Lawrence Lewitinn

Lawrence Lewitinn serves as the Director of Content for The Tie, a crypto data company, and co-hosts CoinDesk's flagship "First Mover" program. Previously, he held the position of Managing Editor for Markets at CoinDesk. He is a seasoned financial journalist having worked at CNBC, TheStreet, Yahoo Finance, the Observer, and crypto publication Modern Consensus. Lewitinn's career also includes time on Wall Street as a trader of fixed income, currencies, and commodities at Millennium Management and MQS Capital. Lewitinn graduated from New York University and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs. He is also a CFA Charterholder. He holds investments in bitcoin.

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Peter Brandt’s Case for $180K-$200K Bitcoin Price, Crypto Trust Funds, Anti-Money Laundering

Popular chartist Peter Brandt reviews new bitcoin charts to show how high BTC may go and why the current bull cycle since the COVID-19 low last March is extraordinary yet orderly. Also, why Osprey Funds CEO Greg King believes trust funds will morph into ETFs, and Siân Jones of XReg Consulting on regulators clarifying that anti-money laundering applies to all forms of crypto.

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Will Bitcoin be the Currency of the World? Scaramucci: ‘It’s Quite Possible.’ Plus, Powell on CBDCs and Crowdfunding With Crypto

Former Wall Street maven turned bitcoin bull Anthony Scaramucci discusses bitcoin, its future price and potential as a global currency, and whether ETFs pose a threat to his company’s bitcoin fund and what he plans to do about it. Also, Republic’s CEO Kendrick Nguyen on crowdfunding with crypto and CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De with the latest regulatory news.

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The Countdown to a US Bitcoin ETF Decision Begins; SEC’s Hester Peirce Joins ‘First Mover’

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce reacts to the latest crypto headlines involving bitcoin exchange-traded fund applications, institutional investments and NFTs. Nexo’s Antoni Trenchev explains the case for a $100K bitcoin price, and can bitcoin mining reduce your taxes? We hear from vBit’s CEO Don Vo.

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The US Bitcoin ETF Race Heats Up; Markets Await Fed Chair Powell’s Press Conference

More companies are filing for bitcoin ETFs and more types of bitcoin ETFs; we get the latest from Valkyrie’s Steven McClurg. Also, a market check with analyst Michele Schneider ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s press conference today; Ernst & Young’s Paul Brody weighs in. Are inflation fears and bitcoin’s price too high?

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NFTs Gone Wild With Gary Vaynerchuk, MetaKovan and Crypto.com

What do internet personality Gary Vaynerchuck, Crypto.com and MetaKovan, the pseudonymous buyer of Beeple’s $69M NFT, have in common? They join “First Mover” to discuss their passion for NFTs, the different reasons for their investments, and why it’s important for the mainstream audience to understand this phenomenon.

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Kevin O’Leary of ‘Shark Tank’ Reveals Plans to Invest in Ethical BTC Mining; Developments in the Mt. Gox and Ripple Cases

Bitcoin skeptic turned believer Kevin O’Leary says he has a solution to bitcoin provenance concerns: invest in environmentally responsible BTC mining in preferred countries. Here’s how he plans to capitalize on this idea. Plus, Senior Reporter Omkar Godbole with crypto markets analysis, and a Mt. Gox update from a former plaintiff, U.S. securities attorney Jonathan Dunsmoor.

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Beeple on his $69.3 M NFT Sale; Ethereum’s Future

The digital artist known as “Beeple” discusses the record-smashing $69.3 M sale of his NFT at Christie’s; Ethereum Co-Founder Anthony Di Iorio on Ethereum’s evolution; and Hunter Merghart of Bitstamp with the latest news from one of the largest and oldest crypto exchanges in the industry.

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Market Moves and Binance News with Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao

Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, CEO of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, discusses big developments in crypto markets and his latest move into DeFi. U.S. Representative Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) on his and other lawmakers’ proposals for clearer crypto regulations. Plus the latest from Singapore-based Diginex after going public with a crypto exchange in the U.S.

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Inflation Up 0.4% in February; Lawmakers Propose Evaluating Crypto Regulations

What will Congress and the SEC do about crypto? Former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins weighs in. Also, Multicoin Capital’s Kyle Samani on DeFi’s boom and Alejandro Machado with the continuing story of Venezuelans seeking refuge in cryptocurrencies.

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Capitalizing on DeFi, Institutional Interest In NFTs and Goldman Sach’s Latest Bitcoin Report

People don’t get bitcoin but they get DeFi. That’s how Bitwise explains interest in its decentralized finance index fund that brought in over $30M in sales in just two weeks. Learn more from Bitwise’s Matt Hougan. And, will the National Credit Union Administration be the next federal regulator to provide crypto guidance? Kyle Hauptman, NCUA vice chairman joins us. Plus, Trustology CEO Alex Batlin on NFTs. Will Institutions join the party?

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