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Bitcoin (BTC) posts its biggest daily gain in six months as traditional market investors shrug off U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s pro-liquidity tightening stance. The rapid price movement triggered over $103 million worth of BTC short liquidations on crypto exchanges Thursday due to margin calls, according to CoinGlass data.

Sep 9, 2022

CoinDesk Markets Managing Editor Brad Keoun discusses his outlook for bitcoin and the wider crypto markets as investors await the release of the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) next week. Plus, CoinDesk Tech Managing Editor Christie Harkin shares a preview of the pseudonymous Hodlonaut facing Craig Wright in a Swedish court Monday.

Sep 9, 2022

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Friday he expects a big interest rate increase later this month. Gurbir Grewal, director of enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, said his agency can’t look the other way as the crypto industry violates securities laws.

Sep 9, 2022

CoinDesk’s Markets Managing Editor Brad Keoun discusses the week’s top events moving the crypto markets as bitcoin surges above $21,000 to its biggest daily gain in six months. Plus, CoinDesk Tech Managing Editor Christie Harkin discusses Coinbase backing the Tornado Cash suit against the U.S. Treasury and what this means for BTC.

Sep 9, 2022

BTG Pactual's Head of Digital Assets Andre Portilho joins "First Mover" to discuss crypto market growth in South America, citing El Salvador's one-year anniversary of adopting bitcoin as legal tender. Given the "technology challenges," we have yet to know whether President Bukele succeeded or not, he said.

Sep 9, 2022

BTG Pactual’s Head of Digital Assets Andre Portilho reacts to CoinDesk’s interview with SEC Chair Gary Gensler on “First Mover.” “We all in the crypto community have a willingness that regulation needs to evolve,” Portilho said. “But, that won’t depend on Gary Gensler and on the SEC.” https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/09/08/crypto-doesnt-need-more-guidance-sec-chair-gensler-says/

Sep 9, 2022

Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies bounced early Friday as traditional market investors shrugged off U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s pro-liquidity tightening stance. “The Hash” team discusses the macro environment and its impact on crypto.

Sep 9, 2022

FTX Ventures, the investment arm of crypto exchange FTX, has agreed to buy 30% of Anthony Scaramucci’s investment firm SkyBridge Capital for an undisclosed amount. “The Hash” panel discusses the latest in a string of deals tied to billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried.

Sep 9, 2022

Crypto exchange Binance’s decision to convert all users' investments in stablecoins USD coin (USDC), trueUSD (TUSD) and pax dollar (USDP) into its native binance USD (BUSD) may generate limited additional revenue in the short term, but could have larger implications in the long term, Bank of America reported. "The Hash" hosts discuss what this means for the state of the stablecoin markets.

Sep 9, 2022

CoinDesk launches "Crypto’s S&P 500," the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) family of Indices. The index is first in a family of nine new price indexes built around CoinDesk's Digital Asset Classification Standard for categorizing bitcoin, ether and other digital assets. Indices Managing Director Jodie Gunzberg joins "First Mover" with the details.

Sep 9, 2022