Altcoins left behind For altcoins, the picture is reversed. In CoinDesk Research’s basket of altcoins, dollar depth was greatest on Jan. 1, 2025, and has been lower on each date measured since. Depth at 5% from the price is down about a third since the start of 2025, to around $2 million. Closer to the […]
“If we’re right that stocks, commodities and other financial assets are moving onchain, then eventually all of the financial products built around those assets should follow them,” the report said. Its analysis highlighted Aerodrome (AERO), a trading platform that could collect fees from tokenized stock transactions, and Maple SYRUP$0.2335, which manages blockchain-based lending products for […]
The move puts Robinhood among a growing cohort of public companies holding BTC as a treasury asset. Nasdaq-listed Strategy MSTR$159.69·Market Closed started this trend in 2020 and now its followed by more than 170 firms worldwide. Current corporate holders include names such as Tesla, Block, MARA Holdings, CleanSpark, and Riot Platforms, which together account for […]
Sun pointed to the numbers. “Bitcoin’s current annualized volatility hovers around 40%, which is noticeably lower than its long-term historical levels exceeding 80%,” he said. Ardern sees the same in the options market, where bitcoin’s annualized implied or expected volatility index, DVOL, has been pinned around 35 points. “The shape going forward is probably a […]
Bitcoin’s BTC$83,211.89 rally has stalled, and a handful of analysts say one price level will decide whether the next move is up or down. The world’s largest cryptocurrency hit a high above $87,400 on Sept. 21. It has pulled back since, testing the $82,000 to $83,000 zone. That area matters. It’s where bitcoin topped out […]
The concern extends to banks. Van der Chijs believes AI could expose vulnerabilities in legacy banking software, threatening confidence in institutions that depend on interconnected systems. Within crypto, he sees exchanges and other businesses built around bitcoin as more vulnerable than the underlying network. His concerns have not displaced an expansive view of AI’s economic […]
SpaceX (SPCX), Elon Musk’s space technology company, reported its first quarterly results as a public company on Tuesday, announcing second-quarter revenue of $7.8 billion. That figure topped Wall Street expectations of $6.9 billion, while narrowing its quarterly loss to $541 million as growth accelerated across its launch, Starlink and AI businesses. The company reported a […]
Since then, average daily liquidations have remained well below this year’s typical $400 million-$500 million range, suggesting there has been little forced selling despite the macro shock, according to Bitfinex. “Crypto fell less than levered equity themes because the forced-selling fuel was already spent,” the analysts wrote. Security concerns linger Separately, the market is also […]
Strategy (MSTR), the world’s largest corporate bitcoin BTC$64,291.04 holder, reported Thursday an $8.2 billion second-quarter net loss after the cryptocurrency’s price decline erased billions of dollars from the value of its digital asset holdings. The quarterly loss was driven almost entirely by an $8.32 billion unrealized markdown on its bitcoin holdings under fair-value accounting. The […]
Bond markets are already reacting. The U.S. two-year Treasury yield jumped to 4.31%, its highest level since February 2025, while the benchmark 10-year yield rose to 4.66%, the highest since May, according to TradingView data. Higher yields raise the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding assets such as bitcoin and gold, often prompting investors to rotate […]
“This week we have seen some large blocks in BTC topside call spreads,” Jean-David Péquignot, chief commercial officer at Deribit, told CoinDesk. Options flow of this size and repetition often reflects institutional positioning rather than retail activity, given the capital required and the precision of the strike selection. The timing is notable for two reasons. […]
West Texas Intermediate crude futures have surged to nearly $80 a barrel from $67 at the start of the month, stoking fresh concerns about inflation. Focus on CPI and Warsh testimony Investors will receive a fresh read on price pressures Tuesday when the Labor Department releases the June consumer-price index at 8:30 a.m. ET. Economists […]