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The criminal behind Joker's Stash, a dark web marketplace for stolen credit card data, has shut down the operation, walking away with over $1B in bitcoin according to blockchain analysis firm Elliptic. CoinDesk managing editor Zack Seward calls it "one of the few instances where a dark web cyber criminal has retired on their own terms." The Hash panel weighs in.

15 feb 2021

Chia, a new cryptocurrency developed by BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen, has developed a new way to making at-home mining feasible again. The Hash panel weighs in on what at-home mining coming back into the mainstream would mean for the crypto space.

15 feb 2021

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor has become a bitcoin figurehead with the company’s recent purchase of $1B in BTC. The Hash panel discusses what MicroStrategy’s expansion into bitcoin related software products could mean.

15 feb 2021

Bitcoin payments service provider BitPay will begin offering Apple Pay support, bolstering the payments use case for cryptocurrencies. The Hash panel discusses how it’ll work and the potential impact for mainstream usage.

15 feb 2021

Not everyone made money in the recent meme stock investing frenzy. Lots of individual small investors took out loans and lost big to gamble on Gamestop stock. The Hash panel weighs in on how the WallStreetBets incident relates to early crypto pump-and-dump schemes, and how to avoid being the person left holding the bags.

15 feb 2021

Thomas Perfumo, Kraken Head of Business Operations & Strategy, on institutional investment, the correlation between bitcoin (BTC) and risk-on assets, and the narrative of bitcoin as a safe haven.

15 feb 2021

CEOs of Reddit, Robinhood, Citadel, and Melvin Capital, as well as Keith Gill (a.k.a. “Roaring Kitty” and “DeepF*ckingValue”) are scheduled to testify at a GameStop hearing before the U.S. House of Financial Services Committee this week to determine whether they contributed to market manipulation. CoinDesk Regulatory Reporter Nikhilesh De discusses the priorities of the hearings and action Congress may take.

15 feb 2021

Bundle Africa CEO Yele Bademosi joins First Mover from Lagos, Nigeria to discuss the cryptocurrency ban now on hold, crypto adoption in the country, the source of that demand, and the push for greater visibility in the crypto space.

15 feb 2021

Rich Rosenblum, GSR Markets President says we may see local government entities buying into BTC in an attempt to make up for tax revenue shortfalls due to COVID-19.

15 feb 2021

With news this week of BNY Mellon and Mastercard entering the crypto business, the All About Bitcoin Week in Review panel discusses what this means for mainstream crypto adoption and the chances of a bitcoin selloff.

12 feb 2021