Lawrence Lewitinn

Lawrence Lewitinn

Lawrence Lewitinn joined CoinDesk as Managing Editor for Markets in December 2019. Lawrence is a seasoned financial journalist and a former Wall Street trader. Over the course of his career, he's worked at CNBC, TheStreet, Yahoo, the Observer and crypto publication Modern Consensus. Lewitinn holds positions of $200 or less in over 120 cryptocurrencies.

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Silicon Valley Bank’s Former Parent Company Files for Bankruptcy; Bitcoin Flirts With $27K
Silicon Valley Bank's former parent company SVB Financial Group SIVB filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday in the U S Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York Former New York State Department of Financial Services Superintendent Maria Vullo shares her reaction Separately bitcoin BTC is flirting with 27 000 Coinbase Institutional Head [...]
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Bitcoin Dips Below $25K; Prospective Signature Bank Buyers Reportedly Must Agree to Give Up All Crypto Business
Bitcoin funds are bleeding coins even as U S bank failures fuel expectations of an early Federal Reserve pivot in favor of liquidity easing Kaiko Director of Research Clara Medalie shares her crypto markets analysis Plus Signature Bank is on the market after being shuttered by state regulators on Sunday but any potential buyer reportedly [...]
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Bitcoin Slips After Reaching Nine-Month High; Brian Brooks on U.S. Crypto Regulation
Bitcoin BTC is hovering around 25 000 after reaching a nine month high on Tuesday at about 26 500 The rise of the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market value came minutes after the U S Consumer Price Index was released Tastycrypto Head of Digital Assets Ryan Grace shares his crypto markets analysis Plus the New [...]
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Bitcoin, Ether Tumble as New York Attorney General Alleges Ether Is a Security in KuCoin Lawsuit
Is ether ETH the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain and the second largest by market cap an investment security Penn State Dickinson Law Professor Tonya Evans joins First Mover to discuss Plus Bitwise Crypto Analyst Ryan Rasmussen shares his crypto markets reaction as U S payrolls rose 311 000 in February And Rosetta Analytics [...]
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Crypto-Friendly Silvergate Bank to Wind Down Operations; Bitcoin Touches Lowest Level in Nearly a Month
Crypto friendly Silvergate Bank will voluntarily liquidate its assets and wind down operations its holding company Silvergate Capital Corp said Wednesday Bianco Research LLC President and Macro Strategist Jim Bianco and Opimas LLC CEO and Founder Octavio Marenzi weigh in on the latest developments Plus Crypto Critics Corner Co host Bennett Tomlin discusses the recent [...]
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Bitcoin Touches Three-Week Low After Powell's Hawkish Testimony; NEAR Foundation CEO on Web3 Outlook
Bitcoin fell to a three week low after U S Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's hawkish testimony to Congress spurred traders to price in a higher terminal rate The Digital Economy Initiative Advisory Council Member Martha Reyes weighs in Plus NEAR Foundation CEO Marieke Flament discusses her outlook on Web 3 and female leadership in [...]
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Grayscale Bitcoin Trust at Issue in Court; Yuga Labs Co-founder on Bitcoin NFT Collection
The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust discount to net asset value has fallen to its lowest level in a month ahead of oral arguments in federal court related to Grayscale's lawsuit against the SEC Grayscale and Coin Desk are both owned by DCG Maple Finance Head of Capital Markets Quinn Thompson shares his crypto markets analysis Plus [...]
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Silvergate Closes SEN Platform; Singapore Police Reportedly Start Probe Into Do Kwon's Terraform Labs
Silvergate Bank which warned last week about its ability to remain in business discontinued its SEN platform that institutions used to move money to crypto exchanges 21 co co founder and CEO Hany Rashwan shares his crypto markets reaction after bitcoin's BTC price was little changed over the weekend And Puerto Rico has extended its [...]
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Bitcoin, Ether Fall as Crypto Market Digests Silvergate; Author Neal Stephenson on Future of Metaverse
Bitcoin BTC and ether ETH are sinking as customers flee crypto bank Silvergate whose stock closed 58 lower during U S trading yesterday Forex com Global Head of Research Matt Weller shares his reaction Plus Sotheby’s is auctioning the original manuscript for Snow Crash Neal Stephenson’s landmark 1992 science fiction book that coined the terms [...]
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Silvergate Stock Tumbles as Bank Delays Annual Report; Two-Time NBA All-Star Baron Davis on Web3 Outlook
Silvergate Bank's stock is plunging after the crypto friendly bank said it is delaying the filing of its annual report Wave Financial Head of Protocol and Treasury Management Nauman Sheikh shares his reaction Plus former NBA All Star and serial entrepreneur Baron Davis shares his outlook on the Web 3 and blockchain space And Matrixport [...]
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