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An ether (ETH) whale, who has held the token since its initial coin offering (ICO), made waves on Monday as it moved ETH worth millions to crypto exchange Kraken, according to blockchain sleuth Spot on Chain. The whale deposited 7,000 ETH, worth $13.8 million at press time, to Kraken as the token’s price plummeted along … Read more

There is more to SEC’s recent memecoin guidance than meets the eye. On Feb. 27, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance issued guidance explaining that memecoins — which the SEC described as digital assets “inspired by internet memes, characters, current events, or trends for which the promoter seeks to attract an enthusiastic … Read more

Ethereum’s ETH has been spiraling on Monday, jeopardizing a large decentralized finance (DeFi) loan on lending platform Sky (formerly Maker) of being liquidated. The borrower in danger took out a $74 million loan in DAI stablecoin by pledging 65,680 ETH as collateral, worth nearly $130 million earlier today, per a Sky vault data dashboard. In … Read more

El Salvador has entered a regulatory agreement with Paraguay on the topic of cryptocurrencies. Paraguay’s Secretaría de Prevención de Lavado de Dinero o Bienes (SEPRELAD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with El Salvador’s Comisión Nacional de Activos Digitales (CNAD) last Friday. The document is supposed to facilitate cooperation between the two institutions for the … Read more

One of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s regulation proposals that was meant to grab segments of the crypto space under the agency’s jurisdiction had sought to expand what trading venues it believes need to register in a way that included digital assets businesses, and Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda is looking to reverse that effort. … Read more

Deribit-listed bitcoin (BTC) futures set to expire this Friday now trade marginally below the exchange’s index price, flashing a discount in a sign of weak demand for the cryptocurrency. “What we have seen is that near-tenor (7d and shorter) yields have dipped to the negative for the first time in over a year,” Andrew Melville, … Read more

The bitcoin (BTC) perpetual futures funding rate is fluctuating between positive and negative, reflecting market uncertainty. As bitcoin declines and hovers around $80,000, traders are seeking direction, especially after bitcoin lost its 200-day moving average. The funding rate, set by exchanges for perpetual futures contracts, determines periodic payments between long and short positions. A positive … Read more

Coinbase Derivatives is looking to launch round-the-clock futures trading of bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH), the CFTC-regulated futures arm of the crypto exchange announced on Monday. The exchange plans to offer both large and nano-sized contracts, it said in a press release, for both retail and institutional traders which will be available 24/7 in an … Read more

Crypto investment products have been seeing weekly outflows for four consecutive weeks now, with $876 million withdrawn last week, bringing the four-week total to $4.75 billion. The sustained withdrawals and an ongoing cryptocurrency market drawdown have erased gains made since November 2024 after Donald Trump won the U.S. Presidential elections, pushing total assets under management … Read more

Cryptocurrencies extended a sell-off on Monday as risk assets including equities tanked during the early U.S. hours. Following a bounce to around $84,000 earlier in the day, perhaps buoyed by Strategy’s $21 billion fundraising plan, bitcoin (BTC) slid below $80,000, down 3.8% over 24 hours. The Ethereum blockchain’s ether (ETH) briefly slipped below $2,000, to … Read more

Blockchain firm Movement’s public mainnet is set to launch in beta, continuing the progress toward deploying Movement Virtual Machine (MoveVM) on Ethereum. The mainnet will roll out Monday with over $233 million worth of BTC, ETH, and native assets, MOVE, in liquidity raised through Movement’s Cornucopia program. Read more: Movement Labs Unveils Developer Mainnet Ahead … Read more

The Cayman Islands, an autonomous British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean that has attracted many crypto firms over the past several years thanks to its friendly regulatory structure, now requires companies that provide custody and trading services to obtain a license. According to the country’s updated Virtual Asset (Service Providers) (Amendment) Regulations, the new law … Read more

President Trump’s executive order calling for the formation of a strategic bitcoin (BTC) reserve and a crypto stockpile is a “pivotal moment” for the industry, investment bank KBW said in a research report Friday. The President directed his administration to establish a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve to hold the assets that have been seized by the … Read more

Web3 wasn’t designed for humans at scale; it was built for machines. Its complexity has limited its adoption, but the “Post Web” stack is taking shape with AI agents emerging as autonomous economic actors. Smart contracts, decentralized networks, and verifiable computation will remain. But now they are being optimized for AI-driven execution, coordination, and intent-based … 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 2658.12, down 7.2% (-205.91) since Friday at 4 p.m. ET. None of the 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: ETH (-2.2%) and AAVE (-3.0%). Laggards: LINK (-14.3%) and NEAR … Read more

Investment managers Rex Shares and Osprey Funds have filed to list an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking the price performance of Movement Networks’ MOVE. The Ethereum layer-2 network’s mainnet, which is built using MoveVM, is expected to launch on Monday. The proposed REX-Osprey MOVE ETF would invest at least 80% of its assets in MOVE or related … Read more

Thailand’s financial regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expanding its list of approved cryptocurrencies with the two largest stablecoins, Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC as trading pairs on digital asset exchanges. Previously, only bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), XRP, stellar (XLM), and certain tokens used in the Bank of Thailand’s settlement system were approved … Read more

Prices for XRP, the payments-focused cryptocurrency used by Ripple to facilitate cross-border transactions, plummeted over 27% in the week ended March 9, marking its largest weekly percentage decline since November 2022, according to data source TradingView and CoinDesk. The sell-off has brought attention to $1.95, key support, which, if breached, could lead to more profound … Read more

Pakistan, one of the top 10 nations for remittances from abroad, may leverage blockchain technology to streamline the process, Bilal bin Saqib, chief adviser to the finance minister and a member of the recently established Pakistan Crypto Council (PCC), said Monday. Overseas Pakistanis sent over $31 billion in 2023-24 via traditional channels that are often … Read more

On the sidelines from purchasing additional bitcoin (BTC) for the past couple of weeks, Michael Saylor’s Strategy (STRK) is at it again. The company during early Monday U.S. hours announced a $21 billion at-the-market (ATM) offering of its Series A preferred stock (STRK), proceeds of which would mostly be used for buying additional bitcoin. The … Read more

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The crypto market continues to lose ground, driven by disappointment over the absence of a plan for the U.S. government to buy bitcoin under the newly announced strategic reserve plan and amid persistent macroeconomic concerns. BTC fell to $80,000 late Sunday, trading below the 200-day simple … Read more

Cryptocurrency’s extended sell-off bled through to equity markets as crypto-adjacent companies saw losses in pre-market trading on Monday. Strategy (MSTR) and Coinbase (COIN) both fell over 5%, while bitcoin mining firms MARA Holdings (MARA), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Core Scientific (CORZ) and CleanSpark (CLSK) traded lower by at least 2.5%. Coinbase’s slide to under $205 compounded … Read more

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has said the ECB is looking to issue a digital euro by October 2025, once legislation comes into effect – if the central bank has its way. However, lawmakers recently raised doubts on whether a digital euro can take flight, according to a Reuters report on Monday. Lawmakers are … Read more

Since President Trump was inaugurated on Jan. 20, bitcoin (BTC) has dropped from $109,000 to $80,000, making it a classic “sell the news” event. The correction has continued since the digital assets summit on Friday. While the price action may dictate short-term bearishness, bitcoin bulls could view it as a long-term positive catalyst, as the … Read more

Singapore Exchange Ltd. (SGX) is set to introduce bitcoin (BTC) perpetual futures in the second half of 2025, marking a significant step for the traditional exchange into the crypto derivatives market, according to a Bloomberg report. These contracts, designed for institutional clients and professional investors, will not be accessible to retail traders. SGX did not … Read more

The Senate of Utah, seen by some observers as being the frontrunner to establish a bitcoin reserve, passed a Bitcoin bill that excluded provision for the state treasurer to invest in the largest cryptocurrency. Instead it provides the state’s residents with basic custody protections and establishes the right to mine bitcoin (BTC), operate nodes and … Read more

The combined market capitalization of the five biggest stablecoins passed $200 billion for the first time after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pledged on Friday to use the digital assets to help maintain the greenback as the world’s reserve currency. The market cap of the coins, whose value is pegged to a real-world equivalent such as … Read more

Crypto bulls may need to brace for some turbulence as Japan’s 20-year government bond yield surged to its highest level since 2008 in a move that has historically led to aversion from risk assets such as bitcoin (BTC). The Japanese Government Bond (JGB) yield climbed to 2.265% last week, a level not seen since the … Read more

If you have followed traditional markets, you might have heard the phrase, “Don’t fight the Fed.” It’s been a long guiding principle in conventional markets, suggesting that traders should align their strategies with the Federal Reserve’s policy, as the central bank’s actions significantly influence the direction of asset markets. Recently, a variation of that mantra … Read more

A crypto market sell-off extended into its second week as bitcoin (BTC) prices stooped to nearly $80,000 late Sunday, triggering a fresh decline in major tokens and altcoins. Dogecoin (DOGE) and Cardano’s ADA led losses with a nearly 10% slump over the past 24 hours, data shows, with XRP falling more than 7%. BNB Chain’s … Read more