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Ether hit a fresh all-time high Wednesday surging past $4,600 on the heels of a Federal Reserve announcement saying it will begin tapering bond purchases later this month. Head of Business Development at global crypto trading platform AscendEX Shane Molidor discusses the potential factors driving ether's price higher. Plus, insights into AscendEX's latest $50 million Series B round.

Nov 4, 2021

The Biden Administration’s long-anticipated stablecoin report published Monday confirmed the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) is recommending Congress to enact a law for stablecoins to be regulated like banks.

Nov 4, 2021

Bitcoin whales, or large investors with ample capital supply, appear to be buying again as fears of inflation lurching out of control strengthen the case for investing in store of value assets. Large investors holding at least 1,000 BTC snapped up 142,000 coins last week, taking the cumulative tally to nearly 200,000 BTC, the highest in 2021. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

Nov 3, 2021

Following the latest announcement from the Federal Reserve to start tapering bond purchases later this month, ether has jumped to a new all-time high, surpassing $4,650. CoinDesk's Galen Moore discusses his assessment of ETH, the correlation between bitcoin's 90-day daily returns and the S&P 500, and Direxion withdrawing its SEC application to launch a short bitcoin futures ETF.

Nov 3, 2021

Sui Chung, CEO of crypto index provider CF Benchmarks, discusses the impact on crypto markets as the Federal Reserve's plan to start tapering bond purchases later this month.

Nov 3, 2021

Tiger Global led a $17.4 million seed round for Faze Technologies, a startup that creates digital collectibles. Faze also announced its partnership with the International Cricket Council (ICC) to launch a cricket NFT marketplace on the Flow blockchain, where NBA Top Shot captured mainstream attention earlier this year.

Nov 3, 2021

At a virtual event Wednesday, EOS Foundation CEO Yves La Rose claimed “EOS, as it stands, is a failure.” In the speech, Rose weighed in on the recently formed EOS blockchain protocol, saying the project’s native currency, EOS, has been “a terrible investment." "The Hash" team reviews the history of the EOS blockchain and shares their outlook for the EOS token, ecosystem, and community.

Nov 3, 2021

New data from market intelligence firm CB Insights reveals global venture capital (VC) funding into crypto and blockchain reached an all-time high of $6.5 billion in the third quarter of 2021. This surpassed the updated second-quarter total of $5.2 billion, but what does the number mean? "I do see a giant push across all sectors towards decentralization," host Naomi Brockwell said.

Nov 3, 2021

A new report by consulting firm Oliver Wyman and JPMorgan says a central bank digital currency (CBDC) network could save global corporations over $100 billion per year in transaction costs for cross-border payments. “The Hash” panel digs into the key takeaways and what they suggest about the potential benefits of CBDCs from a banking perspective.

Nov 3, 2021

Ethereum and Solana hit all-time highs. Australia’s CBA to offer crypto services. Hong Kong fintech week underway. We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

Nov 3, 2021