Lawrence Lewitinn

Lawrence Lewitinn

Lawrence Lewitinn serves as the Director of Content for The Tie, a crypto data company, and co-hosts CoinDesk's flagship "First Mover" program. Previously, he held the position of Managing Editor for Markets at CoinDesk. He is a seasoned financial journalist having worked at CNBC, TheStreet, Yahoo Finance, the Observer, and crypto publication Modern Consensus. Lewitinn's career also includes time on Wall Street as a trader of fixed income, currencies, and commodities at Millennium Management and MQS Capital. Lewitinn graduated from New York University and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs. He is also a CFA Charterholder. He holds investments in bitcoin.

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Bitcoin, Equities Markets Rally on Signs of Hope
"Looks like we're piggybacking on equities with some data possibly indicating virus peaking," says a trader of bitcoin's 5 percent jump Monday.
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This is what happens without properly functioning circuit breakers. (Credit: Shutterstock)
Does Crypto Need Circuit Breakers? Last Week’s Price Crash Ignites a Debate
A longtime feature of stock exchanges, circuit breakers throw sand in the gears of a plummeting market like last week’s. Should crypto adopt them?
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QE4 Begins: Fed Cuts Rates, to Buy $700B in Bonds
Effectively, this is “QE4,” the fourth major round of quantitative easing by the American central bank since the global financial crisis a little more than a decade ago.
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Michael Novogratz of Galaxy Digital
Galaxy's Novogratz: XRP Will 'Underperform Immensely Again This Year'
XRP will have another lackluster year in 2020, Galaxy Digital CEO (and Ripple shareholder) Mike Novogratz told a roomful of financial advisers.
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Bitcoin's price took a sharp U-turn in the course of trading on Wednesday
Whiplash: Bitcoin Slides Below $6,500, Surges Above $7,100 in 8-Hour Span
Bitcoin traders might need a neck brace from watching Wednesday's price action.
Bitcoin's price took a sharp U-turn in the course of trading on Wednesday
Bitcoin fell 4 percent in a matter of minutes Monday, image via CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index
Chainalysis Report on PlusToken 'Scammers' Blamed for Monday’s Crypto Selloff
As bitcoin and ether prices fell below technically significant levels, some traders are citing fear emanating from a report about the alleged PlusToken Ponzi scheme as the rea...
Bitcoin fell 4 percent in a matter of minutes Monday, image via CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index
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MARKETS DAILY: Russian Drugs and The Most Illegal ICO Ever?
With bitcoin recovering after four straight days of decline we're talking about what may be the most illegal ICO ever, tokens for Mongolian taxi fares, Bitmain’s Texas hedge a...
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Ride 'Em, Cowboy: Bitmain's Marketing Gambit Ups Its Texas-Sized Position on Bitcoin
Bitmain's new strategy of giving put options on bitcoin to buyers of its miners amounts to a "Texas hedge" – doubling down on risk, not offsetting it.
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