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Crypto trading and lending platform Nexo has introduced a $5,000 minimum limit to use its services as the firm evolves into a digital assets wealth manager targeting the mass affluent market. The move, which comes into effect in February, is part of the firm’s 2025 growth strategy and recent rebranding, according to a press release … Read more

Dogecoin (DOGE) retraced Tuesday’s gains while Solana’s SOL jumped 8% higher as crypto markets rebounded on Wednesday to reverse some losses from earlier in the week. DOGE fell 7.5% amid profit taking, data shows, to trade at 36 cents in European noon hours, paring gains after a jump from 34 cents to 38 cents on … Read more

Hashprice, a metric coined by Luxor that gauges mining profitability, estimates the daily income of miners relative to their estimated contribution to the Bitcoin network’s hash power. In other words, it is the expected value miners can expect from 1 TH/s of hashing power per day. According to Glassnode, hashprice is hovering above $62 PH/s, … Read more

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Bitcoin remains well supported above $100,000 as it eyes record highs, buoyed by reports that the new SEC leadership has established a task force to develop a framework for crypto assets. Pundits have long said regulatory clarity could pave the way for further price appreciation. Gold’s … Read more

Long-term holders of bitcoin (BTC) seem to ended their selling spree, a change in strategy that’s helped convert the psychological $100,000 resistance price into a support level for the first time. With one, short-lived exception, the largest cryptocurrency has held above $100,000 since Jan. 17. The past few days have been extremely volatile due to … Read more

On Tuesday, bitcoin (BTC) options trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) showed the strongest bullish sentiment since Donald Trump’s Nov. 5 election victory. Traders scrambled to buy calls, or options offering asymmetric upside exposure, driving the skew higher to 4.4%, the most since early November, according to data tracked by digital assets index provider … Read more

Jupiter, a Solana-based decentralized exchange, will airdrop 700 million JUP tokens to its community on Wednesday in what it is calling the “largest airdrop in history.” The airdrop is a part of the project’s annual “Jupuary” event, which was voted into existence alongside another event in 2026 in a governance vote in December. It is … Read more

Bitcoin (BTC) mining is likely to remain profitable this year with the economics of production holding steady, Canaccord Genuity said in a research report Tuesday. The broker said mining fundamentals are strong, “with cost-to-mine sitting somewhere in the ~$26,000-$28,000 range per bitcoin for most leading players.” The world’s largest cryptocurrency was trading around $105,000 at … Read more

Eric Conner, a prominent core developer at Ethereum, has left the ecosystem community after a nearly 11-year affiliation citing network co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s dismissal of a leadership shake-up proposal. Conner is a co-author of EIP-1559, the major network change that shifted how transaction fees worked on Ethereum. He isn’t officially employed by Ethereum but has … Read more

Solana’s validators experienced a record influx of over 100,000 SOL, worth nearly $25.8 million, in fees and tips due to intense trading activity of the TRUMP and MELANIA tokens. The peak occurred on Jan. 20, with validators receiving over 87,000 SOL, driven largely by the TRUMP token’s rally, before MELANIA attracted bets. The surge in … Read more

TRUMP memecoin riches have spurred billions of dollars for the newly sworn-in U.S. President Donald Trump, an amount he termed as “peanuts” compared to corporate bigwigs in his first address of the token since launch. “I don’t know much about it other than when I launched it. I heard it was successful,” Trump said in … Read more

Privacy-focused digital assets might make some noise soon as their leader, monero (XMR), has broken out of a prolonged “basing pattern,” signaling a bullish shift in momentum. For over two years, monero was locked in a basing pattern or low-volatility price consolidation between $100 to $200, marking a demand-supply equilibrium following the crash from the … Read more

Need evidence of the crypto market’s maturation? Look no further than Deribit, the crypto exchange that registered record trading volumes in 2024. Total trading volume in Deribit’s product suite, which comprises crypto options, perpetual futures, volatility futures, and spot market, rose 95% from $608 billion in 2023 to $1.185 trillion in 2024. Options alone registered … Read more

World Liberty Financial Financial (WLFI), the crypto project backed by the family of U.S. President Donald Trump, has made another purchase of Tron’s TRX for its treasury on-chain data shows. “As a strong advocate for blockchain technology and innovation in cryptocurrencies, I’m excited to see World Liberty Financial integrate TRON as a key part of … Read more

A significant SOL options block trade crossed the tape on Deribit via the OTC network Paradigm late Monday, suggesting expectations for a price rally to $400 by the end of February. The trade, structured as a bull call spread, involved a long position in the $280 call and a simultaneous short position in the $400 … Read more

The Ethereum Foundation is a paradox. Despite its commitment to decentralization, it operates as a centralized entity, with a director, a treasury, paid developers, and an inner circle. These structures, while necessary for coordination, create tensions with Ethereum’s decentralized ethos. The Foundation Today It is not widely known, but the current foundation was constructed in … Read more

President Trump has followed through on one of his key campaign promises — at least for those in the crypto community — pardoning the sentence of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht. “I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbricht to let her know that in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported … Read more

Cryptocurrencies in the emerging artificial intelligence (AI) agents sector soared on Tuesday while bitcoin (BTC) stalled below its Monday record highs as traders await for the first crypto-specific actions from the Donald Trump administration. AI16Z and AI Rig Complex’s ARC rallied over 30% through the day, while GRIFFAIN, ZEREBRO also booked double-digit advances. Part of … Read more

It’s been a rough year for the Ethereum Foundation, the grant-giving nonprofit that helps support Ethereum, the best-known blockchain behind Bitcoin. As Ethereum loses market cap and mindshare to competitors, the foundation has been beset by scandal. Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum’s co-founder and chief figurehead, has laid out a new plan to right the ship. “We … Read more

Gary Gensler only officially stepped down as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday, but the federal agency’s approach to crypto is already getting an overhaul. Acting Chair Mark Uyeda announced Tuesday that the agency has created a crypto task force dedicated to “developing a comprehensive and clear regulatory framework for crypto … Read more

The European Securities and Markets Authority has urged national authorities in the European Union (EU) to ensure that exchanges are no longer making non-compliant stablecoins available for trading within the next two months. The regulator has requested that the 27 member states in the EU ensure crypto asset service providers (CASPs) are compliant when it … Read more

Wingbits, a decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN) startup focused on the aviation industry, has raised $5.6 million in funding. DePIN, the model of using hardware secured by a decentralized network, could be seen as a blockchain equivalent of the cloud computing services offered by Big Tech giants like Amazon and Google. The investment round, which takes … Read more

Crypto issuers surely seem to think anything is possible now that Donald Trump is in office. Exchange-traded fund issuer Rex Shares and crypto asset manager Osprey Funds on Tuesday filed for numerous crypto-focused exchange-traded funds (ETF), including a Trump ETF, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday. The ETF … Read more

Smart Valor, a crypto exchange and AI-led investment company, is exploring a possible sale of all or part of its business. The Zug, Switzerland-based company is conducting a strategic review after receiving a number of inquiries from large global exchanges, crypto platforms and traditional finance (TradFi) institutions including banks and trading platforms, CEO and co-founder … Read more

Circle, the crypto company behind the $48 billion USDC stablecoin, said Tuesday it has acquired tokenized real-world asset (RWA) issuer Hashnote. The companies closed the deal this morning, a Circle spokesperson told CoinDesk and was announced in Davos, Switzerland during the annual World Economic Forum meeting. The companies didn’t reveal pricing details. Circle aims to … Read more

CoinDesk Indices, a subsidiary of CoinDesk, has introduced the CoinDesk 80 Index to address the increasing institutional demand for liquidity across diverse digital assets. The new offering is designed to track the performance of the next 80 digital assets beyond the CoinDesk20 Index, according to a press release. The Bullish exchange, which has surpassed $1 … 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 3890.01, down 0.4% (-15.92) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday. Ten of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: DOT (+1.9%) and POL (+1.5%). Laggards: ADA (-3.2%) and HBAR (-2.4%). … Read more

Bitstamp, the longest running cryptocurrency exchange, plans to roll out regulated crypto derivatives trading in Europe, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. With its long-standing focus on compliance, Bitstamp is one of a select group of crypto trading platforms to hold a Markets in Financial Instruments (MiFID) license, a pan-European regulatory framework … Read more

KULR (KULR), a maker of advanced energy-management systems, said it spent $8 million on bitcoin (BTC) to take its total holdings to 510 tokens. At a weighted average price of $101,695, that equates to almost 79 bitcoin and means the company’s total investment is now $50 million. The purchase follows the Houston, Texas-based company’s Dec. … Read more

Disclaimer: The analyst who wrote this piece owns shares of MicroStrategy (MSTR). Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy (MSTR) has again added to its massive bitcoin (BTC) stack. In the week ending Jan 19, the company purchased 11,000 BTC for $1.1 billion, taking its total holdings to 461,000 BTC. This latest bitcoin average purchase … Read more