FM Clip

Bitcoin (BTC) shrinks to $20,000 following the Tuesday selloff led by the hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data. Joe Orsini, vice president of research at Eaglebrook Advisors, joins “First Mover” to discuss how ether (ETH) has outperformed bitcoin since the official date for the Ethereum Merge was announced last month.

14 sept. 2022

Leading derivatives marketplace CME Group is launching ether (ETH) options amid surging demand for ETH derivatives ahead of the Ethereum Merge. Tim McCourt, global head of equity and FX products at CME Group, shares his insights following the first block trade.

14 sept. 2022

Sino Global Capital CEO Matthew Graham discusses why he’s not investing in the new “Luna 2,” saying its economic model “made no sense” and that Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon did not pass the “good guy check.” “It was a hard fail,” Graham said.

14 sept. 2022

Sino Global Capital CEO Matthew Graham discusses why he’s “not surprised” about “Luna 2,” the new token of the new Terra blockchain intended to salvage the $60 billion collapse of the original Terra ecosystem.

14 sept. 2022

U.S. investment firm KKR & Co. (KKR) has made a portion of its private equity fund available on the Avalanche blockchain through a tokenized feeder fund provided by Securitize. Securitize founder and CEO Carlos Domingo explains why a tokenized fund will increase accessibility to individual investors.

13 sept. 2022

August consumer prices climbed 0.1% compared to July despite falling gas and energy prices, but what does this mean for bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) and the wider crypto markets? FalconX co-founder & CEO Raghu Yarlagadda shares his insights and discusses institutional investor sentiment.

13 sept. 2022

Solana Labs Chief Operating Officer Raj Gokal discusses what he hopes to see from Ethereum's upcoming merge, or the transition from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake, and its potential impact on the Solana ecosystem and NFT projects.

13 sept. 2022

Cryptocurrency custody firm BitGo sues crypto financial services firm Galaxy Digital, alleging that the latter intentionally breached its $1.2 billion merger announced in May last year. CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De breaks down the lawsuit.

13 sept. 2022

FalconX co-founder & CEO Raghu Yarlagadda discusses Ethereum’s upcoming transition from a proof-of-work consensus mechanism to proof-of-stake, also known as the Merge, and why he sees more institutional interest coming in.

13 sept. 2022

Solana-based non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces are seeing booming sales volumes, although the wider NFT sector is down roughly 80% year-to-date. Solana Labs Chief Operating Officer Raj Gokal shares insights into the Solana ecosystem and how it differentiates from the competition. Plus, Gokal's take on the upcoming Ethereum Merge and Solana's Web3 mobile phone.

13 sept. 2022