyder joins "All About Bitcoin" to discuss the key takeaways from FTX's first bankruptcy hearing.

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Bitcoin Flirts With $16K Amid Renewed Crypto Contagion Fears

Bitcoin is flirting with $16,000 as crypto traders speculate over the future of Genesis Global, a victim of the fallout from the recent collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX exchange. CoinFund President Chris Perkins and Nansen Research Analyst Niklas Polk share their insights. Plus, CoinDesk's Jodie Gunzberg breaks down crypto market performance by industry sectors.

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Bitcoin Extends Losses, Falling Below $16K, as Coinbase Shares Sink to All-Time Low

Bitcoin (BTC) is falling below the $16,000 level as shares of the U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) hit their lowest price since going public in April 2021. Steven McClurg, the chief investment officer of Valkyrie Funds, weighs in on the latest crypto market movements. Plus, Stronghold Digital Mining CEO Greg Beard joins "All About Bitcoin" to discuss the outlook for miners as FTX's fallout weighs on the industry at large.

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FTX Owes Its Largest Creditor $226M; More Than 50% of Bitcoin Addresses Are Now in Loss

Court documents filed over the weekend reveal FTX owes an estimated one million creditors about $3.1 billion collectively. "First Mover" has the latest in the FTX case. Dragonfly Capital Partner Tom Schmidt shares his outlook on crypto winter from a venture capitalist's perspective. Nauman Sheikh of Wave Financial provides his markets analysis. And the Moskowitz Law Firm Managing Partner Adam Moskowitz explains his firm's class action suit against some celebrities who endorsed FTX.

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Bitcoin Holds Firm Above $16K Amid FTX Gloom; The Case for Self Custody

Bitcoin (BTC) is holding firm above the $16,000 level as the Bahamas Securities Commission said Thursday it had ordered the contents of FTX’s crypto wallets to be moved to government-controlled wallets last Saturday. Plus, CoinDesk's Christie Harkin and Brad Keoun join "All About Bitcoin" to recap this week's developments shaping the crypto market.

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Bahamas Regulator Orders FTX Crypto Transferred to Government Wallets; Bitcoin in Narrow Band Between $16.5K and $17K

Is a battle brewing over the jurisdiction of FTX's bankruptcy proceedings? CoinDesk's Nikhilesh De explains the Bahamas regulatory order requiring the exchange to transfer its crypto to government wallets, and how it may complicate bankruptcy proceedings. Also joining the discussion is Ropes & Gray Counsel Daniel Gwen. Plus, IDX Digital Assets CIO Ben McMillan provides his crypto markets analysis as bitcoin (BTC) ignores the FTX chaos, for now. RETRACTION: An interview with DoNotPay CEO Joshua Browder has been removed from this broadcast, as it did not meet CoinDesk’s editorial standards.

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Bitcoin Holds Firm Above $16K; Alameda Had ‘Secret Exemption’ From FTX Liquidation Protocols, New CEO Says

Alameda Research, the crypto hedge fund at the center of Sam Bankman-Fried’s and FTX’s downfall, had a “secret exemption” from the crypto exchange’s liquidation procedures, according to bankruptcy filings Thursday. CoinDesk Deputy Managing Editor Tracy Wang joins the conversation. Plus, Howard Greenberg, a Prosper Trading Academy crypto educator, shares his outlook on bitcoin (BTC) as the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization holds firm above $16,000.

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Binance to Relaunch Bid for Bankrupt Voyager: Source; Bitcoin Holds Above $16K Amid FTX Fallout

Binance.US, the American arm of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is preparing to bid for bankrupt lending platform Voyager Digital, according to a CoinDesk source. Plus, the new boss of now-bankrupt FTX is condemning that exchange's management under Sam Bankman-Fried. And market maker B2C2 offers to buy loans from Genesis Global Capital. "First Mover" dives into these stories, crypto markets and more with B2C2 founder Max Boonen, Opimas CEO Octavio Marenzi and Crypto is Macro Now Economist Noelle Acheson.

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