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Needham & Co. Vice President John Todaro discusses his positive assessment of the crypto markets despite continuing to see red over the past week. “We’re still ​in a bullish macro set up here for bitcoin and cryptocurrencies more broadly,” Todaro said. “We do have around $100K bitcoin [price target] in Q1 2022.”

Nov 24, 2021

BitBull Capital CEO Joe DiPasquale discusses his crypto markets analysis and outlook as upsides look limited for bitcoin around the $60,000 resistance level. Plus, his reactions to El Salvador's "Bitcoin City" announcement and U.S. President Joe Biden nominating Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chairman for a second term.

Nov 22, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated Jerome Powell for a second term as the Federal Reserve chair, after much speculation that Fed Governor Lael Brainard could replace him to lead the central bank for the next four years. Brainard will be the Fed’s vice chair when the nomination is officially signed.

Nov 22, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated Jerome Powell as Chairman of the Federal Reserve for a second term. CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses what we know and what this means for future crypto regulation.

Nov 22, 2021

“All About Bitcoin” Week in Review panel discusses the global macro factors to watch next week, including Biden's forthcoming Federal Reserve Chairman nomination. Will he reappoint Jerome Powell or replace him with Fed governor Lael Brainard? Plus, an update on the Kleiman v. Wright bitcoin trial, and the impact of Taproot upgrade which has now fully activated.

Nov 19, 2021

Ether hit a fresh all-time high Wednesday surging past $4,600 on the heels of a Federal Reserve announcement saying it will begin tapering bond purchases later this month. Head of Business Development at global crypto trading platform AscendEX Shane Molidor discusses the potential factors driving ether's price higher. Plus, insights into AscendEX's latest $50 million Series B round.

Nov 4, 2021

Following the latest announcement from the Federal Reserve to start tapering bond purchases later this month, ether has jumped to a new all-time high, surpassing $4,650. CoinDesk's Galen Moore discusses his assessment of ETH, the correlation between bitcoin's 90-day daily returns and the S&P 500, and Direxion withdrawing its SEC application to launch a short bitcoin futures ETF.

Nov 3, 2021

Sui Chung, CEO of crypto index provider CF Benchmarks, discusses the impact on crypto markets as the Federal Reserve's plan to start tapering bond purchases later this month.

Nov 3, 2021

Global Head of Digital Assets at global crypto broker ED&F Man Capital Markets Brooks Dudley discusses his crypto markets assessment and outlook after bitcoin posted its biggest monthly price gain in October since December 2020 and whether it’s institutions or retail investors driving the rally.

Nov 1, 2021

Steven Kelly, research associate at Yale University's Program on Financial Stability, discusses what to expect from the Federal Reserve’s report on CBDCs, stablecoins and crypto, and what crypto regulation could look like in the U.S.

Oct 18, 2021