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GSR Markets co-founder and President Rich Rosenblum discusses his crypto markets analysis and outlook as bitcoin (BTC) remains steady over $30,000. Plus, Rosenblum addresses the discount to net asset value for the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust narrowing in the wake of asset manager BlackRock’s application to open a spot bitcoin ETF in the United States. Grayscale and CoinDesk are both owned by DCG.

Jul 11, 2023

Crypto firm Gemini sued Digital Currency Group last week, alleging the industry conglomerate and its founder Barry Silbert committed "fraud" through DCG subsidiary Genesis, which held funds for Gemini tied to the latter company's Earn program. Hodder Law Firm Managing Partner Sasha Hodder discusses the key takeaways. Plus, what to make of Twitter threatening to sue Facebook parent company Meta over the Threads app. CoinDesk and Genesis are both owned by DCG.

Jul 10, 2023

Sasha Hodder, founder and managing partner of Hodder Law Firm, addresses Twitter's threat of legal action against Facebook parent company Meta. "If it's true that these people went over there and took their trade secrets that they learned for years at Twitter, and then handed it over to Facebook and built this program using the same source code, certainly there would be some remedies available Elon, under various trade secret laws," Hodder said.

Jul 10, 2023

Opimas LLC CEO and founder Octavio Marenzi shares his reaction to BlackRock filing for a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) with Coinbase as their partner in the surveillance-sharing agreements. "They've identified a custodian for the assets that the SEC itself has said is operating illegally...I don't quite see how BlackRock makes this happen," Marenzi said.

Jul 10, 2023

The SEC argued in a new filing last Friday that Coinbase acknowledged the possibility that federal securities laws would apply to its listings years ago. CoinDesk Managing Editor of Global Policy and Regulation Nikhilesh De breaks down the regulator's arguments and Coinbase's previous public filings.

Jul 10, 2023

Shardeum recently raised $5.4 million in strategic funding. The layer 1 blockchain was co-created by Nischal Shetty, who is also the co-founder of WazirX, India's largest crypto exchange by trading volume. Shardeum Chief Growth Officer Kelsey McGuire discusses the raise, how Shardeum stands out from the competition, and the state of U.S. crypto regulation.

Jul 10, 2023

Bitcoin is holding steady above $30,000 as PPI data from China suggests the global liquidity-tightening cycle that kicked off early last year and roiled risk assets including crypto is nearing its end. This comes as the Fed has raised rates by more than 500 basis points to the 5%-5.25% range since March 2022. Opimas LLC CEO and founder Octavio Marenzi shares his crypto markets analysis and outlook.

Jul 10, 2023

Matt Hougan, Bitwise Asset Management Chief Investment Officer, joins "First Mover" to discuss the entrance of major TradFi players applying for a spot bitcoin ETF in the U.S., saying "you have to listen when BlackRock comes to the market, they're the largest ETF issuer in the world."

Jul 7, 2023

Self-described layer 0 blockchain Horizen is shedding its privacy coin moniker following global regulatory scrutiny. Horizen co-founder and CEO Rob Viglione discusses the move and what it means for the broader crypto ecosystem. Horizen is backed by crypto hedge fund Grayscale's Horizen Trust. Grayscale and CoinDesk are both owned by Digital Currency Group.

Jul 7, 2023

The race for a spot bitcoin ETF in the U.S. is in full swing with TradFi giants from BlackRock to Fidelity refiling their applications with the SEC. Ether Capital CEO Brian Mosoff share insights into the institutional demand for a bitcoin ETF, the regulatory headwinds, and the potential outcomes.

Jul 7, 2023