Lee and Jimmie discuss Coinbase’s recent earnings announcement and long-term prospects; SBF’s upcoming sentencing; new crypto hires at the IRS; Gemini Earn customers being made whole; and the Department of Energy scrapping their crypto mining data survey.

Lee’s Twitter: @leereiners

Jimmie’s Twitter: @jimmie_lenz

Related Links:Coinbase (COIN) shares surge after earnings (cnbc.com): https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/16/coinbase-coin-share-surge-13percent-after-earnings.html.html

Sam Bankman-Fried Makes His Last Stand: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/27/technology/sam-bankman-fried-fraud-ftx.html?

IRS adds two key experts to focus on cryptocurrency, other digital assets: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-adds-two-key-experts-to-focus-on-cryptocurrency-other-digital-assets

Winklevoss’s Gemini to Return $1.1 Billion to Customers in New York Settlement: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-28/winklevoss-s-gemini-to-return-1-1-billion-to-customers-in-new-york-settlement

Department of Energy drops emergency survey of Bitcoin miners after legal backlash: https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/03/01/department-energy-survey-bitcoin-miners-legal-backlash/amp/