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COINDESK DAILY: Will Bitcoin Skyrocket If Trump Returns to Office?; WazirX Hacker Moves Stolen Funds to Tornado Cash

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🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the news in the crypto industry from potential bitcoin price movements if Trump becomes president to WazirX hacker moving stolen ether to Tornado Cash. "CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as a Bernstein research report says that bitcoin is expected to reach new highs later this year if former President Donald Trump returns to the oval office. Plus, WazirX hacker has moved stolen ether to Tornado Cash, and Binance's Indonesia subsidiary has won a full license in the country. - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

How will the price of Bitcoin react to the upcoming election and $11 million in stolen ether heads to tornado cash?

0:07.9

This is Coin Desk Daily. I'm your host, Jen Sanassi.

0:15.7

Could Bitcoin soar if Trump is elected president?

0:19.4

According to a Bernstein research report, Bitcoin is expected to reach new highs later this year and the cryptocurrency could hit $90,000 by Q4 if former President Donald Trump returns to the Oval Office.

0:32.4

On the other hand, the report said that if Kamala Harris wins, the Bitcoin price is expected to break its current

0:38.8

floor around the $50,000 level and could test the $30,000 to $40,000 range.

0:44.9

The broker noted that Trump has been very vocal about making America the Bitcoin and

0:49.2

crypto capital of the world and has mentioned digital assets at every policy speech he is made.

0:55.3

The North Korean entity behind India's biggest crypto hack has moved $11 million in stolen ether

1:01.8

to mixing service tornado cash. Wallet data tracked by Arkham shows that over 5,000 eth from

1:08.2

July's attack on the exchange was moved to a new address on Monday morning.

1:12.8

Then, $1.2 million in tokens from that address were sent to tornado cash over five different transfers.

1:20.0

In July, Wazer X was hit by a security breach in one of its multi-sig wallets,

1:24.7

causing over $100 million in Shiba, In Inu and $52 million in ether and other

1:30.1

assets to be drained from the exchange. And Binance subsidiary Toco Crypto in Indonesian

1:35.5

Crypto Exchange has obtained a full license as a physical crypto asset trader from the country's

1:40.7

commodity futures trading regulatory agency. Bin acquired token crypto in late 2022,

1:46.8

having previously been a majority shareholder of the company.

1:50.0

That's it for CoinDesk Daily.

1:51.3

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