Lawrence Lewitinn

Lawrence Lewitinn serves as the Director of Content for The Tie, a crypto data company, and co-hosts CoinDesk's flagship "First Mover" program. Previously, he held the position of Managing Editor for Markets at CoinDesk. He is a seasoned financial journalist having worked at CNBC, TheStreet, Yahoo Finance, the Observer, and crypto publication Modern Consensus. Lewitinn's career also includes time on Wall Street as a trader of fixed income, currencies, and commodities at Millennium Management and MQS Capital. Lewitinn graduated from New York University and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs. He is also a CFA Charterholder. He holds investments in bitcoin.

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Bitcoin Breaks $50K Barrier For First Time; What’s Next?

Today on “First Mover”: Analyst Travis Kling joins us for a crypto markets outlook; Purpose Investments CEO Som Seif on the first bitcoin ETF that his company launches in Canada this week, and Chris Tyrer of Fidelity Digital Assets, on continuing interest in bitcoin among institutional investors and the state of crypto in Europe.

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Bitcoin Rally Takes a Breather As Funding Rates, Volumes Soften

Join us for markets analysis from Thomas Perfumo of Kraken and Rich Rosenblum of GSR Markets. Plus, a look at the upcoming GameStop hearing where Reddit, Robinhood and Citadel CEOs are to testify.

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G-7 Leaders Expected to Discuss CBDCs At Today’s Summit

Former CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo says it is critical for nations to strike the right balance between the rights of individuals and those of governments, as they develop data-collecting CBDCs. Also, Binance U.S. CEO Catherine Coley on its expansion in the U.S., regulatory reporter Nik De on Canada’s approval of a bitcoin ETF, and Teddy Fusaro of Bitwise with market analysis.

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Mastercard, BNY Create New Milestones in Crypto Adoption

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce with reaction to bitcoin (BTC) adoption by corporates, Ripio CEO Sebastian Serrano with news from Argentina, and markets analysis from Edward Moya of OANDA.

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Friends and Foes of Crypto React to Tesla’s BTC Buy, Bitcoin’s Rally and CBDCs

Joining us today: one of bitcoin’s loudest critics, economist Nouriel Roubini, along with one of crypto’s staunchest advocates taking her agency’s proposals to the Biden administration. Plus, the latest markets news from First Mover editor Brad Keoun. And RBC Analyst Mitch Steves with investment advice for Apple.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Blasting Past $47K as Markets React to Tesla’s $1.5B Bitcoin Bet and the G-7 Summit Prepares to Discuss the Era of Cryptocurrencies

To launch or not launch CBDCs, and what to do about bitcoin? Questions facing G-7 nations as they prepare for Friday’s summit. PwC ‘s Henri Arslanian discusses their challenges. eToro’s Guy Hirsch on the pressures of high trading volume during the Tesla-fueled bitcoin rally. And Coinmetrics Co-Founder Nic Carter explains why Bitcoin critics are jumping to the wrong conclusions about the network’s energy footprint.

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Bitcoin and Ether Hit New All-Time Highs as Tesla Invests $1.5B in BTC and CME Launches ETH Futures Trading

Former Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks, CME Director Tim McCourt, and ARK Invest Analyst Yassine Elmandjra discuss the hot crypto market and regulatory implications, as fun and games with Dogecoin continues.

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Ether Hits $1,000 for First Time Since 2018, Hours After Crossing $800

The native currency of the Ethereum network hit a nearly three-year high of $914.20 before settling back to $809.86.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Nears $29K While Ether Options Trader Makes Long-Shot Bet

Another day, another all-time high in bitcoin as the cryptocurrency changed hands as high as $28,871.78.

Bitcoin prices, Dec. 29-30, 2020.

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Coinbase to Suspend XRP Trading Following SEC Suit Against Ripple

Coinbase said it will suspend trading of XRP, the cryptocurrency at the heart of an SEC lawsuit against Ripple Labs.

Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple CEO, speaks at Davos 2020. (CoinDesk)