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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler warned decentralized finance (DeFi) projects that reward participants with incentives or digital tokens could be subject to SEC regulation. "The Hash" hosts discuss the outlook for the DeFi regulatory landscape and how this could enable a "robust push" towards more decentralization.

Aug 19, 2021

Poly Network, the China-based blockchain protocol exploited earlier this month for more than $600 million, sent a bounty worth nearly $500,000 to the attacker. Most of the looted cryptocurrency has been recovered, but the attacker has yet to provide a key needed to unlock the remaining $141 million. "The Hash" team unpacks the new twist in the ongoing saga surrounding the largest DeFi hack in crypto history and where Poly could head next.

Aug 19, 2021

Crypto exchange Coinbase has allegedly amassed $4.4 billion to ensure it can continue growing despite potential business risks. Meanwhile, Peter Thiel’s software company Palantir Technologies has bought $50.7 million worth of gold bars to hedge against another “black swan event” or unpredictable events in the crypto industry.

Aug 19, 2021

Hong Kong-based Sonic Capital launches a green investment initiative. Shanghai court rules bitcoin is legally protected virtual property and Australia and Singapore team up on cross border trade blockchain trial. We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

Aug 19, 2021

Joseph McGill of crypto-tracking software firm TRM Labs shares insights into the Poly Network hack, the largest DeFi attack in crypto history, and how his firm is helping combat the risks of open finance. Plus, debunking the potentially false narrative about criminal activity in crypto.

Aug 19, 2021

Fund manager VanEck filed for its fourth crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) application on Wednesday. This time, it’s for an ethereum-based ETF that would seek to sidestep U.S. regulators’ crypto ETF blockade by trading ether indirectly. “We’ve seen over a dozen bitcoin-related ETF applications but not as many ether-related ETF applications,” CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De said.

Aug 19, 2021

Bitcoin is down about 1.3% over the past 24 hours. The next support is seen at the $42,000 breakout level, which could stabilize the pullback. Messari Founder and CEO Ryan Selkis discusses his positive analysis and outlook for bitcoin, explaining why he’s a “perma-bull.”

Aug 19, 2021

Bitcoin is pulling back after a near 13% rally month to date, but is it just temporary? Alexandre Lores, an analyst at Quantum Economics, discusses why he doesn't think bitcoin is due for lower lows and remains "bullish on the near term." Plus, his take on the potential catalyst behind the recent price surge.

Aug 18, 2021

The Lightning Network, a layer 2 payments solution built on top of the Bitcoin blockchain that enables secure, private and near-instantaneous transactions at little to no cost, has surpassed 25,000 active nodes for the first time. This indicates the network is growing stronger with more nodes and channels.

Aug 18, 2021

CoinDesk's Galen Moore discusses his assessment of skyrocketing activity on Bitcoin's Lightning Network as it surpassed 25,000 active nodes for the first time. "The supply is up, for sure, but is the demand up?" Moore asked. Plus, his take on emerging markets taking on crypto as reported in Chainalysis' 2021 global crypto adoption index.

Aug 18, 2021