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Early cypherpunk Zooko Wilcox, CEO of Electronic Coin Company (ECC), the creator of privacy-focused, blockchain-based payments network Zcash, discusses the current state of privacy in crypto. "Everyone's everything has already been hacked and exploited," Zooko said. "At some point, it's going to be easier to buy a new Social Security Number from the dark web than to convince someone to take your real Social Security Number." Plus, the latest updates to Zcash, thoughts on CBDCs, and more.

Ene 28, 2022

Cryptocurrency custody firm Fireblocks has raised a $550 million Series E round co-led by D1 Capital Partners and Spark Capital, valuing the technology provider at over $8 billion. Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov shares insights into his firm's business operations, the latest funding round, and expansion plans.

Ene 28, 2022

Korean game developer Netmarble plans to issue own cryptocurrency. Warner Music Group partners with The Sandbox to create metaverse land. Crypto still a niche gift for Lunar New Year. We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

Ene 28, 2022

U.S. House of Representatives introduced the America COMPETES Act designed to advance U.S. competitiveness and leadership around the globe earlier this week.

Ene 28, 2022

Brett Harrison, president of crypto exchange FTX.US, the stateside wing of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire FTX, discusses his optimistic crypto markets analysis and outlook, saying it’s “natural to see pullbacks.” He added, “Given all the VC money that is pouring … I think we’re naturally going to see the market roll back.”

Ene 28, 2022

Bitcoin failed to sustain a brief price rise from $32,900 to $39,000 over the past few days and remains in a tight range. TheoTrade co-founder Don Kaufman discusses the potential headwinds and tailwinds ahead for bitcoin and why he’s “continuously” looking at the correlation coefficient of BTC and U.S. stocks.

Ene 28, 2022

Bitcoin's 90-day correlation with tech stocks, in contrast to the 2018 sell-off where BTC was not correlated with tech stocks at all, suggests the bottom is not necessarily where the marginal crypto native seller capitulates, but where the marginal legacy macro seller becomes exhausted. Fundstrat's research suggests BTC is much less likely to experience a prolonged crypto winter for this reason. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

Ene 28, 2022

In November, U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law the infrastructure bill that includes a controversial provision broadening the tax code’s definition of “broker.” Yet, crypto and civil liberties attorney Marta Belcher suggests there could be another hidden crypto provision that violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Ene 28, 2022

Wonderland’s TIME tokens fell 32% Thursday after blockchain sleuths revealed "Sifu," a core member of the founding team, is an alleged long-time serial scammer. With a conviction and deportation on his record, "Sifu" was also the co-founder of failed Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX. "The Hash" hosts discuss the latest development turning heads in the world of DeFi.

Ene 27, 2022

According to four CoinDesk sources familiar with the plans, Coinbase is readying withdrawals of SPL, or “Solana Program Library,” tokens comparable to Ethereum’s ERC-20. “The Hash” panel discusses the major development in Coinbase’s token onboarding strategy and what this could indicate about the ​state of crypto exchanges.

Ene 27, 2022