BTC Eyes $120K With Bullish H&S Pattern: Technical Analysis

This is a daily analysis by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. Bitcoin (BTC) may not have rallied on Friday’s dismal jobs data, which strengthened the Federal Reserve’s rate cuts, but all hope is not lost. A shorter-duration chart reveals that BTC is forming a bullish inverse head-and-shoulders pattern – a classic reversal … Read more

DOGE Leads Gains, Bitcoin Steadies Above $111K as a New Firm Eyes $200M for BTC Treasury

Bitcoin traded just over $111,000 on Monday, maintaining its range from the past week, even as traders continue to assess macro signals for cues on crypto market positioning. Ether (ETH) traded around $4,293, XRP rose 2.5% to $2.90, Solana’s SOL added 2.6% to $208, and dogecoin (DOGE) outperformed with a 7% jump to 23 cents. … Read more

Crypto Exchange HashKey Plans $500M Digital Asset Treasury Fund

Crypto exchange HashKey unveiled plans to build a $500 million fund for investments in digital asset treasury companies. HashKey, one of the first regulated crypto exchanges in Hong Kong, said it will build a diversified portfolio of digital asset treasury projects focused on mainstream cryptocurrencies. It will initially concentrate on bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH), … Read more

TensorFlow Estimators Are Deprecated—Here’s How (and Why) to Migrate

Content Overview Setup Advantages Estimators Capabilities Using pre-made Estimators Write an input functions Define the feature columns. Instantiate the relevant pre-made Estimator. Call a training, evaluation, or inference method. Benefits of pre-made Estimators Custom Estimators Create an Estimator from a Keras model Saving object-based checkpoints with Estimator SavedModels from Estimators Using tf.distribute.Strategy with Estimator (Limited … Read more

Backpack Opens Regulated Perpetuals Exchange in Europe After FTX EU Acquisition

Backpack Exchange, a global cryptocurrency trading platform, said Monday that its European division, Backpack EU, is officially live. Operating out of Cyprus and licensed under the European Union’s MiFID II framework, the exchange is positioning itself as one of the first fully regulated venues in Europe to offer crypto derivatives, starting with perpetual futures. “As … Read more

Sui-Based Yield Protocol Nemo Exploited for $2.4M in USDC

Crypto price rallies come and go, but some things never change — hacks. The latest victim? Nemo, a yield protocol based on the Sui blockchain. The protocol fell victim to a $2.4 million exploit on Monday, underscoring persistent vulnerabilities in decentralized finance (DeFi) despite growing institutional adoption of digital assets. The malicious entity stole USDC, … Read more

Hyperliquid Faces Community Pushback Against Stripe-Linked USDH Proposal

Decentralized exchange and layer-1 chain Hyperliquid’s plan to launch a proprietary stablecoin, USDH, has turned into one of the most contentious governance battles of recent years in crypto. At stake is control of a dollar-pegged token that could replace the $5.5 billion of USDC, which currently represents 95% of the platform’s stablecoin supply, and generate … Read more

The Space Blockchain Rush: Separating Signal from Noise in 2025

A critical investigation into the real players, actual funding, and genuine applications behind the hype Three months ago, I started tracking a curious phenomenon: blockchain startups racing to claim space as their next frontier. What I discovered after digging through SEC filings, satellite launch manifests, and government grant databases reveals a sector teetering between legitimate … Read more

XRP and SOL Signal Bullish Strength While Traders Hedge For Downside in Bitcoin and Ether

Options data from Deribit reveals a striking divergence in sentiment for major cryptocurrencies, with bullish positioning in XRP (XRP) and solana (SOL contrasting with lingering downside fears in bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH). As of the time of writing, XRP call options or bullish bets were pricier than puts across all tenors, according to data … Read more