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“CoinDesk Daily” host Jennifer Sanasie dives into today’s hottest stories in crypto, as Ira Lee Sorkin, former attorney for Bernie Madoff and current partner at Mintz and Gold, explains what could happen next for Sam Bankman-Fried, after the FTX founder was sent back to jail before his trial. Bernstein thinks spot bitcoin ETF approvals could help power up a new crypto cycle. And, a closer look at how much former President Trump holds in crypto.

14. Aug. 2023

A federal judge revoked Sam Bankman-Fried's $250 million bail, as the 31-year-old is accused by prosecutors of tampering with witnesses. Ira Lee Sorkin, former attorney for Bernie Madoff and current partner at Mintz and Gold, joins "The Hash" to discuss what the bail revocation means for the disgraced FTX founder's upcoming trial and if there are any parallels between the legal cases of Bernie Madoff and Bankman-Fried.

14. Aug. 2023

Hedera Hashgraph’s HBAR token took the lead among major cryptocurrencies over the last 24 hours, after the U.S. Federal Reserve’s FedNow added a Hedera Hashgraph-based micropayments platform, Dropp, as a service provider. FedNow is an instant payment service provider developed by the Fed for depository institutions in the U.S. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

14. Aug. 2023

A recently released filing with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics reveals that former U.S. president Donald Trump holds up to $500,000 in an Ethereum wallet. "The Hash" panel discusses former President Trump's crypto holdings and NFT collection.

14. Aug. 2023

The developer behind bald (BALD), one of the most viral tokens in recent months, transferred around $12 million in ether (ETH) back to the Ethereum network. This comes weeks after bald ran up to an $80 million capitalization before some actions caused prices to plunge 90%. "The Hash" panel breaks down the latest developments.

14. Aug. 2023

Hermine Wong, former Coinbase head of policy and current principal at herminewong.xyz, weighs in on FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried being sent to jail ahead of his trial in October. "I don't think that we're going to pretend here that Sam Bankman-Fried is acting in a manner that the general public, or anyone, would consider to be rational," Wong added.

14. Aug. 2023

Bitcoin (BTC) is trading flat near the $29,300 level as investors react to the news that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sent to jail ahead of his October trial over attempts to tamper with witnesses. Ethena head of research & data Conor Ryder discusses the lack of price action in bitcoin and ether. Plus, insights on traders' interests in meme coins and a potential stablecoin race as fintech giant PayPal releases its dollar-pegged stablecoin PYUSD.

14. Aug. 2023

MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen joins "First Mover" to discuss the main issues surrounding coordination within DAOs and his "Endgame" plan to "decentralize the broken financial system & replace it with a system that benefits everyone." Plus, insights on MakerDAO paving the way to purchase up to an additional $1.28 billion in U.S. government bonds via crypto asset manager BlockTower Capital.

14. Aug. 2023

A federal judge revoked Sam Bankman-Fried's bond release, saying the FTX founder appears to have "attempted to tamper with witnesses." Hermine Wong, former Coinbase head of policy and current principal at herminewong.xyz, joins "First Mover" with her reaction to Bankman-Fried's bond revocation. Plus, her outlook on crypto adoption as the industry is plagued with negative headlines.

14. Aug. 2023

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sent to jail ahead of his October trial after a federal judge revoked his bond last Friday, saying the former crypto heavyweight appears to have tried to tamper with witnesses. CoinDesk's global policy and regulation managing editor Nikhilesh De breaks down Judge Lewis Kaplan's conclusion at the hearing and the response from Bankman-Fried's defense team.

14. Aug. 2023