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MobileCoin, a privacy-oriented and mobile-first cryptocurrency project, has raised $66 million in venture capital led by Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research, Coinbase Ventures, and others to build out its payments technology.

Aug 18, 2021

Audius, a music streaming platform based on the Ethereum and Solana blockchains, is partnering with TikTok on the video-sharing app’s new “Sounds” library. "The Hash" squad discusses how the partnership, the first of its kind for TikTok, could help artists on Audius increase their exposure to users and discover crypto more broadly. Will the worlds of decentralized services and Big Tech continue to collide?

Aug 17, 2021

The hacker behind the Poly Network cyberattack has yet to complete the total return of the roughly $600 million stolen and is also reconsidering accepting Poly’s $500,000 “Bug Bounty” reward to pay anyone who can hack the DeFi site.

Aug 17, 2021

Crypto developer Jay Graber, who contributed to the privacy coin project Zcash until October 2018, will lead Twitter's "Bluesky" initiative to help create a decentralized social media protocol. "The Hash" hosts discuss the possible future of Twitter and social media following the social networking site's latest step towards decentralization.

Aug 17, 2021

Crypto-forward DJ Steve Aoki is creating a “proper pilot” episode of his experimental non-fungible token (NFT) TV show “Dominion X,” following the project’s near-instant sellout earlier this month. “The Hash” group discusses the latest artist experimenting with crypto to foster fan engagement as the NFT entertainment scene picks up momentum.

Aug 17, 2021

The U.S. Treasury Department is reportedly preparing to offer an olive branch to crypto developers, miners, and hardware firms spooked by the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill’s tax reporting requirements. “The Hash” hosts discuss whether the Treasury Department could combat the concerns of the bill that no other government agency has been able to achieve.

Aug 16, 2021

Walmart, the largest U.S. retailer by total sales, is allegedly looking to hire a digital currency and cryptocurrency product lead. “The Hash” squad discusses the big-box retailer potentially dabbling into crypto and why this is a continuing story to watch, particularly for people that live on cryptocurrencies.

Aug 16, 2021

"The Hash" team discusses the burgeoning world of user-owned networks: World Mobile is rolling out a mesh network to bring internet connectivity to Tanzania, former Apple CEO Gil Amelio joins the Cirus blockchain-powered data ownership project as an adviser, and A16z leads a Helium token-powered decentralized telecommunications project. With the rise of decentralized token-incentivized models that provide real-world services, is crypto at the tipping point for these networks to actually work?

Aug 16, 2021

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, a vocal crypto advocate, shared Austrian economist Murray Rothbard’s book “Anatomy of the State” in a tweet that was received positively by bitcoiners but confused some libertarians. “The Hash” panel discusses Dorsey introducing voluntarist ideas to the masses and the implications for the politics of Twitter and the overall crypto community.

Aug 16, 2021

Does crypto have a strong enough lobbying presence in D.C.? This week, the Senate passed the historic $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill without any crypto amendment, raising concerns about its controversial definition of “broker.”

Aug 13, 2021