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 the trading week, {{BTC}} is trading above $100,500 […]
Crypto markets pushed higher on Monday as traders have shifted focus from geopolitical anxieties to crypto-related institutional developments ahead of the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee’s meeting. Bitcoin has risen 3.1% in the last 24 hours and is now trading for $108,600, only a couple of thousand dollars below its all-time record. It certainly wasn’t […]
Bitcoin hovered around $105,100 on June 14, down 0.22% over the past 24 hours as traders digested geopolitical tension. Price action remained relatively tight, with BTC moving within a $2,090 range from $104,220 to $106,135. The largest moves occurred overnight in Asia trading, where Bitcoin briefly dipped below $104,200 before rebounding on high volume. Much […]
JPMorgan (JPM) raised its price targets for a number of bitcoin mining companies to reflect first-quarter results and changes to the bitcoin price and the network hashrate, the bank said in a report Friday. The bank lifted its CleanSpark (CLSK) price target to $14 from $12, its Riot Platforms (RIOT) objective to $14 from $13 […]
GameStop (GME), the embattled video game retailer turned meme stock, announced Wednesday a $1.75 billion convertible senior note offering. Proceeds will be used at least in part for “making investments in a manner consistent with GameStop’s Investment Policy,” per a company press release. Said investment policy is to add bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset, […]
Bitcoin is trading at $109.7K as the Wednesday trading day begins in Asia, according to CoinDesk market data. While the world’s largest digital asset is trading flat in the early hours of the session, CoinDesk market data shows that it’s up 4% on the week. An expected Bank of Japan rate cut isn’t doing that […]
Bitcoin held firm above $105,000 on Saturday despite an unusually combative and personal escalation in the Trump-Musk feud that could rattle traditional markets next week. On Saturday, in a phone interview with NBC News, President Trump warned that there would be “serious consequences” if Elon Musk financially backed Democratic candidates running against Republicans who support […]
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, […]
Activity on the XRP Ledger, a decentralized public blockchain designed for quick, cost-effective real-time transfer of XRP, fiat currencies and other digital assets, has slowed considerably since the first quarter. The number of payment transactions, representing the transfer of value from one account to another, dropped to 320,747 at press time, the lowest since October […]
By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The recent TACO tease, implying “Trump Always Chickens Out” on tariffs, likely didn't go down well with the President, who raised the stakes in the ongoing trade war on Friday, leading to broad-based risk aversion, which persists as of writing. On Friday, Trump said that on […]
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, […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated on Tuesday that “efforts will continue” to make sure that the total amount of bitcoin held by El Salvador’s government does not change. Back in March, El Salvador reached an agreement with the IMF to receive a $3.5 billion loan package. Some of the conditions of that deal concerned […]