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The most valuable crypto stories for Tuesday, June 6, 2023.

"The Hash" tackles today's hot topics: SEC chief Gary Gensler says the U.S. doesn’t need any more digital currency as his agency sues Binance and Coinbase for operating unregistered securities exchanges. Altcoins listed in the SEC's lawsuit against Coinbase are tanking. Apple unveiled its first mixed-reality headset 'Vision Pro.' Life insurance company Meanwhile Insurance Bitcoin (Bermuda) said it raised $19 million to develop an artificial-intelligence (AI) aided bitcoin (BTC)-denominated policy as it eyes an economy developing around the largest cryptocurrency.

See also:

U.S. Doesn't 'Need More Digital Currency' Because It Has the Dollar, Says SEC's Gensler

SEC Sues Coinbase on Unregistered Securities Exchange Allegations

Coinbase Traders Withdraw $600M in a Day Amid SEC Lawsuits

Coinbase Shares Slump After SEC Files Suit Against Company

Altcoins Dip Following Second SEC Lawsuit Against Crypto Exchange

Apple's New Headset Could Change the Way We Design the Metaverse

Bitcoin-Denominated Life Insurance Provider Sets Up Shop With $19M Funding

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hit two large U.S. crypto exchanges with multiple securities violations. “Markets Daily” takes a deeper look.

Today's Stories: 

SEC Sues Crypto Exchange Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao, Alleging Multiple Securities Violations

SEC Sues Coinbase on Unregistered Securities Exchange Allegations 

Markets Links: 

BRN00 | Brent Crude Oil Continuous Contract Overview | MarketWatch 

First Mover Asia: Why Did Bitcoin Fall to $25.4K? SEC Lawsuit Against Binance Rocks Crypto Markets

Crypto Traders Suffer $320M Losses in Liquidations as SEC Lawsuit Against Binance Spurs Market Plunge

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This week’s episode of “Gen C” features Ticketmaster EVP of Global Music David Marcus and Avenged Sevenfold Lead Singer Matt Sanders to discuss tokenized ticket experiences, deepening fan relationships and building infra for artists.

This episode is sponsored by Chainalysis, PayPal and WineChain.

Avenged Sevenfold won MTV’s best new artist award in 2006, has released eight studio albums, counts millions of monthly fans on Spotify, has been nominated for Grammy awards and are some of the most forward thinking mainstream musicians in Web3. Avenged worked with Ticketmaster to tokengate their ticket-buying experience and are helping to build tooling for any artist to directly connect and leverage fan relationships with NFTs. Ticketmaster itself has tokenized experiences from The Super Bowl to Imagine Dragons and continues to build rails for artists to plug into to enable digital collectibles for live events. David Marcus from Ticketmaster and Matt Sanders from Avenged Sevenfold join Avery and Sam to discuss fandom and live events in a Web3 world.

Links mentioned from the podcast:

• Doodles x Camp
• Formula 1 Tries NFT Ticketing
• Matt Sanders (M. Shadows) on Twitter
• David Marcus on Twitter
• Ticketmaster Launches Digital Collectibles
• Avenged Sevenfold on Spotify

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The most valuable crypto stories for Monday, June 5, 2023.

"The Hash" unpacks today's top stories moving the crypto markets: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued crypto exchange Binance and its CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao on allegations of violating federal securities laws Monday. Meanwhile, Richard Teng has been appointed to oversee Binance’s regional markets outside the U.S. Plus, centralized storage and wallet service Atomic Wallet was drained of nearly $35 million worth of various tokens. And, Volcano Energy announced $1 billion in commitments to build a 241 megawatt (MW) bitcoin mine in the Metapán region of El Salvador.

See also:

SEC Sues Crypto Exchange Binance, CEO Changpeng Zhao Over Multiple Securities Violation Allegations

El Salvador's Volcano Energy Secures $1B in Commitments for 241 MW Bitcoin Mine

Binance Hands Rising Star Teng Key Role to Replace CEO Zhao at Largest Crypto Exchange

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Many large countries around the world, including Pakistan and Nigeria, suffer currency turmoil. Citizens are turning to crypto assets as a hedge.

Featured Story: An opinion piece by Noelle Acheson, titled: Why the Biggest Emerging Markets Are Turning to Crypto.

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Chainalysis and Elliptic have found that crypto is useful for crime, but that’s hardly an argument for banning it.

This Featured Story:  Is an opinion piece by Daniel Kuhn, deputy managing editor for Consensus Magazine, titled: Why Elizabeth Warren Is Wrong About Crypto and the Fentanyl Epidemic

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For some crypto projects, actually launching is the worst possible plan.

A Featured Story: This is an opinion piece by David Z. Morris, CoinDesk's Chief Insights Columnist, titled: The PulseChain Sideshow Tent Is Collapsing.

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A roundup of the week’s most valuable crypto stories for Saturday, June 4, 2023. 

Missed any episodes of “The Hash” this week? Today’s recap episode will get you caught up.

“Hash Headlines” rounds up this week’s headline stories, including:

• Prosecutors Address Criminal Charges Against Sam Bankman-Fried
• Binance 'Reevaluating' Roles After  Reported Job Cuts
• OPNX Issues New Governance Token

Links to the headlines:  

U.S. Criminal Charges Against Sam Bankman-Fried Don’t Warrant Dismissal, Prosecutors Say

Binance Says 'Reevaluating' Roles After Report of Layoffs

Bankruptcy Claims Exchange OPNX Issues New Governance Token, FLEX Rises 16%

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The most valuable crypto stories for Friday, June 2, 2023.

"The Hash" tackles today's hot topics: the community governing MakerDAO, the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) behind stablecoin DAI, has paved the way to purchase up to an additional $1.28 billion in U.S. government bonds. The Twitter account of Mira Murati, OpenAI's CTO, briefly promoted a token linked to OpenAI after being hacked. Separately, bitcoin (BTC) is experiencing selling pressure at the $28,000 price level, and miners may be responsible, according to a Matrixport report. Plus, the impact and lessons learned from the ICO era.

See also:

MakerDAO Votes to Ditch $500M in Paxos Dollar Stablecoin From Reserve Assets

Why Did Bitcoin’s Price Rise? BTC Hovers Over $27K as Investors Shrug Off Hot Jobs Data

CoinDesk Turns 10: The ICO Era – What Went Right?

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Paradoxically, the unemployment rate rose significantly to 3.7% and the U.S. Commodity Future Trading Commission (CFTC)  proposes new regulations to offset the risks of crypto investing.

Today's Stories: 

U.S. Adds 339K Jobs in May, Blowing Through Estimates for 195K; Bitcoin Steady at $27K

U.S. Commodities Agency May Change Risk Rules to Consider Crypto

Bitcoin Miners Gain Support From Texas With Two Bills Passed, One Halted

Market Watch Links: 

BRN00 | Brent Crude Oil Continuous Contract Overview | MarketWatch 

Why Did Bitcoin’s Price Rise? BTC Hovers Over $27K as Investors Shrug Off Hot Jobs Data

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