Markets Daily Crypto Roundup

Bitcoin News Roundup for Dec. 1, 2020

With BTC breaking its all-time high and the ETH 2.0 rollout entering its next phase, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!

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With BTC breaking its all-time high and the ETH 2.0 rollout entering its next phase, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Nexo.io and this week’s special product launch Allnodes

Today's stories:

Google Searches for 'Bitcoin Price' Hit 18-Month High

Google searches for "bitcoin price" are double levels seen a few weeks ago.

5 Reasons Why Bitcoin Just Hit an All-Time High Price

Growing investor interest, central bank money printing and PayPal's entree helped push bitcoin prices above their previous December 2017 record.

Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain Goes Live as 'World Computer' Begins Long-Awaited Overhaul

The Beacon Chain, the backbone of Ethereum's future Proof-of-Stake network, is now live.

Ringleaders of PlusToken Scam Jailed for Up to 11 Years

Fourteen operators of the giant PlusToken scam have been sentenced in China to up to 11 years in prison.

HOST

Adam B. Levine

Adam B. Levine joined CoinDesk in 2019 as the editor of its new audio and podcasts division. Previously, Adam founded the long-running Let's Talk Bitcoin! talk show with co-hosts Stephanie Murphy and Andreas M. Antonopoulos.

Finding early success with the show, Adam transformed the podcast's homepage into a full newsdesk and publishing platform, founding the LTB Network in January of 2014 to help broaden the conversation with new and different perspectives. In the Spring of that year, he would go on to launch the first and largest tokenized rewards program for creators and their audience. In what many have called an early influential version of "Steemit"; LTBCOIN, which was awarded to both content creators and members of the audience for participation was distributed until the LTBN was acquired by BTC, Inc. in January of 2017.

With the network launched and growing, in late 2014 Adam turned his attention to the practical challenges of administering the tokenized program and founded Tokenly, Inc. There, he led the development of early tokenized vending machines with Swapbot, tokenized identity solution Tokenpass, e-commerce with TokenMarkets.com and media with Token.fm. Adam owns some BTC, ETH and small positions in a number of other tokens.

Adam B. Levine