How MOVE’s Contracts Put a Pump and Dump Into a Legal Agreement

Inside the crypto scandal that prompted Coinbase to delist a token backed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The MOVE token collapse sparked one of the most damning investigations in the industry this year.

In this episode of Unchained, investigative journalist Sam Kessler joins Laura Shin to walk through the contracts, questionable market-making deals, and finger pointing inside Movement Labs. From Binance’s ban to a Trump-affiliated crypto deal, this story unearths how the MOVE token collapse was the product of what looks like a pump-and-dump plan written out in legal contracts.

Plus:

• How insiders structured deals to profit from artificial price spikes

• How this could have happened with a project backed by some of crypto’s most reputable VCs

• What this saga says about token launches, regulation, and market integrity

• And whether Movement Labs can (or should) be trusted to investigate itself

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Bits + Bips: Why It’s Time to Be More Bullish on Bitcoin

The market’s pushing Trump, or is it the other way around? Plus: Bitcoin treasuries might be the real driver of this cycle.

While it’s been a calmer week in the markets (thank God!), there’s a lot to talk about!

This week on Bits + Bips, hosts James Seyffart, Ram Ahluwalia, and Steven Ehrlich, along with guest Charles Edwards of Capriole Investments, dive into:

• Whether it’s time to be bullish on all crypto assets

• Whether a Trump put actually exists

• The risks behind bitcoin treasury companies like the new Twenty One Capital

• Why Solana ETFs might not be the smash success people expect

• The controversial invite to the White House for $TRUMP holders

• Why there’s a big disconnect in the markets

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.

Why Twenty One Capital Is More About Volatility Than Bitcoin

What happens when Wall Street, Tether, and SoftBank meet at Bitcoin? Volatility becomes the product.

The race for Bitcoin supremacy just got more complicated.

Twenty One Capital, backed by Tether, SoftBank, and Cantor Fitzgerald, plans to stack as much BTC as it possibly can.

But is this new venture really about Bitcoin … or about creating a hyper-volatile stock to play market cycles?

This week on Unchained, Jeff Park of Bitwise and Mark Palmer of Benchmark join to discuss:

• Why SoftBank and Tether are a “perfect match”—and why they turned to Bitcoin

• How volatility, not bitcoin itself, might be the real asset investors are buying

• What Cantor’s involvement says about Wall Street’s readiness for crypto

• Why the launch timing matters

• Whether Twenty One could repeat MicroStrategy’s mistakes

• Whether these new Bitcoin vehicles are better bets than spot bitcoin or ETFs

Plus, is SoftBank getting into crypto a top signal? 👀

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.

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Can These 4 Factions Stop Fighting Over a Crypto Market Structure Bill?

Congress wants to pass a long-awaited piece of legislation. But the industry is speaking with four different voices about what should be in the law.

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