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Host Joel Flynn takes a deep dive into why going back to blockchain’s roots is essential. That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

6 dec 2022

Bitcoin trades at a discount to the 200-day moving average. The S&P 500 has topped its 200-day average amid a sharp slide in the dollar index. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

5 dec 2022

The 30-year-old CEO of FTX shocked the world when his $40 billion crypto empire collapsed last month, with billions in customer assets still unaccounted. That's why Sam Bankman-Fried is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022. CoinDesk Deputy Managing Editor Tracy Wang joins "All About Bitcoin" to discuss.

5 dec 2022

Lens Protocol, the blockchain-based social media project from decentralized finance (DeFi) lender Aave, has acquired Sonar, a mobile app whose users pilot NFT-linked avatars through digital worlds. "The Hash" panel discusses what this means for the future of Web3 social and why "now is the moment."

5 dec 2022

Crypto exchange Bybit will implement another round of job cuts, 30% of all staff, as it tries to refocus its operations amid a "deepening bear market," CEO Ben Zhou announced on Sunday in a Twitter post. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest fallout of crypto winter.

5 dec 2022

Collectible Avatars, a set of art tokens based on the Polygon blockchain by social network Reddit, set a minting record of more than 255,000 unique avatars on Saturday, data queried by Dune Analytics shows. "The Hash" hosts discuss the latest in the world of NFTs.

5 dec 2022

Circle, the company behind stablecoin USDC, has terminated its agreement with special-purpose acquisition company Concord Acquisition Corp., thereby stepping back from its plan to go public. The stablecoin issuer had announced plans to go public in July 2021, with a valuation of $4.5 billion. The valuation was later doubled when the firms amended their terms in February. "The Hash" panel discusses what this means for the future of mainstream stablecoin adoption as crypto contagion continues to spread.

5 dec 2022

Murphy & McGonigle founder James Murphy reacts to former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's unprecedented media tour, saying he's a "master of deflection" by not directly answering reporters' questions. "You see this often with con men who really believe that they can convince the world of what they're saying."

5 dec 2022

Arca Head of Research Katie Talati says retail investors have "definitely not" lost faith in altcoins, even following the collapse of FTX. But, she referenced layer 1s that don't "have necessarily a lot of unique features about them ... may not be investable."

5 dec 2022

CoinDesk released its 11th annual definitive list of the biggest change makers in crypto and Web3 – Most Influential 2022. Head of Magazine Ben Schiller discusses the "mixed bag" of influential figures, reflecting the ups and downs of this year.

5 dec 2022