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The fund will allocate 30% to crypto tokens and 70% to financial services stocks, taking both long and short positions to capitalize on market shifts.

The dollar-backed stablecoin will trade on Ethereum first, with support for the XRP Ledger expected soon.

BTC and major altcoins saw early signs of stabilization after macro-driven losses.

The new tool helps Zcash nodes discover peers faster and more safely as they join the network.

Secondary watch prices are up about 4% over six months, even as crypto slides and gold and silver absorb the macro stress trade.

Traders see $0.124 as a near-term line in the sand, with a failure there risking a slide toward the $0.123 to $0.122 area.

A global risk-off wave tied to Trump’s tariff threats, tensions with Europe and a shock selloff in Japanese bonds pushed investors out of risky trades.

XRP’s holder mix is starting to look like early 2022, with fresh demand coming in below the cost basis of longer-term wallets, Glassnode said.

Roughly 92% of the $1.09 billion in liquidations came from long bets, indicative of how heavily traders had been positioned for further gains before prices reversed.

XBTO CEO Philippe Bekhazi told CoinDesk in an interview that ETFs, derivatives hedging, and corporate treasuries are compressing BTC swings, while metals absorb the macro stress trade.

The token will play a central role in governance and staking, allowing holders to delegate tokens to help secure and scale the mobile ecosystem.

The prediction market platform Kalshi will be preliminarily ordered by a superior court justice in Massachusetts to halt its online sports business there.

A new report from Schwab breaks crypto into 3 layers — networks, infrastructure and products – and says most value is still concentrated at the base.

Crypto tokens backed by gold booked $178 billion trading volume last year, surpassing all but one major gold ETF, a report showed.

Funded by Solayer Labs and Solayer Foundation, the effort targets onchain apps with revenue and high usage potential.

The credit card giant is considering a strategic investment in Zerohash as opposed to buying the company outright, according to people familiar with the transaction.

Crypto.com will mint nontradable tokens for DJT shareholders on Feb. 2, as Trump Media expands its blockchain rewards strategy.

Analysts, CoinDesk reporters and longtime industry participants weigh in on today’s bitcoin, crypto and market price action.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig signals an intent to set crypto policy into formal rules that would be hard to reverse down the road.

The upgrade uses a “pull” model for sub-second updates, allowing more advanced trading logic and avoiding high gas costs.

Despite strong fundamentals including $15 billion in stablecoins and $1 billion in tokenized real-world assets, technical signals suggest growing uncertainty.

Ether is the worst performer among the major cryptos, down more than 6% over the past 24 hours and tumbling below $3,000.

The company now holds 4.203 million ETH, 193 BTC, a $22 million stake in Eightco Holdings, and nearly $1 billion in cash.

Bitcoin is no longer an outlier, says OKX President Hong Fang. it now behaves more like a macro proxy — one that traders use to express their views on growth, risk appetite, and volatility.

The public blockchain infrastructure firm said it expects Tezos staking yields in the high single digits and plans to disclose rewards in its financial reporting.

Solana (SOL) joined Internet Computer (ICP) as an underperformer, falling 4.5% from Monday.

Donald Trump, Greenland and EU trade tensions are grabbing most of the headlines, but financial pros are eyeing Tuesday’s shocking surge in Japanese bond yields.

The company now holds 709,715 bitcoin, acquired for nearly $54 billion.

Patrick Gruhn and Robin Matzke were the co-founders of Digital Assets, which was acquired by FTX’s Sam Bankman Fried in 2021 and rebranded as FTX EU.

Your day-ahead look for Jan. 20, 2026