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Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to a new 23-month low as crypto traders processed the news that Binance might not buy rival FTX after all. Bloomberg reports U.S. securities and commodities regulators are probing whether FTX.com correctly managed client funds, despite statements by the ailing crypto exchange’s CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, that all customer holdings were covered.

9 nov 2022

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian looks set to win an investor lawsuit against her and other celebrities over their endorsement of cryptocurrency EthereumMax (EMAX) after a judge tentatively dismissed the case on Monday, according to a Bloomberg report. "The Hash" hosts discuss the ongoing story and lessons learned.

9 nov 2022

2022 has been a rough year for seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady: a tarnished record after coming out of retirement, a divorce and now a potential wipeout of a strategic investment in troubled crypto exchange FTX. "The Hash" hosts discuss the latest fallout of the proposed FTX-Binance deal and crypto winter at large.

9 nov 2022

CoinDesk reports that cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance is highly unlikely to go through with its proposed acquisition of struggling rival FTX after less than a day of reviewing the company, according to a person familiar with the matter. "The Hash" panel discusses the potential outcomes and regulatory impact worldwide.

9 nov 2022

Crypto exchange Binance founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao urged industry players to provide "proof-of-reserves" on the heels of a proposal to acquire rival FTX. Kristin Smith of the Blockchain Association, a Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group, weighs in, saying it's "a good idea... but it's nothing that U.S. exchanges, at least the major ones, aren't already doing."

9 nov 2022

Coming out of the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, newly re-elected Congressman Jim Himes tells "First Mover" that crypto regulation was "not at all" an issue the average American voted on.

9 nov 2022

"What happened with FTX may not be able to be addressed by U.S. regulation," says Blockchain Association Executive Director Kristin Smith. But, she adds that Congress is still very interested in finding a way to regulate the spot markets. The potential Binance-FTX merger "is going to open up more robust debate around exchange regulation."

9 nov 2022

"Sam Bankman-Fried was very much the Jamie Dimon of crypto," says Defiance ETFs CEO Sylvia Jablonski. "When you see a major player on what feels like the verge of collapse ... it destroys the confidence of investors," she adds, explaining bitcoin (BTC)'s fall to $17,000 following the news of a potential Binance-FTX merger.

9 nov 2022

Newly re-elected Congressman Jim Himes reacts to the possible Binance takeover of FTX, given Sam Bankman-Fried's role as a large donor in this election cycle. "He spent a lot of time on Capitol Hill in a really important role ... educating the Congress," Himes says of Bankman-Fried. Plus, Himes compares the FTX fallout to the "ultimate meltdown" of the internet in the early 2000s.

9 nov 2022

CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses what the U.S. midterm election results mean for crypto adoption and regulation as Republicans are headed toward control of the House of Representatives.

9 nov 2022