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Investors are awaiting Ethereum's 'Shapella' upgrade, slated to go live next week. That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

Apr 6, 2023

Bitcoin (BTC) is slipping below $28,000, the day before a key U.S. jobs report. The most recent market updates and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

Apr 6, 2023

Voyager Digital and its creditors stand to lose $100 million if legal objections brought by the U.S. government aren't resolved by April 13, according to documents filed in court late Monday night. CoinDesk Regulatory Reporter Jack Schickler explains why this week is "crunch time" for the Binance.US-Voyager deal.

Apr 6, 2023

Dubai's crypto industry recently unveiled its crypto regulatory framework, giving locals a concrete licensing regime for digital asset issuers and service providers. The Crypto Lawyer Irina Heaver, based in Switzerland and Dubai, discusses the state of crypto in Dubai, explaining why the region is a "crypto capital of the world."

Apr 6, 2023

Bitcoin slipped below the $28,000 level ahead of the March jobs report. Brent Xu, founder and CEO of DeFi lender Umee, joins "First Mover" to discuss BTC's bullish actions since the start of 2023. Plus, insights on the state of decentralized finance.

Apr 6, 2023

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Web3 project team has published a white paper laying out recommendations for growing the country’s industry. CoinDesk Executive Director of Global Content Emily Parker weighs in on the state of Web3 adoption in Japan and the regulatory headwinds in the U.S.

Apr 6, 2023

The interest in ether trading comes ahead of Shapella, a portmanteau of Shanghai and Capella, two major Ethereum network upgrades expected to occur simultaneously on April 12. Shapella will allow investors to withdraw their ether staked on the Ethereum blockchain. Runa Digital Assets Chief Operating Officer Max Williams discusses what to expect from Shapella, sharing insights into ether's supply since the Merge, ETH staking yield outlook, and Layer 2s like Arbitrum and Optimism.

Apr 6, 2023

The introduction of fees on bitcoin's most extensive trading pair, BTC–USDT on Binance, has reduced trading and liquidity, according to research data from Kaiko. The number of bitcoin in a single sell order it would take to move the price down 2% has fallen from around 9,000 BTC to below 5,000 BTC. CoinDesk Senior Research Analyst George Kaloudis analyzes "The Chart of The Day."

Apr 5, 2023

Luxury goods company Asprey is partnering with Bugatti to launch a generative art collection of eggs on the Bitcoin blockchain. Asprey Studio Chief Creative Officer Ali Walker explains the project and Metagood CEO Danny Yang weighs in on the role of crypto in the collaboration.

Apr 5, 2023

April 5, 1975 is the birthday of bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Nakamoto entered a birth date when they registered the pseudonym with The P2P Foundation. CoinDesk Senior Research Analyst George Kaloudis discusses the leading theory about why that date matters.

Apr 5, 2023