Christine Lee

Semafor reports that Binance may face Department of Justice fraud charges, though prosecutors are weighing alternatives given the risk of an FTX-style bank run. Josh Sterling, Jones Day partner and former CFTC division director weighs in. Kaiko research analyst Riyad Carey and Sovryn core contributor Edan Yago discuss the future of DeFi in the wake of the Curve Finance exploit. And, CoinDesk's Emily Parker shares insights on Japan's plans for a CBDC.

3 ago 2023

The Wall Street Journal reports that China is Binance’s largest market, amounting to 20% of worldwide volume. ProChain Capital president David Tawil shares his crypto markets analysis and thoughts on MicroStrategy's latest earnings results. CertiK CEO Ronghui Gu weighs in on the Curve Finance exploit. And, Kraken CMO Mayur Gupta discusses the crypto exchange's ongoing partnership with the Williams Racing team.

2 ago 2023

The exploit at DeFi giant Curve Finance has driven down the price of its CRV token, putting a $168 million stash of founder Michael Egorov's money at risk of being liquidated. BlockSec co-founder Yajin "Andy" Zhou joins the conversation. Todd Groth, CFA, CoinDesk Indices head of research, discusses how the crypto markets performed in July. And, Koray Caliskan, author of "Data Money" shares his thoughts on the future of crypto regulation.

1 ago 2023

More than $100 million worth of crypto could be at risk due to a bug impacting Curve, a stablecoin exchange at the center of Ethereum’s DeFi ecosystem. Ava Labs president John Wu weighs in on what this means for the state of the crypto industry, along with his thoughts on asset tokenization. eToro US investment analyst Callie Cox shares her outlook on bitcoin ahead of the July jobs report. And, DappRadar's Pedro Herrera discusses the future of decentralized social dapps.

31 jul 2023

Ripple VP of central bank engagements and CBDCs James Wallis explains why the country of Palau will be leveraging Ripple's CBDC platform. Bitwise Asset Management president Teddy Fusaro shares his crypto markets analysis as the highly anticipated project co-founded by OpenAI's Sam Altman launched its WLD token earlier this week. And, Eco App CEO Andy Bromberg discusses crypto wallet Beam going live.

28 jul 2023

The Justice Department wants Sam Bankman-Fried to go to jail ahead of his criminal trial. ZFZ Law co-founder Michael Zweiback shares his legal analysis. Morgan Creek Capital CEO Mark Yusko weighs in on the latest rate hike from the Fed. Journey's chief metaverse officer Cathy Hackl discusses Meta's latest earnings results. And, CoinFund CEO Jake Brukhman explains why he thinks Worldcoin could help onboard billions of users into the crypto economy.

27 jul 2023

Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand recently unveiled a new version of their bipartisan crypto bill, which could define more of the conversation around digital asset legislation. Sen. Lummis joins "First Mover" to discuss. Maple head of growth and capital markets Quinn Thompson shares his outlook on the crypto markets ahead of a key Fed decision on interest rates. And, mining analyst Anthony Power explains how miners are preparing for the next bitcoin halving.

26 jul 2023

The crypto token tied to the Worldcoin identity-verification project is paring gains after its launch. Galaxy global head of asset management Steve Kurz shares his crypto markets analysis ahead of a key U.S. interest rate decision. The Federal Reserve opened its new instant payments service, FedNow, last week. Aaron Klein, Brookings Institution senior fellow in economic studies weighs in on what this could mean for the digital assets space. And, Gridless co-founder Erik Hersman explains how his company is extending power to rural Africa.

25 jul 2023

Sam Altman’s crypto project Worldcoin launched its WLD token and mainnet. Altman is the co-founder of Open AI, the company behind ChatGPT. Tiago Sada, Tools for Humanity head of product and Worldcoin core team member, joins ""First Mover"" to discuss. Defiance ETFs CEO Sylvia Jablonski shares her crypto markets analysis. And, CoinDesk's special mining week presented by Foundry is underway. Author and journalist Jeff Wilser discusses the AI pivot.

24 jul 2023

Profit taking in bitcoin (BTC) contributed to a broader market drop as tokens of some of the largest blockchains, such as Solana's SOL, fell as much as 8% in the past 24 hours. WisdomTree head of digital assets Will Peck shares his crypto markets analysis. ETF Think Tank research director Cinthia Murphy discusses the spot bitcoin ETF race. Plus, artist Mario Klingemann and Sebastian Sanchez from Christie's reflect on the future of Web3 in the art world.

21 jul 2023