Tron

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as Polymarket traders are betting the traditional pollsters will give the debate to Harris, with a 74% chance that the Ipsos/538 survey will find she "wins" it. Plus, an FBI report says investors lost a record $5.6 billion to crypto-related financial crime in 2023, and insights on a financial crime fighting force created by Tron, Tether and TRM Labs.

Sep 10, 2024

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as bitcoin fell below $66,500 during the Asian hours as the dollar index rose above 105.00 for the first time since mid-November. Plus, the latest from FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried after getting a 25-year prison sentence. And, Tron founder Justin Sun asked a New York court to dismiss a lawsuit from the SEC.

Apr 2, 2024

BTT, the eponymous token of BitTorrent, the peer-to-peer filesharing platform owned by Tron, surged over 12% as the Tron network works through another burn of its TRX token. In the past month, over 170 million TRX tokens have been removed from circulation, according to data from block explorer Tronscan. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

Feb 15, 2024

Blockchain data shows that Tron founder Justin Sun purchased about 5 million CRV tokens at an average price of $0.4, helping to protect Curve Finance against a possible bad debt situation stemming from falling token prices that could impact a massive loan tied to its founder. "The Hash" panel weighs in on what Sun and others are doing following the exploit Curve experienced over the weekend.

Aug 1, 2023

Curve Finance's token (CRV) has fallen over 20% in the past three days, after the stablecoin exchange at the heart of DeFi on Ethereum fell victim to an exploit. BlockSec co-founder Yajin "Andy" Zhou breaks down the details what happened as Tron founder Justin Sun and others step in to help.

Aug 1, 2023

Back in March, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Justin Sun on allegations of selling and airdropping unregistered securities, fraud and market manipulation. TRON founder and Huobi Global Advisor joins "First Mover" to discuss why he remains "optimistic" about reaching an agreement with the regulator in the wake of new scrutiny facing crypto exchanges Coinbase and Binance.

Jul 11, 2023

As the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in Hong Kong opens up to accepting crypto trading platform licenses, TRON founder and Huobi global advisor, Justin Sun, discusses the new regulatory landscape. Sun also reflects on Huobi's expansion plans.

Jun 2, 2023

Tron founder Justin Sun tweeted on Monday that he has arranged a full refund of a $56 million transfer to Binance after the exchange platform's CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao warned against a potential token grab of the new SUI token. "The Hash" panel discusses what this means for the Sui blockchain ahead of its mainnet launch on May 3.

May 1, 2023

Binance recently turned down an offer to acquire Tron blockchain founder Justin Sun’s ownership stake in rival exchange Huobi, according to a CoinDesk source. “I must point out that in the past week or so, I have not proposed any offer to [CZ] regarding the purchase of [Huobi], nor have we even discussed Huobi in the past week or so,“ Sun tweeted after the story came out.

Apr 6, 2023

Lisa Bragança, former SEC Enforcement Branch Chief and current Bragança Law Attorney, reacts to U.S. federal prosecutors charging Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon with fraud hours after police arrested him in Montenegro. Plus, her take on the SEC suing Tron founder Justin Sun on market manipulation charges and Coinbase receiving a Wells notice.

Mar 24, 2023