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Spanish lender BBVA is advising its wealth clients to invest 3%-7% of their portfolios in cryptocurrencies, an executive of the Spanish bank said on Tuesday. The bank’s head of digital and blockchain solutions Philippe Meyer told the DigiAssets conference in London that it started advising clients on bitcoin BTC in September last year, according to … Read more

The Blockchain Group (ALTBG), a Paris-listed tech firm that brands itself as Europe’s first bitcoin BTC treasury company, said it bought 182 BTC for 17 million euros ($19.6 million), bringing its total stash to 1,653 BTC valued at nearly 149 million euros. The purchase follows a series of convertible bond issuances totaling over 18 million … Read more

Iranian crypto exchange Nobitex has been hacked for nearly $82 million by Israel-linked hacking activist group Gonjeshke Darande. The group said in an X post: “After Bank Sepah, it was Nobitex’s turn,” referencing their Tuesday cyberattack on Iran’s state-owned lender. They warned that Nobitex’s internal data and source code would be released within a day, … Read more

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest sold a combined 300,108 shares of Circle Internet Group CRCL on Tuesday across three of its ETFs, continuing to take profit for a second day in a row, this time to the tune of $44.7 million. The move came as CRCL closed in New York Tuesday at $149.15 as it continues … Read more

The Ink Foundation, the nonprofit behind layer 2 Ink, is launching its native token INK in an attempt to bootstrap onchain capital markets through a liquidity-first strategy. The token will debut on a decentralized finance (DeFi) lending and trading protocol built on Aave, and distribution will begin via an airdrop to early users. There will … Read more

A key indicator is flashing red for shiba inu (SHIB) as the recent price drop to two-month lows has shaken out leveraged bullish bets. The indicator in consideration is the long-short ratio derived from the perpetual futures market. It measures the number of active longs or bullish bets relative to shorts, providing cues on market … Read more

The Federal Reserve’s (Fed) Open Market Committee, comprising 12 officials, is scheduled to announce its decision on interest rates at 18:00 UTC on Wednesday, followed by Chairman Jerome Powell’s press conference half an hour later. The CME Group’s FedWatch tool indicates that the central bank is again likely to hold ground and keep interest rates … Read more

Dogecoin tumbled as much as 7.5% in 24 hours, sliding from $0.176 to $0.164 as markets continue to react to rising geopolitical conflict in the Middle East and hawkish central bank policy. News Background Tensions between Israel and Iran escalated over the weekend, prompting a swift risk-off reaction in global markets. Crypto was no exception, … Read more

Crypto markets slipped across the board Wednesday, with altcoins leading the decline and Bitcoin continuing to trade in a tight band just above $105,000. XRP XRP fell 3.4% to $2.16, Cardano’s ADA ADA lost 4%, and ether ETH dropped 2.5% to just over $2,500. Meanwhile, BNB Chain’s BNB BNB slid 0.5%, Solana’s SOL SOL fell … Read more

XRP fell 4.5% over the past 24 hours, dropping from $2.254 to $2.164 as sellers overwhelmed buyers and forced a breakdown below key support levels. The token now faces increasing pressure at the $2.20 resistance level, with technical indicators showing a sustained downtrend that has yet to reverse. News Background XRP has come under intensified … Read more

Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas. As Asia begins its trading day, ETH is trading above $2500 … Read more

A Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing posted Monday night outlines the relationship between Tron DAO, Justin Sun, and SRM Entertainment, a Nevada company in the process of changing its name to Tron Inc. The filing details a $100 million private investment in public equity (PIPE) deal, paid entirely in TRX TRX tokens, that gives … Read more

The overwhelming bipartisan passage of the U.S. Senate’s stablecoin bill, with a 68-30 final vote that saw a huge surge of Democrats joining their Republican counterparts on Tuesday, sets a new high-water mark of crypto policy efforts in the U.S. as the legislation now heads to the House of Representatives. The major Democratic backing for … Read more

U.S. banking giant JPMorgan has announced the pilot of a permissioned USD deposit token called JPMD on Base, the layer 2 Ethereum network built by listed exchange Coinbase (COIN). Earlier this week, the bank filed a trademark application for a crypto-focused platform named JPMD, designed to to offer services such as trading, exchange, transfer, and … Read more

Coinbase is seeking approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch tokenized stock trading, a move that could expand its business into the territory of traditional brokerage firms. The crypto exchange’s chief legal officer, Paul Grewal, told Reuters that Coinbase aims to offer digital versions of stocks — known as tokenized equities … Read more

Tether’s USDT is the world’s leading stablecoin. Its digital emulation of the U.S. dollar — 155 billion of them at last count — is unmatched. But as things stand, Tether almost certainly doesn’t fulfill the compliance demands of U.S. lawmakers as they’re expected to push legislation nearer to law on Tuesday afternoon. Tether may end … Read more

Valuing blockchain networks today feels like déjà vu for anyone who lived through the early internet era. In the 1990s, analysts, investors, and founders struggled to apply familiar financial models to a radically unfamiliar technology. Companies with little more than a website and a pitch deck were valued in the hundreds of millions, sometimes billions, … Read more

Shiba inu (SHIB), the world’s second-largest meme token by market value, faced selling pressure alongside losses in the broader crypto market and U.S. stocks. SHIB fell over 3.5% to 0.00001134, the level last seen on April 9, according to data source CoinDesk. Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market value, slipped nearly 3% to $103,800. The … Read more

The U.S. may soon go to war against Iran, and crypto markets aren’t liking the prospect. Bitcoin BTC is down 3.8% in the last 24 hours, trading under $104,000 yet again. The CoinDesk 20 — an index of the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, excluding stablecoins, exchange coins and memecoins — lost 6.1% in … Read more

Am I the only one feeling a growing sense of cognitive dissonance in crypto right now? The crypto industry has always had revolutionary roots. It emerged in 2008 with the Bitcoin whitepaper, a direct response to the financial crisis that decimated livelihoods while protecting a systemically flawed, corrupt banking system. Bitcoin wasn’t just a technical … Read more

AgriFORCE Growing Systems (AGRI), a small agricultural firm that recently adopted bitcoin mining, has launched its first bitcoin BTC mining and digital compute site in Berwyn, Alberta, using stranded natural gas to power 120 mining machines. The site, developed with BlueFlare Energy, marks the company’s first operational milestone in a broader strategy to turn off-grid … Read more

Escalating tension in the Middle East between Iran and Israel continues to ripple through the cryptocurrency market, prompting significant downside for a number of altcoins. Despite NEAR Protocol’s impressive milestone of reaching 46 million monthly users, the token has struggled to maintain price stability in the current geopolitical climate. It currently trades at $2.11 after … Read more

BNB, the native token of BNB Chain, fell 1.7% over the past 24-hour period, rattled by growing market unease as the conflict between Israel and Iran escalates and after U.S. President Donald Trump called for the National Security Council to prepare in the situation room. BNB swung between $659 and $646 during the day, marking … Read more

A trader on decentralized derivatives exchange HyperLiquid has turned an unrealized $10 million profit into a $2.5 million loss, seemingly caught by the same trap that tripped up a person using the alias James Wynn, who blew up a $100 million account in May, after bitcoin BTC fell 4% from Monday’s high. The trader, known … Read more

Filecoin FIL underwent a notable 5.8% decline over the 24-hour period, dropping from a high of $2.569 to a low of $2.406, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The token found support at the $2.41-$2.42 range, forming a potential consolidation zone after the sharp decline, the model showed. Filecoin is currently trading 4.9% lower, … Read more

Cardano’s ADA ADA token traded at $0.6154 Monday afternoon, extending its decline to 5.35% over the past 24 hours. The token dropped steadily through multiple support levels after a late-session sell-off began around 22:00 UTC on June 16. Despite a brief recovery attempt earlier in the session, the bearish structure remained intact heading into midday … Read more

After reaching a high of $19.99, Avalanche’s token AVAX was sharply rejected at the $20 psychological barrier, triggering accelerated selling that drove prices down to $18.61, according to CoinDesk research’s technical analysis model. The rejection coincided with peak trading volume of 1.9 million, suggesting large-scale profit-taking and position liquidations. The token is down 5.8% in … Read more

Ether (ETH) ETH traded at $2,555.77 on Tuesday, down 3.7% over the past 24 hours after a sharp rejection near the $2,673 level triggered a wave of selling. The downturn follows several sessions of declining momentum and increasing volatility, culminating in a major sell-off late Monday that broke through initial support and left prices trending … Read more

The discovery of a North Korea-linked developer who contributed to Cosmos code between 2022-2024 has triggered enhanced security measures, while major exchanges expand staking options for ATOM holders despite market pressure. ATOM is currently trading at $4.086 after losing 5.52% of its value over the past 24 hours. Technical analysis A sharp sell-off occurred during … Read more

Solana’s SOL SOL fell 4.24% over the past 24 hours to trade at $149.46, retreating from a high of $158.54 following a sharp overnight sell-off. Trading volume surged as SOL broke below $155 support late Monday, with the price eventually bottoming at $148.68 before entering a choppy consolidation around the $150 mark. Despite the short-term … Read more