Emily Spaven

Emily served as CoinDesk's first managing editor from 2013 to 2015.

Emily Spaven

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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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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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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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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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Crypto Markets Analysis, JPMorgan Report, SEC Suit Involving Bitconnect, Rep. Emmer on Bitcoin Forks Tax Relief Proposal

“First Mover” dives into the markets and top stories in crypto news. Former SEC Enforcement Branch Chief Lisa Braganca discusses the SEC’s suit against five people allegedly involved in a Ponzi scheme at Bitconnect. Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer discusses his proposal to revise the tax guidelines for crypto investors with forked assets. Ryan McCall of Zerocap joins our markets discussion and reaction to JPMorgan’s latest crypto outlook report.

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Consensus 2021 Highlights, CEO of Stellar Foundation’s Crypto Outlook, Why Nebraska Is Looking into Blockchain

“First Mover” hosts unpack the highlights from Consensus 2021, including news-breaking speeches from Ray Dalio at the start of the conference Monday and Tom Brady, who wrapped up the conference Thursday. Also, today, Stellar Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon joins the show to discuss its most significant investment so far in a Mexico-based platform and about the role of DeFi in the developing world. Plus, Nevada Senator Carol Blood on applying blockchain technology to agriculture. And why are bitcoin and ether prices down? Nicholas Pelecanos of NEM Group joins our markets discussion.

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FinCEN’s Mosier on Unhosted Wallet Rule, Elliptic on Cracking the Colonial Pipeline Case, Kraken’s Dan Held on Plans to Go Public and More

“First Mover’s” special expanded edition covering today’s hot topics and news from Consensus by CoinDesk 2021 on the final day of the conference. Today’s guests include Josh Swihart of Electric Coin Company on privacy coins, Dr. Tom Robinson of Elliptic discussing the Colonial Pipeline case and Dan Held of Kraken.

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Inflation Discussion, Markets Update, Crypto COVID-19 Relief for India, Tom Brady Joins Consensus 2021

“First Mover” takes a first look at Day 4 of Consensus by CoinDesk 2021 and dives into the news and big themes at this year’s conference, not the least of which is inflation. Hear what former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers had to say. Today’s guests include Sandeep Nailwal of Polygon, one of Mark Cuban’s new investments. Nailwal is also leading COVID-19 relief efforts in India. Marc Chandler of Bannockburn Global Forex joins our markets discussion and Mariana Gomez de la Villa of ING on its study of decentralized finance (DEFI) and the future of banking.

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Tom Brady’s Consensus Surprise; Brian Brooks, Filecoin, DNA NFTs

Brian Brooks, the former Acting Comptroller of the Currency and now CEO of Binance U.S., joins “First Mover” to discuss regulator comments and concerns, his reaction to market moves, and Binance U.S. plans. Also, Tom Brady will join the Consensus by CoinDesk conference underway this week. “First Mover” will have that back story. Plus, Anne Fauvre-Willis of Oasis Labs and Kamal Obbad of Nebula Genomics say they’re turning its DNA into NFTs.

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Economist and Diem Co-Creator Catalini on The Future of Money; Crypto in Space

As Consensus by CoinDesk 2021 continues with another day full of educational sessions, “First Mover” does its own deep dive into the future of money Wednesday, bringing the topic down to earth and discussing crypto’s voyage to space. Joining our discussions today: Diem Co-Creator and Diem Foundation’s chief economist Christian Catalini and CEO of SpaceChain Zee Zheng. Plus, markets analysis with Satstreet’s Michael Nasser and highlights from yesterday’s Consensus keynotes, including MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor and the Federal Reserve’s Dr. Lael Brainard.

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