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Bitcoin Suffers Steepest Drop in 10 Days

Andre Portilho, Head of Digital Assets at BTG Pactual, has a crypto markets update and outlook after the price of bitcoin plunged at the highest rate in 10 days.

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El Salvador Looks to Become the World’s First Sovereign Nation to Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender

Michael Peterson, the director of Salvadorian bitcoin initiative Bitcoin Beach, on the state of digital payments in El Salvador responding to President Nayib Bukele's announcement he is submitting a bill to make bitcoin a legal tender.

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Chinese Social Media Bans Crypto Accounts; Seoul Tightens Rules on Crypto Trading

Dozens of Weibo crypto accounts were banned over flouting platform guidelines and laws. Executives and employees of SK crypto exchanges were barred from trading on their platforms. A Chinese chipmaker launches chip that supports ETC and ETH mining. More on that story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Capitol Hill Hearings in June: Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), Ransomware Attacks and More

CoinDesk Global Policy and Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De on what to expect from the upcoming house financial services committee hearings this month.

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The First SEC-Registered Crypto Robo-Advisor Makara Launches Mobile App

Makara CEO and co-founder Jesse Proudman joins "First Mover" to discuss the new mobile app with a waitlist of over 20,000 people. The new app offers six thematic baskets of assets specifically weighted to bitcoin, ethereum and decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens.

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Bitcoin Price Remains Flat?

The crypto markets were quiet early Monday, and BTC trading volume remained low. We hear from Nischal Shetty, of Indian crypto exchange WazirX, on his analysis and outlook.

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Hong Kong’s Bitcoin Meetup Ahead of Bitcoin 2021; Banksy Work Offered for Crypto

Hong Kong holds a Bitcoin gathering ahead of Bitcoin Conference 2021 in Miami. State-backed Copyright Society of China launches new blockchain service. Auction house accepts ETH and BTC for physical Banksy art piece. We’ll have more on that story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of The Daily Forkast, June 4.

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Tezos Co-Founder: Elon Musk Is Having Fun Trolling Crypto Twitter

Elon Musk, once a beloved figure in the crypto community, has become more of a villain than a hero. His recent tweets about bitcoin’s energy usage and a new one insinuating a breakup with bitcoin have been blamed for the stagnating market.

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Paxful Launches Tool Allowing Merchants to Get Paid in Bitcoin

Peer-to-peer digital asset marketplace Paxful is launching a tool that will allow businesses to receive payments in bitcoin. The tool is particularly aimed at merchants who have been shut out of the traditional banking system. Paxful CEO Ray Youssef explains the use case for the new tool. Plus, the state of crypto adoption in Africa.

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Did Elon Musk's Bitcoin Breakup Emoji Spook the Markets?

Bitcoin dropped to $36K today, and many are blaming the drop on Elon Musk's Twitter presence. The Tesla CEO posted a broken heart meme insinuating he was breaking up with bitcoin, but is that what's really behind bitcoin's dip? Jeffrey Wang of Amber Group joins "First Mover" to weigh in on what's driving the crypto markets.

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