Rise’n’Crypto

In the final episode of Rise’n’Crypto for 2023, we look at this year’s top stories on Cointelegraph. If you want the tl;dr of crypto in 2023, yesterday’s and today’s episodes have got you covered. It’s been another wild year in crypto world, but we’re ending on a high. See you in 2024!

Further reading:

• Missing ‘Bitcoin Millionaire’ and ONFO coin co-creator found dead: Report
• Mark Cuban loses $870K in hot wallet hack
• Genesis is planning to file for bankruptcy: Report
• Here’s how ChatGPT-4 spends $100 in crypto trading
• BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF now listed on Nasdaq trade clearing firm — Bloomberg analyst
• Former Coinbase CTO makes $2M bet on Bitcoin’s performance
• SEC lawsuits: 68 cryptocurrencies are now seen as securities by the SEC
• More than 186 US banks well-positioned for collapse, SVB analysis reveals
• Breaking: Judge rules XRP is not a security in SEC’s case against Ripple
• Ron DeSantis vows to ban CBDCs in the US if elected president

So, grab yourself a coffee and let's get into it!

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The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are its participants’ alone and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views and opinions of Cointelegraph. This podcast (and any related content) is for entertainment purposes only and does not constitute financial advice, nor should it be taken as such. Everyone must do their own research and make their own decisions. The podcast’s participants may or may not own any of the assets mentioned. 

In another special end-of-year episode, today we’re doing a rundown of some of the biggest moments Crypto Twitter had to offer in 2023. From the global manhunt for Do Kwon to Nayib Bukele’s tweet of pure vindication as El Salvador’s Bitcoin holdings went back into the black — this is one wild highlight reel!

Further reading:
Top 10 most influential crypto tweets of 2023, by Daniel Ramirez-Escudero

References:

• Gary Gensler on stakes and staking
• Do Kwon caught in Montenegro
• Cobie’s tweet decoded
• Coinbase hits back at the SEC
• Eric Balchunas shows BlackRock’s ETF record
• SEC “surrenders” in its case against Ripple founders
• SBF sentenced to 110 years in jail
• BlackRock files for spot Ethereum ETF
• CZ steps down from Binance
• Nayib Bukele’s vindication tweet

So, grab yourself a coffee and let's get into it!

Rise’n’Crypto is brought to you by Cointelegraph and is hosted and produced by Robert Baggs. You can follow Robert on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are its participants’ alone and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views and opinions of Cointelegraph. This podcast (and any related content) is for entertainment purposes only and does not constitute financial advice, nor should it be taken as such. Everyone must do their own research and make their own decisions. The podcast’s participants may or may not own any of the assets mentioned. 

Merry Christmas! Although many of us stopped to wind down with some traditional festivities, crypto plowed on. So, in this special Christmas wrap-up episode, we take a look at everything that happened from the 23rd to the 27th of December that you need to know about. Take 10 minutes for yourself and enjoy your Christmas crypto debrief.
Further reading:

• Judge orders Craig Wright to pay over $1m to cover legal fees if he loses Satoshi identity case
• $3m of crypto is stolen on Christmas Day using MS Drainer
• zkSync suffers a five-hour network outage on Christmas day
• Two senior Grayscale executives resign from the board of directors
• The SEC updates the spot Bitcoin ETF application deadline
• Arthur Hayes warns that spot Bitcoin ETFs could ‘destroy Bitcoin’
• Bitcoin mining hash rate hits new all-time high, but profitability falls
• Sotheby’s announces it sold $35m worth of digital art in 2023

So, grab yourself a coffee and let's get into it!

Rise’n’Crypto is brought to you by Cointelegraph and is hosted and produced by Robert Baggs. You can follow Robert on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are its participants’ alone and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views and opinions of Cointelegraph. This podcast (and any related content) is for entertainment purposes only and does not constitute financial advice, nor should it be taken as such. Everyone must do their own research and make their own decisions. The podcast’s participants may or may not own any of the assets mentioned. 

Do you type the name of a crypto platform in Google and click the top link? If you do, you should stop. A phishing expedition using MS Drainer — a crypto wallet draining tool — and Google Ads has led to $59 million being stolen in just nine months, according to ScamSniffer. What’s worse is that the volume of these scams peaked as recently as November. Listen to today’s episode for a full rundown on this and more!

Further reading:

• A wallet drainer and Google Ads are used to phish $59M in 9 months
• A US court approves the forfeiture of 69,000 BTC from Silk Road
• Solana’s parabolic price surge sees it briefly flip BNB
• Decentralized IDs with ZK-proofs are key to refugee safety, according to a UN agency

References:
ScamSniffer X Thread

So, grab yourself a coffee and let's get into it!

Rise’n’Crypto is brought to you by Cointelegraph and is hosted and produced by Robert Baggs. You can follow Robert on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are its participants’ alone and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views and opinions of Cointelegraph. This podcast (and any related content) is for entertainment purposes only and does not constitute financial advice, nor should it be taken as such. Everyone must do their own research and make their own decisions. The podcast’s participants may or may not own any of the assets mentioned. 

With spot Bitcoin ETFs possibly mere weeks away, we look at the situation from all angles. On the one hand, Grayscale’s CEO suggests the new ETFs open Bitcoin to a $30 trillion portion of the market, but the head of institutional research at Coinbase warns of two risks no one is talking about.

Further reading:

• Grayscale CEO claims spot Bitcoin ETFs open crypto to $30T market
• DeFi’s billion-dollar secret: The insiders responsible for hacks
• Coinbase’s stock continues a bull run of its own
• The two risks of spot Bitcoin ETFs that no one is talking about
• Bitcoin has the fewest public obituaries in over a decade

So, grab yourself a coffee and let's get into it!

Rise’n’Crypto is brought to you by Cointelegraph and is hosted and produced by Robert Baggs. You can follow Robert on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are its participants’ alone and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views and opinions of Cointelegraph. This podcast (and any related content) is for entertainment purposes only and does not constitute financial advice, nor should it be taken as such. Everyone must do their own research and make their own decisions. The podcast’s participants may or may not own any of the assets mentioned. 

There is much to bring you up to speed on today, from Michael Saylor predicting a major crypto bull run in 2024 to institutional adoption of blockchain soaring, inscriptions breaking multiple blockchains and a critical security vulnerability on OKX for iPhone users.

Further reading:

• Michael Saylor called spot Bitcoin ETFs the biggest Wall St development in 30 years
• Why the inscriptions gold rush is breaking blockchains
• Institutional adoption of blockchain technology is soaring in the finance sector
• Montenegro court cancels the extradition of Do Kwon to the US
• Immutable launches the ‘Passport’ wallet with Google and Apple logins
• Critical security vulnerability found on OKX for iOS users

References:
cygaar's Twitter/X thread

So, grab yourself a coffee and let's get into it!

Rise’n’Crypto is brought to you by Cointelegraph and is hosted and produced by Robert Baggs. You can follow Robert on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are its participants’ alone and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views and opinions of Cointelegraph. This podcast (and any related content) is for entertainment purposes only and does not constitute financial advice, nor should it be taken as such. Everyone must do their own research and make their own decisions. The podcast’s participants may or may not own any of the assets mentioned. 

There’s never a dull moment in crypto, so let’s get you up to speed! In this episode, get the latest news on spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds and how their approval could impact exchanges, Binance’s $2.7 billion settlement with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, how one trader’s memecoin gamble paid seven figures, and much more.

Further reading:

• Will spot Bitcoin ETFs cause a bloodbath for exchanges?
• Improbable sells gaming venture and is bullish on the metaverse
• BlackRock and ARK make crucial revisions to their ETF applications
• A trader makes a fortune with a huge gamble on a memecoin
• Court approves $2.7B Binance settlement with the CFTC

So, grab yourself a coffee and let's get into it!

Rise’n’Crypto is brought to you by Cointelegraph and is hosted and produced by Robert Baggs. You can follow Robert on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are its participants’ alone and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views and opinions of Cointelegraph. This podcast (and any related content) is for entertainment purposes only and does not constitute financial advice, nor should it be taken as such. Everyone must do their own research and make their own decisions. The podcast’s participants may or may not own any of the assets mentioned. 

Of all the weekend’s interesting developments, there’s one story you’ll want to hear: 37 Bored Ape Yacht Club and 13 Mutant Ape Yacht Club NFTs were stolen after a hacker found an exploit in an old smart contract — and you’ll never guess what happened next!

Further reading:

• 37 Bored Apes stolen and then returned in bizarre hack
• Grayscale addresses concerns over the tax implications of a spot Bitcoin ETF
• FTX loses $53K per hour on bankruptcy fees
• 5 things you need to know in Bitcoin this week

So, grab yourself a coffee and let's get into it!

Rise’n’Crypto is brought to you by Cointelegraph and is hosted and produced by Robert Baggs. You can follow Robert on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are its participants’ alone and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views and opinions of Cointelegraph. This podcast (and any related content) is for entertainment purposes only and does not constitute financial advice, nor should it be taken as such. Everyone must do their own research and make their own decisions. The podcast’s participants may or may not own any of the assets mentioned. 

Yesterday was chaotic in the crypto world, with Ledger’s security breach affecting many major DApps, including big hitters like SushiSwap and Phantom. As with all modern crises, events were reported in real time as the vulnerability was discovered, diagnosed and fixed. Today, we break down the whole story and much more!

Further reading:

• Ledger patches vulnerability after multiple DApps using connector library compromised
• Decentralized applications pause Ledger Connect as exploit fix deployed
• Ledger CEO explains hack, calls it ‘isolated incident’
• Over $300M in stolen crypto sent to Bitcoin mixers in 2023
• Nodle’s Click app wants to end fake news using blockchain

References:
Ledger timeline X post

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Rise’n’Crypto is brought to you by Cointelegraph and is hosted and produced by Robert Baggs. You can follow Robert on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are its participants’ alone and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views and opinions of Cointelegraph. This podcast (and any related content) is for entertainment purposes only and does not constitute financial advice, nor should it be taken as such. Everyone must do their own research and make their own decisions. The podcast’s participants may or may not own any of the assets mentioned. 

Sam Altman’s Worldcoin project, which allows the verification of humanness with a blockchain-based World ID, has integrated into some of the most used online platforms, including Shopify, Minecraft, Reddit, Telegram and others. Meanwhile, Bitwise researchers claim Bitcoin is going to $80,000 in 2024, and stablecoins will eclipse Visa. And, are memecoins a “menace to crypto?” For all this and much more, carve out just 10 minutes of your day to get your debrief!

Further reading:

• Bitwise predicts BTC to $80K in 2024, stablecoins to eclipse Visa
• SEC wants to include Binance guilt admissions to DOJ in its own case
• Memecoins called a “menace to crypto”
• SEC serves Richard Heart but can’t find him
• Sam Altman’s Worldcoin integrates with Shopify, Minecraft, Reddit, Telegram

References:
Ryan Rasmussen thread

So, grab yourself a coffee and let's get into it!

Rise’n’Crypto is brought to you by Cointelegraph and is hosted and produced by Robert Baggs. You can follow Robert on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are its participants’ alone and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views and opinions of Cointelegraph. This podcast (and any related content) is for entertainment purposes only and does not constitute financial advice, nor should it be taken as such. Everyone must do their own research and make their own decisions. The podcast’s participants may or may not own any of the assets mentioned.