CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2468.7, up 1.2% (+29.84) since 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Eighteen of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: BCH (+4.2%) and NEAR (+3.7%). Laggards: APT (-1.4%) and FIL (-1.1%). … Read more
Stellar, a superfast and low fee-public blockchain, says it plans to hold $3 billion in real-world asset (RWA) value and power $110 billion in RWA volume by the end of 2025. The goal set by the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), the nonprofit that supports the development and growth of the Stellar network, is building on … Read more
Almost one year to the day after Ethereum protocol EigenLayer launched its “restaking” network to unprecedented industry fanfare, the network is finally adding a core feature that was, until now, glaringly absent: “slashing.” Eigen Labs hopes slashing — EigenLayer’s system for keeping “restakers” honest by revoking collateral if they act maliciously — will finally realize … Read more
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Ethena and tokenization firm Securitize said they will use part of Arbitrum’s tech and data availability network Celestia for their real-world asset focused, Ethereum-compatible blockchain, aiming to launch mainnet in the second quarter of this year. The Converge chain is setting out to have fast blocktimes, allowing users to pay gas … Read more
Lombard Finance, a Bitcoin infrastructure developer, has launched a software development kit (SDK) that allows wallets, exchanges, and other platforms to offer one-click bitcoin (BTC) staking. The release aims to further bring BTC into the decentralized finance (DeFi) economy by tapping into the estimated $154 billion in bitcoin estimated to be sitting idle on centralized … Read more
XRP might be the next cryptocurrency to get a spot ETF listing in the U.S. after bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH), analysts argued this week. However, the Deribit-listed options market,doesn’t share this optimism. As of the time of writing, Deribit’s put options tied to XRP were pricier than calls across several timeframes, according to data … Read more
By Francisco Rodrigues (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” announcement earlier this month drove the economic trade policy uncertainty index to a record high and sent investors away from risk assets, which include bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell fanned the flames late Wednesday, saying the … Read more
The “Minsky Moment” is here, according to Mike Novogratz, CEO of Galaxy Digital, in a recent interview on CNBC. Novogratz noted that tariffs are playing a key role in reshaping the global security apparatus, while President Trump’s return to the political scene is introducing fresh uncertainty into the markets. Although equities are down roughly 10% … Read more
Auradine, a maker of computing equipment for bitcoin (BTC) mining and AI applications, said it raised $153 million in a Series C funding round. The Silicon Valley, California-based company also formed a new business group, AuraLinks AI, focused on open-standards to address cooling requirements of next-generation AI data centers. AI data centers and BTC mining … Read more
President Donald Trump’s trade war has introduced significant volatility to financial markets since March, prompting investors to chase assets they believe provide a hedge in this turbulent environment. What’s clear: Bitcoin (BTC) is not one of them, much to the dismay of bullish investors who have long thought of the largest cryptocurrency as digital gold … Read more
Wednesday’s price action between bitcoin (BTC) and U.S. equities caught investors’ attention highlighting early signs of a fading correlation between the two. In a typical diversified portfolio, assets are expected to show little to no correlation. For example, gold has continued to hit all-time highs, setting 12 new daily records this year, demonstrating a clear … Read more
Project Eleven, a quantum computing research and advocacy firm, has launched the Q-Day Prize, a global competition offering 1 bitcoin (BTC) to the first team able to break an elliptic curve cryptographic (ECC) key, the cryptography which secures the Bitcoin network, using Shor’s algorithm on a quantum computer. Shor’s algorithm is a quantum computing method … Read more
Crypto markets steadily rose in Asian morning hours Thursday after a sell-off the night before as Fed chair Jerome Powell dashed hopes of early rate cuts as global markets reel from the impact of newly-levied U.S. tariffs. Bitcoin (BTC) added 2% in the past 24 hours, data from CoinGecko shows, touching nearly $84,500. Ether (ETH), … Read more
Token debuts remain a contentious issue, often criticized for their poor execution that allows individuals, supposedly armed with insider information about impending launches, to profit through front-running campaigns. The latest example is the “Base is for everyone” token announced by Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 solution Base on Wednesday. Three crypto wallets bought tokens ahead of … Read more
A federal judge agreed to pause an ongoing lawsuit between 18 state attorneys general and a decentralized finance lobbyist group against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday, after the parties noted the SEC’s new leadership. The state AGs, all Republicans, filed the lawsuit alongside the DeFi Education Fund last November after Donald … Read more
A modest bitcoin rally to a possible challenge of the $86,000 level quickly reversed during U.S. afternoon trading hours on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned on the effects of President Trump’s tariff regime. “The level of the tariff increases announced so far is significantly larger than anticipated,” said Powell in a speech. … Read more
Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. We’re Margaux Nijkerk and Sam Kessler, reporters on CoinDesk’s Tech team. In this issue: Can Ethereum Be Truly Private? Developers Push for Encrypted Mempool, Default Privacy Nvidia Moves AI Supercomputer Production to U.S., Opening New Avenues for Crypto Miners … Read more
Eric Trump, U.S. President Donald Trump’s second son, is set to appear at this year’s Consensus conference to discuss his vision to reshape bitcoin mining in the United States. Trump will talk about American Bitcoin, a new venture formed with Hut 8 where he serves as Chief Strategy Officer. “The launch of American Bitcoin represents … Read more
Bitcoin was born as a response to institutional failure, a decentralized escape hatch from corruptible centralized finance and a north star of self sovereignty. Bitcoin’s true vision was a peer-to-peer electronic cash system. That phrase is right there in the Bitcoin white paper’s title from Satoshi himself. You’re reading Crypto Long & Short, our weekly … Read more
The first quarter of 2025 was a reality check for digital assets. While the year began with optimism fueled by the election of a pro-crypto U.S. president and expectations of a friendlier regulatory environment, macroeconomic challenges quickly came to dominate the narrative. Bitcoin briefly reached a new all-time high of $109,356 before ending the quarter … Read more
Novel decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Neutrl aims to bring a hedge fund trade — once limited to sophisticated investors — to the masses in the form of a crypto token. The protocol is launching its NUSD “synthetic dollar” token, designed to generate returns by arbitraging discounted altcoin deals in over-the-counter (OTC) markets, the team told … Read more
The performance of bitcoin (BTC) mining stocks was mixed in the first two weeks of April, with pure play operators outperforming those with exposure to high-performance computing (HPC), JPMorgan (JPM) said in a research report Wednesday. Only MARA Holdings (MARA) and CleanSpark (CLSK) outperformed the largest cryptocurrency during the period, while miners with exposure to … Read more
Crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) is facing a weaker outlook as uncertainties introduced by President Donald Trump’s on-and-off tariff threats cast a shadow over retail crypto activity, analysts at Oppenheimer wrote in a report. The investment bank cut its full-year trading volume forecast by 19% to $1.3 trillion and its first-quarter estimate to $380 billion, down … Read more
Where’s the bottom for bitcoin (BTC)? While acknowledging it’s possible that level has already been hit, on-chain analyst James Check suggested a true bottom may not be in place until after bitcoin suffers a true capitulation event. That would likely require a decline to the $65,000 area, said Check, calling it the “true market mean,” … Read more
Real-world asset project Mantra plans to create a comprehensive burn program for its OM token, CEO John Mullin said in an X post Wednesday. Mullin was responding to a post which said he was planning to burn his team’s tokens to win back the trust of the community after OM abruptly lost over 0% of … Read more
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2428.16, down 1.0% (-25.41) since 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. One of 20 assets is trading higher. Leaders: AAVE (+0.2%) and BTC (-0.1%). Laggards: AVAX (-2.1%) and BCH (-2.1%). … Read more
Resolv Labs, the firm behind the $450 million decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Resolv, has closed a $10 million seed round to expand its crypto-native yield platform and USR stablecoin, the team told CoinDesk in an exclusive interview. The investment round was led by Cyber.Fund and Maven11, with additional backing from Coinbase Ventures, Susquehanna’s subsidiary SCB … Read more
DWF Labs is investing $25 million in World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the decentralized finance protocol backed by U.S. President Donald Trump and his family. The crypto market maker is also entering the U.S. market with a new office in New York City as part of its broader expansion plans, according to a press release on … Read more
This is a daily technical analysis by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. Bitcoin’s (BTC) recovery rally has stalled since Sunday, raising the risk of a bearish shift in key indicators. Since Sunday, the $86,000 mark has emerged as a resistance and supply zone, with bulls failing to keep gains above that level. … Read more
By Francisco Rodrigues (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Cryptocurrency prices are down across the board over the last 24 hours amid a wider risk asset sell-off triggered by deepening U.S.-China trade tensions. The White House said China now “faces up to a 245% tariff on imports” and imposed new restrictions on chip exports to … Read more