MARKETS DAILY: Nike and the ECB Are Thinking With Tokens
With markets continuing their slide, today we're looking at NIke's recent tokenized shoe patent and the ECB's digital currency discussions. Later, we're joined by CoinDesk analyst Galen Moore for some insight into exchange fees, token listings and more...

With markets continuing their slide, today we're looking at Nike's recent shoe patent and the ECB's digital currency discussions. Later, we're joined by CoinDesk analyst Galen Moore for some insight into exchange fees, token listings and more...
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Tune in as CoinDesk podcasts editor Adam B. Levine and senior markets reporter Brad Keoun run down recent action, track interesting longer-term trends, and highlight the best "thinking with tokens" and some of the most important crypto industry developments of the day.
Topics for December 11, 2019:
- Crypto and traditional markets update
- Alleged Mining Ponzi Arrests, Nike & the ECB are thinking with tokens
- Crypto Liquidity Takeaways from our recent conversation with Binance.us and FTX
- A bad week for MATIC
Join us again on Thursday, for the next Daily Markets from CoinDesk.
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