U.S. Fed Officially Scraps Specialist Group Meant to Oversee Crypto Issues
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The Federal Reserve continued its relaxation of crypto oversight on Friday with a move to shut down a two-year-old supervisory program intended to keep a special eye on banks’ crypto ties, instead folding that task back to its day-to-day oversight work. The central bank established its short-lived Novel Activities Supervision Program during the tenure of […]

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Hong Kong SFC Tightens Custody Standards for Crypto Exchanges Under ASPIRe Roadmap
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Hong Kong’s securities watchdog rolled out new custody requirements for licensed crypto exchanges, reinforcing its pledge to protect client assets as the city advances its bid to become Asia’s digital asset hub. In a circular issued Friday, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) set minimum standards for licensed virtual asset trading platforms (VATPs) covering senior […]

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Wall Street Joins Consumer Advocates to Call for Edit to GENIUS Act on Stablecoins
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Wall Street bankers are hammering away at some provisions of the new U.S. stablecoin law that was hailed by President Donald Trump and the crypto sector as a huge first step toward establishing a fully regulated U.S. industry, and the banks are joined by unusual bedfellows from the consumer-advocate world in sounding alarms. Hoping to […]

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BTC Realized Price Breaks Above 200WMA, Signaling Possible Bull Run
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Bitcoin surged past $124,000, setting its fourth all-time high of 2025. On-chain data from Glassnode suggests this could mark the early stages of a continued bull market. A key metric underpinning this view is the realized price, which measures the total value of all bitcoins at the price they were last moved on-chain, divided by […]

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Bitcoin Tops $122K, Ether Nears 2021 Peak in Broad Crypto Rally
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Bitcoin has mounted another attempt for a fresh all-time record climbing near $123,000, a four-week high during the Wednesday U.S. session. Two previous attempts, spiking to $122,300 on Monday and topping $123,000 on July 14, were met with heavy selling, knocking down prices intraday below $120,000 on both occasions. Ethereum’s ether (ETH) was also inching […]

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Dogecoin Forms Golden Cross for First Since November
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Meme cryptocurrencies may soon heat up as their leader, dogecoin , 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 […]

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Gains 10% as Chainlink Reserve, ICE Partnership Fuel Rally
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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 […]

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Watch Out for Potential BTC Double Top as Bulls Fail to Break $122K Again
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This is a daily analysis by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. The bitcoin rally has stalled, raising the possibility of a potentially bearish technical formation: a double top. A close examination of the daily chart reveals that bulls failed to sustain a rally above the key Fibonacci level of $122,056 on Monday, […]

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Sui Price Falls 4% as Heavy Selling Pressure and Long Liquidations Hit Market
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Sui’s (SUI) price plunged 4% over the past 24 hours after experiencing substantial market volatility overnight, CoinDesk Analytics data shows. The token’s price fluctuated $0.28, or approximately 7%, between session highs of $3.98 and lows of $3.69. The digital asset initially demonstrated strength, advancing from $3.88 to $3.98 with institutional volume exceeding 18 million units, […]

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Corporate America’s Recession Fears Plummet Despite Trump Lifting Tariffs to Highest Since 1910
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Corporate America’s fears of a looming economic recession have evaporated as quickly as they emerged early this year. The number of S&P 500 companies that mentioned the word “recession” during their second-quarter earnings call dropped sharply to just 16, down sharply from 124 in the first quarter, according to data source FactSet. A recession is […]

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Here Are 3 Bullish Reasons Why JPMorgan Sees S&P 500 Rallying Much Higher
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JPMorgan remains bullish on U.S. stocks even as some observers warn that the economy is beginning to pay the price for President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The investment banking giant forecasts that the S&P 500, Wall Street’s benchmark index, will yield a “high single-digit return over the next 12 months,” driven by three key factors. One […]

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BTC YTD Performance 2nd to Gold but 308,709x Higher Total Return Since 2011
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Bitcoin slipped 0.11% in the past 24 hours to $116,702, according to CoinDesk Data, but remains up 25% year to date, second only to gold’s 29% gain among major asset classes, according to data shared by financial strategist Charlie Bilello on X. 2025 Performance so far As of Aug. 8, bitcoin’s 25% year-to-date return ranked […]

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