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The Paris-based exchange has secured a distributed ledger technology license from French regulator ACPR.

BTC hovers close to the key support zone of $107K-$110K. The outcome here could set the stage for significant moves.

Analysts note that Bitcoin’s correlation with gold is at a multi-year high of 0.9, reinforcing the “digital gold” narrative as both assets move in tandem during geopolitical shocks.

Researchers will focus on vulnerabilities that could threaten fund safety or protocol solvency.

DOGE followed the broader market liquidation triggered by renewed U.S.–China tariff rhetoric, sliding 5% from $0.21 highs to settle at $0.20. President Trump’s proposed 100% tariff plan erased roughly $19B in crypto market value, sparking forced liquidations across majors.

The supply deluge was quickly reversed with burn mechanism.

Futures open interest collapsed 50% to $4.22B, signaling forced deleveraging as market makers cut risk exposure amid ongoing macro and regulatory uncertainty.

QCP Capital’s latest note says global markets are pivoting from rate sensitivity to liquidity dependence.

Despite a comparably muted October, bitcoin’s steady performance near $110,000 and signs of Fed easing have analysts calling for a breakout.

The World Liberty Financial co-founder said in a CoinDesk TV interview he is currently working on tokenizing a real estate project tied to a building under development.

Coinbase launched The Blue Carpet, then added BNB to its roadmap — an intent signal, not a guarantee — pending market-making support and technical readiness.

If you manage a Bitcoin treasury, now is the moment to shift from passive reserve to active participant in the Bitcoin economy, argues Voltage’s Bobby Shell.

In the 20th century, investors who understood energy shaped industries and built massive fortunes. This century, the commodity that matters most is compute, whether you’re mining bitcoin or training AI models, writes HIVE Blockchain Technologies’ Frank Holmes.

What began as a macro-driven unwind on crypto Black Friday rapidly evolved into a market-wide stress event — underscoring how tightly coupled liquidity, collateral and oracle systems have become, writes CoinDesk Data’s Joshua de Vos.

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple Labs, called out the Wall Street banking lobbyists who have sought to resist the movement of his company and other crypto firms into the banking sector and into the Federal Reserve’s so-called master accounts. The crypto sector “should be held to the same standard” …

Indian telecom giant Reliance Jio is partnering with Aptos Foundation and Aptos Labs to bring blockchain-based rewards to its more than 500 million customers. Jio, the country’s largest mobile network operator, plans to integrate Aptos’ layer-1 blockchain to distribute digital rewards through its telecom services. The move was announced by …

The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has granted conditional national bank status to Erebor Bank, a new tech-oriented bank seeking to rise into the gap left by the collapse of several such lenders in 2023, including Silicon Valley Bank. OCC chief Jonathan Gould said the Wednesday approval …

Friday was the largest liquidation event on a nominal basis in crypto history. The scale of deleveraging is best understood by looking at open interest (OI) — the total value of outstanding futures and perpetual contracts that have not yet been settled. Glassnode’s data shows before Friday’s sell-off, bitcoin open …

Stellar’s native token, XLM, displayed notable resilience over the past 24 hours, fluctuating within a tight $0.02 range between $0.33 and $0.34. After consolidating near $0.34, the token briefly broke higher during early trading hours before easing back to $0.33 amid modest profit-taking. The movement reflects a measured correction following …

Hedera’s HBAR token saw sharp swings between $0.18 and $0.19 over a volatile 23-hour window from Oct. 14 to Oct. 15, with prices moving across a 5% range. The token climbed from $0.18 to a $0.19 peak before hitting resistance, ultimately settling near $0.19 for a modest 2% gain. Support …

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, a reporter at CoinDesk. In this issue: Monad Opens Airdrop Portal Ahead of Token Launch Ethereum’s Fusaka Rolls Out on Sepolia; Hoodi Testnet Up Next Monero Releases Privacy Boost Against Sneaky …

This is a daily analysis by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. Strategy (MSTR) bears have pierced a key bull market support, leaving bitcoin (BTC) bears trailing behind. The technical breakdown centres around the Strategy share price’s recent breach of its 50-week simple moving average (SMA). This SMA …

The stablecoin market has undergone a sharp expansion over the past year, with total supply climbing 72% to nearly $300 billion, according to data analytics platform Artemis. Much of that growth has been concentrated on Ethereum and Solana, with the recent launch of Plasma marking a milestone. More than $6 …

Crypto exchange Backpack said it is adding SEC-registered U.S. equities to its trading platform with Superstate, the blockchain finance startup led by Compound founder Robert Leshner. Announced on Wednesday, the deal embeds Superstate’s Opening Bell platform into Backpack, allowing non-U.S. users to trade tokenized shares of public companies onchain. With …

Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm Bitdeer Technologies (BTDR) jumped as much as 30% on Wednesday after announcing new steps to fast-track its expansion into high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. The Singapore-based company said it will directly manage development of its own AI data centers rather than rely on …

Wall Street broker Benchmark has raised its price target on NYSE-listed CompoSecure (CMPO) to $24 from $17, citing operational momentum, growing M&A optionality, and a key product upgrade from its Arculus crypto wallet unit. The stock was 2.7% higher in early trading, around $21. While investors have been awaiting a …

While the recent wave of tokenized stocks has mostly targeted offshore users, a new platform called SoloTex aims to bring equity tokens to U.S. retail traders in a compliant way. Texture Capital, a U.S.-based broker-dealer registered with the SEC and FINRA, said it has received regulatory approval to launch SoloTex, …

Volatility Shares, one of the most aggressive ETF issuers in the crypto space, has filed with U.S. regulators to launch a suite of 5x leveraged exchange-traded funds tracking bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), and XRP. The proposed products would amplify daily price moves by five times, meaning it can turn a …

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 3775.75, down 0.2% (-9.16) since 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Two of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: SOL (+1.2%) and XRP (+0.4%). …

A newly formed investment group made up of BlackRock, Nvidia, xAI, Microsoft and others will acquire Aligned Data Centers in a $40 billion deal, the companies said Wednesday. The move adds fuel to a growing land grab for infrastructure to support artificial intelligence development. The consortium, called the Artificial Intelligence …