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FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted bribery and campaign finance violations during a court appearance. Plus, custody provider BitGo releases security features designed to protect owners of Bitcoin Ordinals Inscriptions, which allow people to inscribe text, images and even videos directly on the Bitcoin blockchain.

30. März 2023

Freeport, a soon-to-be-launched blockchain-based platform that allows people to invest in fine art, is offering an exclusive four-piece collection of prints from pop artist Andy Warhol. “The Hash” discusses the details and what this means for fine art tokenization.

30. März 2023

Ledger has raised most of a 100 million euros ($109 million) funding round at a valuation of 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion), the company told Bloomberg. Media outlets first reported on a potential new round last August. “The Hash” team discusses the importance of Ledger and the timing of this raise post-FTX collapse and the CFTC's recent lawsuit against Binance.

30. März 2023

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has tightened its requirements for cryptocurrency exchanges operating in the country. "The Hash" panel discusses major exchanges including Kraken, Coinbase and Binance's responses to tougher rules from the regulators.

30. März 2023

Circle's USDC stablecoin saw net outflows surpassing $10 billion since March 10 after the regulators shut down the firm's banking partner Silicon Valley Bank. Many of the investors who fled USDC switched to Tether's USDT stablecoin, driving the token to reach its largest market share in 22 months. "The Hash" panel weighs in on these developments.

30. März 2023

Coinbase is in talks with regulators about staying in Canada, according to a CoinDesk source. This comes as rival Binance, however, looks likely to leave the country. Bitget Managing Director Gracy Chen shares her insights and discusses how the Seychelles-based crypto derivatives exchange is performing amid wider U.S. regulatory scrutiny for other crypto exchanges.

30. März 2023

After FTX, we saw "an all-time high in our trade volumes, as well as new registered users," said Gracy Chen, Managing Director for Seychelles-based crypto derivatives exchange Bitget. Plus, Chen discusses the exchange's license application in Hong Kong.

30. März 2023

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will plead not guilty on charges of trying to evade campaign financing laws and attempting to bribe one or more Chinese government officials, according to a Reuters report. CoinDesk Global Policy and Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De weighs in. Separately, OKX says it has identified $157 million in digital assets belonging to FTX and Alameda Research and is turning them over to the bankruptcy estate for the former companies.

30. März 2023

Data from blockchain analytics firm Nansen reveals that Binance's on-chain balance remains high, despite the CFTC suit against the crypto exchange that dropped this past week. Nansen Customer Success Manager Jason Meng discusses what the on-chain analytics tool provider is seeing in regards to Binance's outflows following regulatory turbulence for the world's largest crypto exchange.

30. März 2023

Bitcoin (BTC) is rising past $28,000 on Thursday, rallying nearly 23% in the last 30 days. 3IQ Head of Research Mark Connors attributes the uptick to lingering uncertainty in the banking sector, noting that "we're still in the safe haven period."

30. März 2023