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In a Monday night filing, defense attorneys for Sam Bankman-Fried fired back against prosecutors wanting to disqualify proposed expert witness testimony, claiming that the U.S. Department of Justice is pushing to prevent the FTX founder from having a fair trial. CoinDesk's global policy and regulation managing editor Nikhilesh De breaks down the latest legal developments.

12 set 2023

Tokenized real estate platform Roofstock OnChain recently sold another home through its NFT marketplace for more than $200,000 worth of USDC. Roofstock onChain Head of Web3 Initiatives Sanjay Raghavan discusses the details of the sale, sharing insights into the future of Web3 real estate investments and tokenizing real-world assets.

12 set 2023

Bitcoin (BTC) jumped above $26,000 and reversed Monday's decline to three-month lows under $25,000, a move best described as a short squeeze. Tactive Wealth Advisor Eddy Gifford discusses his crypto markets outlook, as investors digest the possibility of FTX securing approval from bankruptcy court to sell assets from its $3.4 billion of cryptocurrency holdings.

12 set 2023

Coinbase Prime is debuting an institutional-grade Web3 Wallet, which includes features like managing NFT collections and voting on DAO governance. Coinbase's Vice President of institutional sales and trading Kevin Johnson discusses the launch and the offerings for institutional clients. Plus, a closer look at how the crypto exchange is navigating the U.S. crypto regulatory landscape. 

12 set 2023

dYdX is gearing up to introduce decentralized order books within its exchange. dYdX Foundation's vice president of strategy David Gogel discusses the move, along with a new report outlining the future of the dYdX ecosystem.

11 set 2023

Ripple’s XRP token has dropped over 5% in the past 24 hours, falling below $0.50 for the first time since July 13. This comes as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has further argued the need for a mid-case appeal over the finer points of law in its dispute with Ripple. CoinDesk's global policy and regulation managing editor Nikhilesh De weighs in on the latest legal developments.

11 set 2023

Metaverse and gaming venture capital firm Animoca Brands has raised $20 million from a group of other prominent Web3 investors for its Mocaverse project. "First Mover" host Jennifer Sanasie and The Tie director of content Lawrence Lewitinn discuss the state of metaverse and blockchain gaming, as crypto winter drags on.

11 set 2023

Attorneys for Sam Bankman-Fried are clapping back at the Department of Justice in a new memo Friday, claiming prosecutors exaggerated the amount of access FTX founder really has to defense material. CoinDesk's global policy and regulation managing editor Nikhilesh De breaks down the arguments in the letter and whether Bankman-Fried has a chance to be released from jail ahead of his trial in October.

11 set 2023

Bitcoin (BTC) remains under $26,000 as investors await fresh U.S. economic data this week. Quinn Thompson, Maple head of growth and capital markets, discusses his crypto markets analysis and outlook. "It feels that the economy is not as weak as people might be thinking," Thompson said. "We've probably seen a local bottom in inflation."

11 set 2023

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the Ethereum network, and four co-authors published a research paper last week, detailing a new technological feature called "privacy pools" and how it can be applied to blockchain protocols to distinguish honest users from criminals. Chainalysis chief scientist Jacob Illum, who is one of the co-authors, discusses the key takeaways. "The goal is try to bring forward technologies that can bring more people into the blockchain space," Illum said.

11 set 2023