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Former U.S. presidential candidate Andrew Yang has launched a new decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) called “GoldenDAO” for social activism dedicated to Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) issues. ”The Hash” hosts discuss the use cases of DAOs and their community ethos for social justice initiatives and fundraising.

Mar 18, 2022

Argentina’s Senate has approved a $45 billion debt deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that includes a provision about discouraging the use of cryptocurrency in the country.

Mar 18, 2022

Joe Diez, a founding architect for Ethereum wallet MetaMask, has ended his “crypto retirement” for a new project called MetaMetaverse, which aims to be the most interoperable metaverse to date.

Mar 17, 2022

Proposal 16, a governance proposal on the Cosmos-based Juno blockchain, has passed via the chain’s token-voting governance system to cut the balance of JUNO tokens held by a “whale,” or large holder, accused of manipulating the Juno launch airdrop enacted in October.

Mar 17, 2022

A bipartisan group of eight U.S. representatives, led by Congressman Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), has sent a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler asking for details about the probing of crypto companies. “The Hash” discusses the politicization of cryptocurrency discourse in Congress and the increasing influence of crypto lobbying initiatives.

Mar 17, 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a bill into law legalizing digital assets and setting registration requirements for crypto services providers. “The Hash” discusses the significance of this move during the Russia-Ukraine war, and how banks and other countries might react. 

Mar 17, 2022

Permissionless crypto lending protocol Euler Finance announces its new COO – a New York Federal Reserve veteran Brandon Neal. “The Hash” co-host Zack Seward says this move highlights the growing momentum of institutional DeFi, and that “sometimes, boring is good.” The team unpacks what this hiring means for the industry at large.

Mar 16, 2022

Ethereum has merged on the Kiln testnet, the final public testnet before the protocol’s transition to a proof-of-stake network. “The Hash” co-host Christie Harkin explains what this merge entails and potentially when users can expect Ethereum 2.0. Plus, what this transition means for the so-called “Ethereum killers” out there.

Mar 16, 2022

Do banks have a place in the metaverse? HSBC is the first global bank to buy a plot of land in the Sandbox metaverse, which it will develop to engage with e-sports and gaming fans. "HSBC has recognized where the market is," CoinDesk Managing Editor Christie Harkin says, adding that nobody wants a bank in the digital world. Plus, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says NFTs are coming soon to Instagram. "The Hash" crew discusses the flood of institutions in the metaverse and the inevitability of NFTs on the social network.

Mar 16, 2022

Kazakhstan’s crackdown on illegal crypto mines has forced another 106 miners to stop operations, following investigations by the country’s financial monitoring agency. The country represents 20% of the total bitcoin mining capacity, according to CoinDesk’s Research Analyst George Kaloudis.

Mar 15, 2022