Bitcoin cooled off during U.S. trading hours Monday after nearly topping $123,000 earlier in the session, but market top calls are premature, analysts said. BTC slipped below $120,000 late in the U.S. day, shedding most of its overnight advance, but holding on to a modest 0.6% gain over the past 24 hours. Ethereum’s ether {{ETH}} […]
This is a daily analysis of top tokens with CME futures by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. Bitcoin: Looks north; Dealer gamma, Vol and DXY in focus Bitcoin just shattered records, surging past $123,000 early Monday, continuing the march to $140,000 levels indicated by the strong breakout in BlackRock’s IBIT last week. […]
“Hyperbitcoinization” — an almost apocalyptic term evoking end-of-days fiat collapse and bitcoin’s parabolic rise to global reserve status — is increasingly being discussed in more serious circles. For hardcore bitcoin maximalists, it’s long been the ultimate scenario: a financial utopia where individuals, institutions and even nations are all-in on a bitcoin-only system as the fiat-based […]
On June 11, PayPal announced plans to launch its U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, PayPal USD (PYUSD), on the Stellar blockchain network, pending regulatory approval from the New York State Department of Financial Services. If approved, the move would mark the expansion of PYUSD beyond its current availability on Ethereum and Solana. PayPal described Stellar as a […]
“Please don’t fall for misinformation,” Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX’s Co-founder and CEO, Sumit Gupta, said Saturday amid allegations that the exchange moved user funds to non-compliant entities in Lithuania. The allegation was reportedly made by another Indian exchange, WazirX, which has been under scrutiny since last year’s $230 million hack. In an affidavit filed as […]
Bitcoin’s rally to $120,000 this week has sparked a broader breakout across major crypto assets, with ether (ETH), Solana’s SOL, XRP, and dogecoin all posting high single-digit percentage gains. However, this time, price action isn’t just about momentum, as traders claim that market structure is evolving under the weight of institutional influence. “This isn’t a […]
U.S. lawmakers may actually get a crypto bill to the president’s desk. The House is set to vote on market structure and stablecoin legislation next week, bringing the U.S. a vital step closer to drafting new rules for the industry. You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and […]
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 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 […]
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, […]
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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 […]
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 […]