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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Bitcoin Predictions for March; Justin Sun on Crypto Outlook in Hong Kong
Bitcoin BTC is holding firm above 23 000 as crypto traders look ahead to a new month following minimal gains for the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization in February Coin Desk Indices Managing Director Jodie Gunzberg shares her crypto markets analysis Plus TRON Founder Huobi Global Advisor and Ambassador of Grenada to the WTO Justin [...]
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Coinbase to Suspend Binance USD Stablecoin; Bitcoin Hovers Near $23.5K
Coinbase will suspend trading of Binance USD BUSD starting March 13 because the stablecoin doesn’t meet its listing standards the U S cryptocurrency exchange announced in a tweet Monday Lumida CEO and Co Founder Ram Ahluwalia shares his reaction Separately Forbes reports that Binance moved 1 8 billion of collateral meant to back its customers [...]
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Solana's Weekend Deep Freeze; 2023 Crypto Crime Trends
Solana's SOL price is rising over the past 24 hours after the protocol crashed over the weekend freezing transactions The Solana Foundation says an investigation is underway into the root cause and will be updated as new information becomes available Coin Desk Managing Editor for Data and Tokens Danny Nelson gives an update and Coin [...]
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Coinbase Unveils Its Layer 2 Base; Chamber of Digital Commerce CEO on State of Crypto Regulation
Crypto exchange Coinbase’s new layer 2 blockchain Base had a rough start on Thursday drawing a stream of complaints from users on social media The Federal Reserve Board announced Thursday that it had again rejected crypto bank Custodia's bid for Fed supervision Fairlead Strategies Founder and Managing Partner Katie Stockton shares her crypto markets analysis [...]
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Kraken Exec on SEC Crackdown, Future of Staking; SEC Objects to Binance.US’ $1B Voyager Deal
Kraken Head of OTC Options Trading Juthica Chou discusses its settlement with the U S Security and Exchange Commission SEC ETC Group Co CEO Bradley Duke breaks down the markets Plus Bitfinex Securities Head of Operations Jesse Knutson discusses the future of tokenized securities Plus Coin Desk's Nik De breaks down the latest details from [...]
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Coinbase’s Earnings Beat Expectations; SEC’s Shadow Crypto Rule Taking Shape as Enforcement Cases Mount
Coinbase reported Q 4 earnings after the bell Tuesday beating expectations but usage continues to decline Pastel co founder Anthony Georgiades shares his crypto markets analysis Plus Consen Sys Director of Global Regulatory Matters Bill Hughes shares his outlook on the future of U S crypto regulation And Singularity DAO CEO Marcello Mari is probing [...]
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BNB-Bitcoin Ratio Falls to Lowest Level Since August; Custodia Bank CEO on State of Crypto Regulation
BNB the native token of the Binance initiated blockchain network BNB Chain is losing ground against bitcoin BTC in the wake of regulatory action against Binance branded dollar pegged stablecoin BUSD Bitwise Asset Management President Teddy Fusaro shares his analysis Plus Custodia Bank Founder and CEO Caitlin Long discusses the state of U S crypto [...]
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SEC Sues Terraform Labs, Do Kwon for Misleading Investors; Bitcoin Retreats
The U S Securities and Exchange Commission SEC sued Terraform Labs the company behind the failed Terra USD stablecoin and its co founder Do Kwon on Thursday Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad and Former CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad weigh in as the SEC alleges that Terraform and Kwon misled investors on a number of [...]
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Bitcoin Surges to Highest Level Since August; Sam Bankman-Fried's Bond Co-Signers Revealed
Bitcoin is just shy of 25 000 hitting its strongest level since Aug 15 Digital Asset Strategist Joe Orsini shares his market reaction Plus prosecutors asked a judge to modify the terms of FTX founder Sam Bankman Fried's release on bond to ban him from using cellphones or the internet except under very specific conditions [...]
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Bitcoin, Ether Surging After Inflation Data; Paxos Burns $700M Binance USD Amid Regulatory Pressure
Bitcoin regained a foothold comfortably above 22 000 despite tepid January U S consumer price index CPI data e Toro Investment Analyst Callie Cox shares her crypto markets analysis Separately Paxos the issuer of the 16 billion Binance USD BUSD stablecoin has burned more than 700 million of BUSD tokens since Monday Former Paxos Head [...]
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