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According to Nansen, the Ethereum scaling tool Polygon saw wide swings in daily transactions and active addresses during the fourth quarter as users scrambled to move funds during the epic meltdown of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX crypto exchange. The tremendous addition of daily addresses was also partly due to Polygon’s zero-knowledge EVM public testnet launch. "The Hash" panel discusses the report and the outlook for Polygon.

Jan 26, 2023

Conflux, the native token of the layer 1 Conflux blockchain, soared by 60.25% on Thursday after it announced it had integrated Little Red Book, China's version of Instagram. Conflux received a $5 million research grant from Shanghai's government in 2021. "The Hash" hosts discuss the cultural contexts, lack of clarity and changes in China's policy towards digital assets.

Jan 26, 2023

Author & Journalist Jeff Wilser takes "The Hash" hosts on a tour of various countries across the globe, their approach to regulating crypto, and what the U.S. can learn from legislation around the world. Plus, insights into the bipartisanship of the crypto congress.

Jan 26, 2023

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) praised the country's securities regulator and its chief Gary Gensler's efforts to police the crypto industry, while calling for lawmakers to give the watchdog the necessary resources and authority to keep things going. Warren also took aim at crypto lobbying. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest in U.S. crypto regulation.

Jan 26, 2023

Doodles, a non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystem derived from characters created by artist Scott Martin, aka Burnt Toast, has released its highly anticipated Doodles 2 project on the Flow blockchain. "The Hash" hosts discuss what this means for the Doodles community and the wider digital collectibles scene.

Jan 25, 2023

Bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network secured approval to process certain customer withdrawals, several court orders filed on Tuesday show. The U.S. bankruptcy court also authorized eligible XRP holders to receive Flare tokens due under a prior agreement.

Jan 25, 2023

Roger Ver, the blockchain-industry veteran once known as “Bitcoin Jesus” thanks to his early evangelism for the cryptocurrency, said Wednesday that he has “sufficient funds” to make good on payments allegedly owed to the crypto lending firm Genesis Global. Genesis is a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (DCG), a crypto conglomerate that also owns CoinDesk.

Jan 25, 2023

Cryptocurrency exchange Luno is cutting 35% of its workforce, citing the "incredibly tough year" affecting the crypto market. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest fallout of crypto winter, as an estimated 29,000 jobs have been cut across the crypto industry since April of last year. Luno is owned by Digital Currency Group (DCG), which is also the parent company of CoinDesk.

Jan 25, 2023

The European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee voted to impose strict restrictions on banks seeking to hold crypto. "The Hash" panel discusses the rules, whether they're likely to pass into law and the potential repercussions for the global crypto industry.

Jan 24, 2023

A pair of North Korean hacker groups, Lazarus Group and APT38, were behind the June theft of $100 million in crypto assets from Horizon Bridge, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said in a Monday statement. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest in the world of crypto crime and regulation.

Jan 24, 2023