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NBA Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen joins "First Mover" to discuss his crypto journey and partnering with Web3 firm Orange Comet in launching a limited NFT sneaker collection inspired by his basketball career. "We're bringing something different... we're the trailblazers," Pippen said. Plus, Orange Comet CEO Dave Broome discusses the future of the NFT industry in the wake of FTX's collapse.

Dis 6, 2022

Molly White, Wikipedia editor and one of CoinDesk's Most Influential 2022, says the "disasters" in crypto throughout the past year "are quite illustrative of the general crypto industry." She adds that it's "misleading" to describe the fall of FTX as an anomaly.

Dis 6, 2022

The 30-year-old CEO of FTX shocked the world when his $40 billion crypto empire collapsed last month, with billions in customer assets still unaccounted. That's why Sam Bankman-Fried is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022. CoinDesk Deputy Managing Editor Tracy Wang joins "All About Bitcoin" to discuss.

Dis 5, 2022

Murphy & McGonigle founder James Murphy reacts to former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's unprecedented media tour, saying he's a "master of deflection" by not directly answering reporters' questions. "You see this often with con men who really believe that they can convince the world of what they're saying."

Dis 5, 2022

Arca Head of Research Katie Talati says retail investors have "definitely not" lost faith in altcoins, even following the collapse of FTX. But, she referenced layer 1s that don't "have necessarily a lot of unique features about them ... may not be investable."

Dis 5, 2022

U.S. employers beat expectations and added 263,000 jobs in November, sending bitcoin's price below $17,000. Mike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital won an auction to buy self-custody platform GK8 from bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network. Bitcoin miners could continue to find themselves in hot water from exposure to FTX's contagion.

Dis 2, 2022

Alameda Research bore the brunt of a $1 billion loss incurred by its affiliated firm FTX after a leveraged trade on the now-bankrupt crypto exchange backfired early last year, the Financial Times reported Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. "The Hash" hosts discuss the latest developments from the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX-Alameda crypto empire.

Dis 2, 2022

Edward Moya, senior market analyst of the Americas at OANDA, discusses bitcoin investment activity in the wake of FTX's collapse and the wider crypto contagion. "You're not seeing a whole lot of investment come in," Moya said, adding that traders are "demotivated to get back in."

Dis 2, 2022

Penn State Dickinson Law Professor Tonya Evans joins “First Mover” to discuss what to expect from FTX hearings as the U.S. Department of Justice calls for an independent examination of alleged fraud during the collapse of FTX. Plus, an outlook on the future of crypto regulation as the FTX saga continues to unfold. 

Dis 2, 2022

CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee in the first of several congressional hearings on FTX and said his agency couldn't have prevented the collapse because FTX wasn't an entity regulated by CFTC. CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses the hearing and why Chairman Behnam asked lawmakers to “take a pause” and overhaul the crypto bills. Plus, the significance of the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act (DCCPA).

Dis 2, 2022