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Will Mayor Adams Join Sam Bankman-Fried and Diddy in Prison?; Crypto Hacks in Q3

"CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as the indictment of New York Major Eric Adams stirs up speculations of whether he could join Sam Bankman-Fried and Sean "Diddy" Combs in the Brooklyn detention center. Plus, Immunefi releases a report on crypto hacks in the third quarter and PayPal will let business clients buy, hold and sell crypto.

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Finance

Stablecoin Giant Circle Is Moving Its Headquarters to New York City

The USDC issuer will move into One World Trade Center, and New York Mayor Eric Adams – who has sought to make the city a crypto hub – will attend the Friday ribbon cutting.

Circle plans to move into One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the picture. (Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Images)

Opinion

What New York Can Learn From Hong Kong in Regulating Crypto

A small number of unelected individuals in Washington D.C. are exercising alarming authoritarian power as regulators, counter to the Big Apple’s stated desire to move from antiquated financial systems to digital ones, writes Omer Ozden.

Eric Adams (NYC Gov) and John Lee (Creative Commons)

Consensus Magazine

New York City: A Crypto Sandbox in a Big Business Playground

The Big Apple is big everything. The world’s financial center, it also has a huge population not only of talented developers to hire, but consumers to sell to. In such a huge and bustling ecosystem, crypto may not rate as the city’s highest priority. But like it or not, the No. 12 spot in CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 is a place crypto companies must be.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Wants State's Governor to Veto 2-Year Moratorium on PoW Mining: Report

The city's pro-crypto mayor plans to ask Gov. Kathy Hochul to veto the bill to stop proof-of-work mining temporarily.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul (left) and Mayor Eric Adams (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Policy

NYDFS Chief Says Regulators Need to Develop a ‘21st Century Framework’ for Crypto

NYDFS Superintendent Adrienne Harris says the regulatory agency will triple the size of its virtual currency unit by the end of the year.

NYDFS Superintendent Adrienne Harris in conversation with Chainalysis co-founder Jonathan Levin at Links 2022. (Cheyenne Ligon/CoinDesk)

Policy

Can You Really Build a ‘Crypto Empire’ in the Empire State?

Mayor Eric Adams wants to make New York City the biggest crypto hub in America, but there are a host of obstacles in his way.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has already accepted his first three paychecks in bitcoin. (Getty Images/Michael Lee)

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Everything You Need to Know About New York’s New Crypto Bill

The Blockchain Association New York State Lead John Olsen discusses a recent bill passed in the New York State Assembly to ban non-renewable crypto mining. Olsen explains the details of the legislation, the chances of it getting passed in the Senate and misconceptions about blockchain technology amongst lawmakers.

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Nyca Partners' Exec. Says He's 'Mildly Optimistic' About Expected White House Executive Order on Crypto

Nyca Partners' Matt Homer discusses why he's "mildly optimistic" about the Biden Administration's executive order on cryptocurrencies, expected to be released as soon as February. "Washington is entering a period where we're seeing turf battles between regulators, and we need a referee in the room," Homer said. Plus, his views on New York City mayor Eric Adams' crypto ambitions as he converted his first paycheck into bitcoin.

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Could NYC Be the Next Crypto Hub?

New York City mayor Eric Adams' crypto ambitions have sent the city racing against Miami to become the next center of the digital asset industry. Muneeb Ali, co-founder of proof-of-transfer blockchain Stacks that runs parallel to the Bitcoin network, and CEO of Hiro, which has helped developed NYCCoin, shares insights into crypto in NYC and beyond.

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