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The crypto market was a sea of green early Wednesday, with altcoins including OKB, PUMP, BNSOL, JITOSOL and SOL chalking out double-digit gains alongside ether’s rapid surge toward record highs. “Bitcoin rose by a modest 0.4% during the day and remains 2% below the levels of 30 days ago — clear evidence of the market’s … Read more

OKB, the token of cryptocurrency exchange OKX, more than tripled to a record high after the company executed a one-time burn of 65.26 million OKB, cutting the supply by more than 50%. Burning the roughly $7.6 billion worth of tokens permanently reduces the maximum supply to 21 million, in line with the hard cap coded … Read more

Over its years of shepherding its portfolio firms through regulatory waters in the U.S., Andresseen Horowitz (a16z) has made several proposals to keep securities laws off of crypto activity, and a new petition to the Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking such protection for decentralized finance (DeFi) websites and mobile applications. The request, sent in … Read more

Bitcoin (BTC) dominance has fallen below 60% for the first time since Feb. 1. This figure represents bitcoin’s share of the total cryptocurrency market capitalization. Bitcoin’s market cap now stands at $2.39 trillion, while the overall cryptocurrency market has surged past $4 trillion, setting a new all-time high. Ether (ETH) has been a key driver … Read more

Meme cryptocurrencies may soon heat up as their leader, dogecoin (DOGE), has formed a golden cross, hinting at a major price surge ahead. A golden cross occurs when the 50-day simple moving average (SMA) of an asset’s price moves above the 200-day SMA. The crossover indicates that the short-term momentum is now outperforming the longer … Read more

Ethereum’s native token, ether (ETH), continues its powerful surge, sparking frenzied activity in the Deribit-listed options market, where traders are making bullish bets on further upside. Over the past 24 hours, traders have spent more than $5 million on the $5,000 strike call option expiring on Sept. 26, per data tracked by Amberdata. The buyers … Read more

Crypto markets extended gains on Wednesday as traders digested a mix of political tailwinds, dovish Fed expectations, and ongoing ETF inflows into ether (ETH). Altcoins added to their rally during late Tuesday U.S. afternoon hours after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested the Federal Reserve should consider a 50 basis point rate cut at its upcoming … Read more

Meme coin posts strong mid-session rally before profit-taking trims gains, with large-holder flows signaling sustained institutional interest. Technical Analysis Overview DOGE gains 5.6% in the 23-hour period ending August 13, climbing from $0.225 to $0.233 in an $0.0198 range (8.8% volatility). Morning trade establishes $0.220 as firm support on volume above the 24-hour average of … Read more

Token extends post-settlement rally on strong mid-session momentum, with volumes topping 140 million tokens as buyers test $3.30 resistance. Technical Analysis Overview XRP rises 4% in the 24-hour period ending August 13, climbing from $3.15 to $3.25 within a $0.20 range (6% volatility). The bulk of gains occur between 12:00 and 20:00, when price moves … 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 $4600, … Read more

Altcoins added to their rally during late Tuesday U.S. afternoon hours after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested the Federal Reserve should consider a 50 basis point rate cut at its upcoming September meeting. “The real thing now to think about is should we get a 50 basis-point rate cut in September,” Bessent told Fox News. … Read more

Kazakhstan, one of the world’s largest bitcoin mining countries, has become the location of central Asia’s first spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF). Astana-based Fonte Capital said the Fonte Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund OEIC (BETF) will start trading Aug. 13 on the Astana International Exchange (AIX). The ETF will be priced in dollars. Kazakhstan shot … Read more

Circle (CRCL), the stablecoin issuer firm behind the USDC token, announced on Tuesday a secondary stock sale of 10 million shares. The company is offering 2 million of Class A common stock for sale, while selling stockholders are unloading another 8 million, according to an S-1 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). … Read more

Oracle service Chainlink’s (LINK) native token surged 10% on Tuesday to a fresh seven-month high amid new traditional finance partnership and a recent token buyback initiative. The token topped $24 for the first time since February, extending its rally to 42% in a week. That’s the biggest gain during among the top 50 tokens by … Read more

MARA Holdings (MARA) is making a surprise pivot from its bitcoin (BTC) mining roots, announcing late Monday that it will acquire a 64% stake in Exaion, a high-performance computing (HPC) subsidiary of French energy giant EDF, broker H.C. Wainwright said in a research report Tuesday. While MARA has long floated the idea of helping power … Read more

Crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) said on Tuesday it is reviving its Stablecoin Bootstrap Fund, aiming to boost stablecoin liquidity on decentralized finance (DeFi) markets. The initiative will be managed by Coinbase Asset Management and begins with deployments on Aave, Morpho, Kamino and Jupiter, according to a blog post. The exchange first launched the program in … Read more

DOT demonstrated resilience with a robust recovery rally, rising over 4% to $4.12 after defending pivotal support levels around $3.84-$3.86, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model showed that the cryptocurrency breached resistance at $3.92 with exceptional volume exceeding 7 million, suggesting institutional accumulation and continued upward momentum towards $4.15-$4.20 targets. Developer activity … Read more

ATOM traded in a tight range over the past 24 hours, with price action dominated by institutional flows. Between Aug. 11 at 15:00 and Aug. 12 at 14:00, the token swung 4% between $4.65 and $4.47. Heavy selling from $4.65 to $4.45 on Aug. 11 gave way to strong buying the following morning, with volumes … Read more

Crypto trading remained the backbone of eToro’s business in the second quarter, generating roughly 91% of the company’s total revenue, according to its latest earnings report. That’s down slightly from the 93% share recorded in the first quarter, suggesting a modest increase in the contribution from equities and other trading segments. For the three months … Read more

NEAR Protocol saw sharp intraday swings on Aug. 12, with prices climbing from $2.643 to $2.678 by 13:35 before reversing swiftly. The sell-off, concentrated between 13:38 and 13:49, erased most hourly gains as the token fell to $2.634 on heavy volume exceeding 200,000 tokens per minute. Profit-taking at the $2.675–$2.680 resistance level—identified in prior sessions—capped … Read more

Ether (ETH) has climbed 5% in the past 24 hours to $4,470, its highest price since December 2021. Helping the bullish action in crypto in general was Tuesday morning’s Consumer Price Index report. While the data was mixed and inflation remains above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, market participants lifted bets on the U.S. central … Read more

Monero, the leading privacy-focused cryptocurrency, is facing one of the most serious security challenges in its history. Qubic, a project led by IOTA co-founder Sergey Ivancheglo, says it now controls more than 51% of the network’s hashrate. In blockchains secured by proof-of-work algorithms, that’s the same method used by Bitcoin, that level of control can … Read more

NEW YORK — Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and wire fraud Tuesday morning, three years after the dramatic collapse of the Terra/Luna stablecoin ecosystem. Wearing a canary yellow prison jumpsuit, the 33-year-old Korean national said he “knowingly engaged in a scheme to defraud and did in fact defraud” … Read more

Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) endured a volatile 24 hours of trading, swinging between $5.29 and $5.63, a 5% intraday range that highlighted both selling pressure and opportunistic accumulation, CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis data model shows. The token fell as low as $5.29, establishing a key support zone between $5.32 and $5.35, where market data shows … Read more

BONK fell nearly 6% in the last 24 hours, dropping from $0.00002606 to $0.00002436 in a move that carved out a $0.0000028 range, roughly 10% of its trading spectrum. The decline accelerated after the token failed to hold gains near $0.000027 on Aug. 11, where volume spiked to 1.13 trillion tokens, well above the 24-hour … Read more

The price of BNB climbed more than 1.5% in the last 24 hours, managing to overcome weakness during the session to move above the $810 mark, up from a low that test its $800 support level. The cryptocurrency is now targeting the resistance level at $815 after buyers helped push its price further upward through … Read more

Over the past five days, bitcoin (BTC) has surged from $116,000 to just above $122,000 before retreating to the current $119,000. Despite this price movement, profit-taking has remained muted, averaging under $750 million per day on a year-to-date basis. For perspective, Glassnode data shows that in January daily realized profits were around $2 billion, with … Read more

President Donald Trump’s crypto adviser, Bo Hines, exited after only months on the job, and the next in line — his deputy, Patrick Witt — will apparently be shepherding the industry’s political priorities in Washington as it still seeks industry-wide regulations and the institution of a federal crypto stockpile. Witt shares a remarkably similar history … 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 4138.64, up 0.6% (+24.31) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday. Sixteen of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: LINK (+3.3%) and ETH (+2.1%). Laggards: LTC (-1.2%) and UNI (-0.9%). … Read more

Web3 payments infrastructure firm Transak has raised $16 million in a strategic funding round co-led by IDG Capital and Tether. The company plans to use the funds to expand its stablecoin payments stack and enter new markets. The funding round comes at a time in which the stablecoin sector has been growing exponentially. DeFiLlama data … Read more