THE HASH: Ex-Coinbase Manager Among 3 Arrested on Crypto Insider Trading Charges; Tesla Sells 75% of Its Bitcoin
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🗓️ 21 July 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The most valuable crypto stories for Thursday, July 21, 2022.
"The Hash" discusses the top stories of the day, including the arrest of a former Coinbase product manager on charges of wire fraud and insider trading. Plus, the panel weighs in on Tesla CEO Elon Musk's future bitcoin (BTC) plans, after the electric vehicle maker sold the majority of its BTC holdings in the second quarter.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the hash podcast. |
| 0:10.0 | Stay informed with the latest on Bitcoin, Eith, the Metaverse, Web3, and more with stories that matter to the crypto world. |
| 0:17.3 | All on the hash for your ears. |
| 0:20.5 | You're listening to the Coin Desk Podcast Network. |
| 0:23.9 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to The Hash. |
| 0:27.1 | You are watching us on Coin Desk TV and listening on the Coin Desk Podcast Network. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm Jen Sanasi. |
| 0:33.4 | We're joined today by Sandali, Handegama, Will Foxley, and Adam B. Levine. |
| 0:39.6 | Sandali, some crazy news coming out of the DOJ this morning. |
| 0:43.7 | What's going on? |
| 0:45.2 | Yeah, Jen, breaking news. |
| 0:47.0 | The U.S. Department of Justice has charged former Coinbase product manager Ishaan Wahee and two others, his brother and an associate, |
| 0:56.6 | on allegations of wire fraud and insider trading today. |
| 1:00.6 | The Department of Justice called it the first ever crypto insider trading tipping scheme. |
| 1:06.0 | So I Shan Wahi apparently started working at Coinbase starting in October 2020 as a product manager assigned |
| 1:13.1 | to a Coinbase asset listing team. |
| 1:16.1 | The DOJ press release says that on at least 14 occasions starting in June 2021 and continuing |
| 1:23.5 | through April 2022, Ashan Wahi knew in advance what crypto assets Coinbase was planning |
| 1:29.6 | to list and the timing of Coinbase's public announcements of those listings. He is accused |
| 1:35.0 | of tipping off his brother, Nikil Wahi, or associate Samir Romani, so that they could place profitable |
| 1:41.8 | trades in those crypto assets in advance of Coinbase's public |
| 1:45.7 | listings announcements. They allegedly racked up around $1.5 million in realized and unrealized |
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