Bitcoin Drops as Markets Await Another Fed Rate Hike, and a Twitter Data Breach
The most valuable crypto stories for Monday, July 25, 2022.
ABOUT
"The Hash" team dissects today's top stories. The Federal Reserve is expected to raise rates another 75 basis points, as tech giants Alphabet and Meta Platforms report their second-quarter earnings. A huge data breach at Twitter exposes contact details of 5.4 million accounts. Plus, can Aptos Labs bring the Diem blockchain back to life after announcing a $150 million funding round?
See also: Twitter Breach Reactions: Security Professionals Offer an Early Assessment
Another Twitter Hack Hits the NFT Community
This episode was edited by Michele Musso and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”
HOSTS
Will Foxley is the host of The Mining Pod and publisher at Blockspace Media. A former co-host of CoinDesk's The Hash, Will was the director of content at Compass Mining and a tech reporter at CoinDesk.

Jennifer Sanasie is an executive producer and senior anchor at CoinDesk, with over a decade of journalism experience across the U.S., Canada, and South Africa. Beyond media, she has worked closely with Web3 companies on marketing, content, and business strategy.
Jennifer holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management, a Master of Laws in Innovation and Technology from the University of Toronto, a BA in Media Studies from the University of Guelph, and a Journalism Diploma from Humber College.
She owns BTC, ETH, SOL, USDC, USDT, G7, and DCNT. She also holds a mix of NFTs, altcoins and memecoins worth under $1,000.

David Z. Morris was CoinDesk's Chief Insights Columnist. He has written about crypto since 2013 for outlets including Fortune, Slate, and Aeon. He is the author of "Bitcoin is Magic," an introduction to Bitcoin's social dynamics. He is a former academic sociologist of technology with a PhD in Media Studies from the University of Iowa. He holds Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and small amounts of other crypto assets.

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