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Microstrategy's latest earnings report reveals the software company posted an impairment charge of $24.1 million on its bitcoin holdings in the second quarter. ProChain Capital President David Tawil discusses the implications for the crypto markets. Plus, Tawil's outlook for the ETF landscape.

Aug 2, 2023

"CoinDesk Daily" breaks down some of the top headlines from the world of crypto, including Justin Sun's efforts to help DeFi giant Curve after a recent exploit. There could be a path forward to reboot FTX, but the revamped exchange would only be available to offshore customers. And, a closer look at what Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is promising for the future of crypto, if he wins the race to the White House.

Aug 1, 2023

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued internet marketer Richard Schueler, known online as Richard Heart, and his projects Hex, PulseChain and PulseX, alleging he raised over $1 billion across three different unregistered securities offerings beginning in 2019. "The Hash" panel breaks down the regulator's allegations, including claims of luxury shopping sprees.

Aug 1, 2023

Web3 wallet Suku recently teamed up with Polygon to release a free open-edition NFT collection. Within the 48-hour mint period, users minted over 50,000 NFTs directly on X, formerly known as Twitter. Lucas Henning, Suku’s Chief Technology Officer and co-founder, joins "The Hash" to discuss the partnership with Polygon and the future of transactions over social media platforms.

Aug 1, 2023

The rug-pulling of short-lived, heavily hyped meme coin bald (BALD) has a whole cast of characters, but is one of them Sam Bankman-Fried? "The Hash" panel shares their reaction to the latest speculation on X (formerly known as Twitter) and what on-chain evidence is actually suggesting as Bankman-Fried’s access to the Internet is heavily controlled.

Aug 1, 2023

Blockchain data shows that Tron founder Justin Sun purchased about 5 million CRV tokens at an average price of $0.4, helping to protect Curve Finance against a possible bad debt situation stemming from falling token prices that could impact a massive loan tied to its founder. "The Hash" panel weighs in on what Sun and others are doing following the exploit Curve experienced over the weekend.

Aug 1, 2023

Koray Caliskan, author of "Data Money: Inside Cryptocurrencies, Their Communities, Markets, and Blockchains," argues that nothing could be more wrong than avoiding a central bank digital currency, emphasizing that “the public needs to have" CBDCs to follow the movement and discuss the nature of uses of a multi-money universe in our new economies.

Aug 1, 2023

CoinDesk Indices head of research Todd Groth, CFA, joins "First Mover" to discuss how the crypto market performed in July, with a focus on the impact of Ripple’s partial court victory against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Aug 1, 2023

Stablecoin issuer Terraform Labs' motion to dismiss a lawsuit from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was denied by a federal judge on Monday. The judge also said he rejected the use of a ruling from Judge Analisa Torres who ruled that Ripple did not violate securities law in selling XRP to retail investors through an exchange intermediary. CoinDesk's global policy and regulation managing editor Nikhilesh De shares the latest developments.

Aug 1, 2023

A new book is taking a closer look at crypto as a "historically new money form, in order to make sense of how it is made and exchanged.” Koray Caliskan, author of "Data Money: Inside Cryptocurrencies, Their Communities, Markets, and Blockchains," discusses the key takeaways from his ethnographic analysis of crypto. Plus, Caliskan's take on the state of crypto regulation.

Aug 1, 2023