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Luxury brands like Dolce and Gabbana are participating in this week's Metaverse Fashion Week on Decentraland. This comes as Disney reportedly lays off its metaverse team. Journey Chief Metaverse Officer Cathy Hackl discusses fashion in the metaverse and the outlook for Web3 amid crypto winter.

Mar 29, 2023

CoinDesk data shows that bitcoin has gained almost 72% to $28,500 in 2023, sending the leading cryptocurrency by market value on track for its best quarter in two years. Jeff Dorman, Chief Investment Officer at investment firm Arca, joins "First Mover" to explain why bitcoin is the only "interesting" thing in the crypto markets right now.

Mar 29, 2023

Data from blockchain analytics firm Nansen shows that Binance’s on-chain portfolio currently stands at $64 billion. Braden Perry, Kennyhertz Perry Partner and former CFTC senior trial lawyer, shares his thoughts on the CFTC lawsuit against Binance and the state of the broader U.S. crypto regulatory landscape as CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam reiterated Tuesday at a congressional hearing that he believes ether is a commodity, contrary to what the SEC has said. Plus, his thoughts on Sam Bankman-Fried facing a new U.S. indictment.

Mar 29, 2023

XRP tokens surged to a five-month high in the past 24 hours to buck a market-wide decline following a U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filing against Binance. However, a part of the bullish outlook came as some in the community said the classification of major tokens as a commodity in the CFTC filing against Binance could mean XRP tokens were, too, commodities instead of a security, as alleged by the SEC in the ongoing Ripple v. SEC case. DFD Partners President Bilal Little shares his analysis.

Mar 28, 2023

"I worry sometimes that regulators, instead of trying to set up a regulatory framework, will cause activity to move offshore in ways that make it harder to regulate," said Timothy Massad, former CFTC chair and Harvard Kennedy School research fellow and digital assets policy project director. Massad also discusses his outlook for U.S. regulation following the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission suit against prominent crypto exchange Binance and its founder, Changpeng Zhao.

Mar 28, 2023

A federal judge paused Voyager's efforts to sell its assets to Binance.US in response to the U.S. government's filing for an emergency stay. "Upon consideration of all parties’ written submissions, as well as the conferences and oral argument held in this matter, the Government’s emergency motion is hereby GRANTED. An opinion setting forth the reasons for this ruling will issue shortly," the ruling said. CoinDesk Global Policy and Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses the details.

Mar 28, 2023

DFD Partners President Bilal Little explains the Federal Reserve's "math problem" and why it is unlikely for the central bank to raise interest rates continuously. 

Mar 28, 2023

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) could require Binance to cease operations in the U.S. as part of a potential settlement, Bernstein said in a research report on Tuesday. Timothy Massad, Harvard Kennedy School Research Fellow and former CFTC Chair, discusses the potential outcomes.

Mar 28, 2023

Former CFTC Chair Timothy Massad shares his reaction to the CFTC suing crypto exchange Binance and founder Changpeng Zhao on allegations that the company knowingly offered unregistered crypto derivatives products in the U.S. against federal law. "If you read the complaint there is so much detail to it...It's really quite striking," Massad said.

Mar 28, 2023

Bitcoin (BTC) slipped below the $27,000 support level as traders react to CFTC's lawsuit against Binance and lingering concerns swirling around the banking sector. DFD Partners President Bilal Little shares his crypto markets analysis, as a recent report from Morgan Stanley notes that traders on Binance now set the daily price for bitcoin with its share of trading volume reaching 80%.

Mar 28, 2023