Shiba Inu Eyes Bull Run Against Bitcoin (BTC), But Looks Weak Against Dogecoin (DOGE)
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Shiba Inu’s dollar-denominated price hit a one-month high, charting a bullish trend against Bitcoin. However, the outlook against its rival, dogecoin, doesn’t look as promising. SHIB has gained 5.2% in the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.00001255 on Coinbase, the level last seen on June 12. As of writing, the cryptocurrency teased a […]

$FLOKI Gains Webull Pay Listing, Tapping Into 24M Retail Users in Major U.S. Push
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FLOKI traded in a wide $0.00005422 range over the past 24 hours, swinging from a high of $0.00009435 to a low of $0.00008913 before settling at $0.00008946, down 1.87%, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The token’s volatile session was marked by a sharp 4% rally during the U.S. morning hours, followed by aggressive […]

What is Wolfenstein’s MechaHitler? Grok’s Misfired Tweet Sparks MECHA Memecoins
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Shaurya is the Co-Leader of the CoinDesk tokens and data team in Asia with a focus on crypto derivatives, DeFi, market microstructure, and protocol analysis. Shaurya holds over $1,000 in BTC, ETH, SOL, AVAX, SUSHI, CRV, NEAR, YFI, YFII, SHIB, DOGE, USDT, USDC, BNB, MANA, MLN, LINK, XMR, ALGO, VET, CAKE, AAVE, COMP, ROOK, TRX, […]

Building Insurance Primitives in DeFi
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Insurance stands as one of finance’s foundational primitives—an essential scaffold that undergirds every major market from commodities to credit. Since the 1600s, no vibrant financial ecosystem has thrived without a robust insurance mechanism: market participants demand quantifiable measures of risk before committing capital. Yet in decentralized finance(DeFi)’s first wave—lending, exchanges, derivatives—insurance remained an afterthought, implemented […]

Eric Trump Confirmed as Headline Speaker for BTC Asia
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The Trump crypto conference tour continues, with Eric Trump confirmed to speak at BTC Asia conference in Hong Kong in August. Hong Kong is pushing through a variety of pro-crypto legislation through its local assembly, known as LegCo. The city had its own stablecoin legislation before the U.S. passed the GENIUS Act. Trump, speaking earlier […]

BitFuFu Hits 36.2 EH/s Hashrate, 728 MW Capacity in June
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Bitcoin miner BitFuFu (FUFU) produced 445 bitcoin in the month of June — an 11.3% jump from May — while expanding its infrastructure across five continents. The Singapore-based miner’s total hashrate under management rose to 36.2 exahashes per second (EH/s), up 6.2% month over month. This includes 3.8 EH/s from BitFuFu’s own operations and 32.4 […]

Hyperliquid Trader Qwatio Loses $3.7M This Week on Extreme BTC, ETH Shorts
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One ultra-leveraged Hyperliquid trader has been liquidated five times over the weekend and has lost nearly $3.7 million in the past week with aggressive bitcoin BTC$108,788.37 and ether ETH$2,565.27 shorts, according to on-chain data. Gambler @qwatio was liquidated 5 more times, with a total of 387 $BTC($42.18) and 2,990 $ETH($7.65M) liquidated. His account went down […]

TON Foundation’s UAE Golden Visa Announcement Powers Strong $TON Rally on High Volume
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On July 6, Max Crown, CEO of the TON Foundation, announced on X a “groundbreaking initiative” offering toncoin holders the “exclusive chance” to secure a 10-year UAE Golden Visa. The program requires applicants to stake $100,000 worth of toncoin for three years and pay a one-time processing fee of $35,000. After the three-year lock-up period, […]

Nasdaq-Listed Firm Explains Its Strategy
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At the time of writing, Ether is trading at around $2,505, up 0.56% in the past 24-hours, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. As for the broader crypto market as gauged by the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20), it is up 0.34% during the same period. SharpLink Gaming, Inc. (SBET) is a pioneering online performance […]

Singapore Ends $2.2B Laundering Case With Fines
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Singapore fined nine financial firms, including UBS and Citigroup, S$27.5 million ($21.5 million) after a probe into the country’s largest money laundering scandal, which involved the seizure of assets ranging from luxury real estate to cryptocurrency. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that Credit Suisse’s local unit, now part of UBS, faced the biggest […]

Dogecoin (DOGE) Price Holds 16 Cent Support as Bulls Defend Multi-Week Floor
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Shaurya is the Co-Leader of the CoinDesk tokens and data team in Asia with a focus on crypto derivatives, DeFi, market microstructure, and protocol analysis. Shaurya holds over $1,000 in BTC, ETH, SOL, AVAX, SUSHI, CRV, NEAR, YFI, YFII, SHIB, DOGE, USDT, USDC, BNB, MANA, MLN, LINK, XMR, ALGO, VET, CAKE, AAVE, COMP, ROOK, TRX, […]

NEAR Protocol Plunges 5% as Resistance Holds, Bitwise ETP Launches
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AI-focused NEAR token slumped by 5% on Friday despite the launch of Bitwise’s NEAR exchange-traded product (ETP). The sell-off comes during a muted day for cryptocurrencies with bitcoin also falling back from its test of a new record high. The launch of Bitwise’s NEAR Staking ETP marks a significant milestone for institutional adoption of the […]