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Asset manager Bitwise is teaming up with ETF Series Solutions in its bid to get a U.S. bitcoin ETF over the finish line as it filed with the SEC Tuesday to launch a bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund. Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at Bitwise, discusses the details and implications of the launch. When will the U.S. finally get an ETF, and could the Bitwise Bitcoin Strategy ETF win the battle?

16. Sept. 2021

Leading non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea said Wednesday it uncovered evidence of insider trading by one of its employees. Nate Chastain, OpenSea’s head of product, is at the center of the scandal which emerged on Twitter Tuesday night, with major investor Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) also investigating the case.

15. Sept. 2021

Crypto exchange BitMEX's head of business operations Gregory Dwyer, the last of the four accused executives from BitMEX to remain at large amid money laundering charges, has apparently agreed to be extradited from Bermuda to the U.S. "The Hash" team discusses the key takeaways as BitMEX's ongoing saga with U.S. lawmakers continues to unfold.

15. Sept. 2021

Yield Guild Games (YGG), a key investor in the “play-to-earn” arena, has teamed up with the stablecoin-focused decentralized finance (DeFi) project HaloDAO to allow its gamers to cash out using its stablecoin and gain yield. "The Hash" squad discusses the latest move signaling the importance of DeFi in emerging economies and the world of blockchain games.

15. Sept. 2021

Solana’s blockchain validators came back online early Wednesday following engineers racing to restore service. After being down for more than half a day, the high-speed blockchain succeeded shortly after 1:30 a.m. Eastern time in pushing a network patch that held across a network of validators. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest development around Solana and what it illuminates about the "experimental" nature of the digital asset space.

15. Sept. 2021

Joshua Goldbard, founder and CEO of MobileCoin, shares insights into the privacy-oriented and mobile-first crypto project's payments technology, stablecoin development, and regulatory concerns. He discusses the importance of privacy in financial transactions, adding "privacy is a fundamental human right." Plus, what differentiates MobileCoin from others within the history of in-app messaging, and what the $66 million venture capital raise in August means for its users.

15. Sept. 2021

Bitcoin is recovering after Monday's volatile sell-off. Wes Fulford, CEO of registered investment advisor Viridi Funds, discusses his analysis, price forecast, and adoption outlook for bitcoin. "In a year's time, we're somewhere around $110,000 per coin for BTC," Fulford said. Plus, he explains $RIGZ, a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) that invests in clean crypto mining firms.

15. Sept. 2021

David Mercer, CEO of LMAX Group, a London-based fintech company that operates exchange trading platforms, including its crypto exchange LMAX Digital, discusses the latest $300 million raise that values the firm at $1 billion. Plus, his thoughts on Solana amid the network failure, competitor Binance facing regulatory scrutiny in the U.K., and the broader crypto markets outlook.

15. Sept. 2021

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler told the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday crypto exchanges like Coinbase should register with the regulator. CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De discusses the main takeaways in the latest escalation of Gensler’s previous statements regarding whether crypto trading platforms qualify as securities exchanges.

15. Sept. 2021

Solana validators complete restart after intermittent network stability issues. Laos ends a three-year ban on crypto trading and mining. Hangzhou Asian Games announces an NFT collection. More on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

15. Sept. 2021