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CoinDesk Market Analyst Damanick Dantes presents his BTC price analysis and outlook following the cryptocurrency's brief spike toward $42,000. Plus, breaking down the data on bitcoin's seven-day implied volatility versus realized volatility, and bitcoin's 90-day correlation to ether and overall crypto markets.

16 mars 2022

Bitcoin saw a quick rise and fall in a thinly traded market Wednesday. BTC price jumped from $39,120 to $41,700 in 30 minutes, only to fall back to $39,000, according to CoinDesk data. The sudden rise could stem from stop orders on short trades and ran into stronger selling pressure. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the latest "Bart Simpson" price pattern and more.

16 mars 2022

The Federal Reserve announced the first interest rate hike for since 2018 on Wednesday. Fed officials lifted the federal funds rate by a quarter point, and signaled the likelihood of six more rate hikes this year. Marc Ostwald from ADM Investor Services shares insights into the impact on the global financial markets, investor risk appetites and influence on crypto markets.

16 mars 2022

Amid growing concern that Russia could leverage crypto during its war with Ukraine, Rebecca Rettig, general counsel of the Aave Companies, discusses her take on whether cryptocurrencies could pose as a route for sanction evasion. Plus, insights into the state of DeFi, crypto adoption in Ukraine, and the EU’s new crypto regulatory framework.

16 mars 2022

Permissionless crypto lending protocol Euler Finance announces its new COO – a New York Federal Reserve veteran Brandon Neal. “The Hash” co-host Zack Seward says this move highlights the growing momentum of institutional DeFi, and that “sometimes, boring is good.” The team unpacks what this hiring means for the industry at large.

16 mars 2022

Ethereum has merged on the Kiln testnet, the final public testnet before the protocol’s transition to a proof-of-stake network. “The Hash” co-host Christie Harkin explains what this merge entails and potentially when users can expect Ethereum 2.0. Plus, what this transition means for the so-called “Ethereum killers” out there.

16 mars 2022

Do banks have a place in the metaverse? HSBC is the first global bank to buy a plot of land in the Sandbox metaverse, which it will develop to engage with e-sports and gaming fans. "HSBC has recognized where the market is," CoinDesk Managing Editor Christie Harkin says, adding that nobody wants a bank in the digital world. Plus, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says NFTs are coming soon to Instagram. "The Hash" crew discusses the flood of institutions in the metaverse and the inevitability of NFTs on the social network.

16 mars 2022

Crypto related crimes exposed on China’s Consumer Rights Day. Ex-Kazakh President’s brother busted for illegal crypto mining. Bitcoin potentially inspiring a transition to renewable energy. More on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

16 mars 2022

Metta Sandiford-Artest (formerly World Peace) is partnering with decentralized sneaker company Blanksoles to debut “Metta Designsoles,” a collection of limited edition Solana-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and physical sneakers. Sandiford-Artest shares insights into the drop, what it means to be stepping into the metaverse and celebrity endorsement in the crypto world.

16 mars 2022

The Federal Reserve is expected to announce plans for interest rate hikes today amid soaring inflation in the U.S. CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De gives a preview on what to expect from the news conference. Plus, a preview of Thursday’s Senate Banking Committee hearing on the role of digital assets in illicit finance.

16 mars 2022