Rise’n’Crypto

You’re not going to want to miss this episode. U.S. presidential candidate Dean Philips slammed Donald Trump and Joe Biden on digital assets, saying, “at their age and stage of life, [they] are simply not the right people to lead us forward.” Meanwhile, Trump launched his third NFT collection titled MugShots. And BlackRock has made a significant change to its spot Bitcoin ETF application that could attract major banks.

Further reading:

• KuCoin to ban New York residents in new $22M settlement
• US presidential candidate slams Biden and Trump on digital assets
• Trump launches new MugShots NFT collection
• SBF’s lawyer says the trial was “almost impossible” to win
• BlackRock has made an important revision to its spot Bitcoin ETF application

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. 

One hot-button topic that has dominated conversation around crypto lately is Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act. On the face of it, it sounds like necessary legislation, but the devil’s in the details, and those details could effectively “ban Bitcoin” in the United States. For a full breakdown of the legislation and much more, tune in to today’s episode!

Further reading:

• Senator Elizabeth Warren’s anti-crypto bill gets more support
• Crypto’s reaction to the bill, plus a comforting statistic
• Enjin migrates 200M NFTs from Ethereum to new blockchain
• Report suggests blockchain gaming market will reach $600B by 2030
• Google alters ad policy to potentially accommodate spot Bitcoin ETFs

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. 

After another busy crypto weekend, we have much to catch up on. Bitcoin saw a dip in both price and market dominance, which some analysts claim could mark the start of a surge in altcoin prices. Inscriptions on satoshis have been added to the U.S. National Vulnerability Database as a security issue. The agreement between Binance and DOJ has been unsealed, with an ex-SEC commenter calling it a “24/7, 365-days-a-year financial colonoscopy.” And that’s not everything!

Further reading:

• Is the dip in Bitcoin dominance about to spark altseason?
• Bitcoin Inscriptions, like Ordinals, added to U.S. National Vulnerability Database
• Binance and DOJ agreement a “24/7, 365-days-a-year financial colonoscopy.”
• Analysts share the hallmarks of a bull market top
• 5 things you need to know in Bitcoin for the coming 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.

Cointelegraph’s Twitter: @Cointelegraph
Cointelegraph’s website: cointelegraph.com

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 a lot to catch you up on before the weekend! Bitcoin buyers in the 2020 bull run have diamond hands, Do Kwon may be extradited to the U.S., and Changpeng “CZ” Zhao must remain in the U.S. until his sentencing in February 2024. And let’s talk about decentralized science, which might be where CZ turns his attention in life after Binance.

Further reading:

• 2020 bull market Bitcoin buyers control 16% of the supply, and they aren’t selling
• The U.S. tells CZ he cannot go home to the UAE before sentencing
• Will decentralized science be CZ’s next project?
• Montenegro is rumored to be extraditing Do Kwon to the U.S.
• Robinhood launches crypto trading services in Europe

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.

Cointelegraph’s Twitter: @Cointelegraph
Cointelegraph’s website: cointelegraph.com

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. 

Today, we look at JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon telling the U.S. Senate that if he were the government, he would shut crypto down — needless to say, the crypto community did not take those comments lightly. We also look at Bitcoin Ordinals going parabolic, but are they at risk of a network fix patching them out of existence?

Further reading:

• “If I was the government, I’d close it down,” says Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan
• The crypto community responds to Dimon’s comments
• Bitcoin Ordinals has gone parabolic in recent weeks
• Bitcoin Core developer calls Ordinals a DoS attack
• Poloniex added to U.K. regulator’s warning list

References:
JPMorgan the first bank to enter the metaverse
JPMorgan paper on the metaverse
What are Bitcoin Ordinals?

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.

Cointelegraph’s Twitter: @Cointelegraph
Cointelegraph’s website: cointelegraph.com

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. 

Bitcoin has seen a lot of green days lately, but is the latest upward trend a “choreographed” move by whales? Whatever the case, Bitcoin futures open interest on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange has soared alongside BTC’s price, and experts are suggesting it isn’t merely the result of ETF and halving hype. All this and much more to get you caught up on in crypto today!

Further reading:

• Was the latest BTC price spike choreographed by whales?
• Thirdweb finds major security flaw in common smart contracts
• IBM unveils new complex cold storage to address common vulnerabilities
• New Coinbase feature allows crypto transfers by links sent on WhatsApp and social media
• Bitcoin futures open interest on CME approaches its October 2021 all-time high

References:
Bitcoin whale thread
Thirdweb announcement

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.

Cointelegraph’s Twitter: @Cointelegraph
Cointelegraph’s website: cointelegraph.com

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. 

Warren Buffett famously called Bitcoin “rat poison squared,” but yesterday, it pushed Berkshire Hathaway out of the top 10 assets by market cap. Bitcoin’s stellar price performance of late has also been reflected in Robinhood’s crypto trading and El Salvador’s BTC portfolio, which is back in the black!

Further reading:

• Bitcoin pushes Berkshire Hathaway out of the top 10 biggest assets by market cap
• Robinhood sees a 75% spike in crypto trading in November
• Two brothers walk free after hacking $8.5M from Platypus
• El Salvador’s Bitcoin portfolio back in profit
• A new look at the age-old debate: Bitcoin maxis vs. multichain

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.

Cointelegraph’s Twitter: @Cointelegraph
Cointelegraph’s website: cointelegraph.com

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. 

Bitcoin stole the limelight this weekend as it breached the $40,000 mark, and there’s a lot you need to know about it going into this week. However, plenty happened outside of Bitcoin, too — from North Korean hackers stealing $3 billion in crypto to an exclusive interview with Binance’s new CEO, Richard Teng.

Further reading:

• 5 things you need to know in Bitcoin this week
• SBF’s lawyers will not file any post-trial motions
• Richard Teng’s exclusive interview with Cointelegraph since taking over as Binance CEO
• North Korea’s state-sponsored hacking has netted them around $3B in stolen crypto
• Why spot Bitcoin ETFs may be important for first-time adoption

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.

Cointelegraph’s Twitter: @Cointelegraph
Cointelegraph’s website: cointelegraph.com

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 an equal distribution of positive and negative news today, with Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy buying another $600 million worth of Bitcoin but November securing the most damaging month of 2023 for hacks. When you’re done weighing up the current situation, we have the KyberSwap hacker’s absurd list of demands over returning the $46 million they stole!

Further reading:

• Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy buys another $600M worth of Bitcoin
• Pando is a late entry to become the 13th U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF applicant
• A CoinGecko study shows 75% of Web3 games failed in the last 5 years
• November was the most damaging month for crypto theft at $363M
• The KyberSwap hacker publishes a list of demands, and it’s wild

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.

Cointelegraph’s Twitter: @Cointelegraph
Cointelegraph’s website: cointelegraph.com

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. 

Few spaces, if any, move faster than crypto, and in just 24 hours, there’s already so much to catch up on. FTX is set to sell $873 million of trust assets as part of its continued attempts to make creditors whole, Binance is in hot water with the Philippines SEC, and Twitter (now X) co-founder Jack Dorsey led a funding round for a company looking to decentralize the Bitcoin mining process. And finally, we have the fascinating story of Charlie Shrem, a man who went from a basement to the cover of Forbes — and then to prison!

Further reading:

• FTX given the green light to sell $873 million of trust assets to pay creditors
• Jack Dorsey leads a funding round for a company decentralizing Bitcoin mining
• The Philippines SEC says Binance is operating without a license
• U.K. tax authority issues warning for crypto holders
• The fascinating and turbulent story of Bitcoin millionaire, Charlie Shrem

References:
Crypto Stories YouTube Playlist
How to manage crypto losses on tax returns in the US, UK and Canada

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.

Cointelegraph’s Twitter: @Cointelegraph
Cointelegraph’s website: cointelegraph.com

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.