The mood around digital assets has shifted again among the world’s largest allocators, according to Ron Biscardi, CEO of iConnections, which runs one of the largest capital introduction conferences globally. Biscardi, who has spent more than 25 years in the alternative investment industry and runs a platform that represents over $55 trillion in assets, has […]
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a Russian company, Operation Zero, and the individuals behind it after accusing them of buying stolen cyber tools for millions in cryptocurrency and re-selling those technologies, which were created to be used by the U.S. government. The tools bought and sold by newly sanctioned Sergey Sergeyevich Zelenyuk and his […]
Wall Street analysts are betting that BitGo’s push into full-service institutional crypto finance will not only fuel long-term growth but also position the company as a prime acquisition target for traditional finance firms. Compass Point analyst Ed Engel, who has a buy rating on the stock, wrote that the firm’s services could be attractive to […]
Some of the U.S. Senate Democrats in the negotiation over the crypto market structure bill filed requested amendments on Friday, seeking a number of their top policy requests in the draft legislation pushed by Republicans in the Senate Agriculture Committee. The draft they’re trying to change was unveiled as a partisan effort without Democratic sign-off […]
Storage token Filecoin FIL$1.5218 fell 3.6% over the last 24 hours, tracking weakness in the wider cryptocurrency market. The broader market gauge, the CoinDesk 20 index, was also 3.6% lower at publication time. Filecoin’s volume ran 30% above the 30-day moving average, though participation failed to breach elevated thresholds that typically confirm directional conviction, according […]
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. Crypto markets are starting the year in recalibration mode rather than retreat, […]
Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs said it is “selectively constructive” on brokers and crypto companies heading into 2026, arguing that a resilient retail trading environment and continued regulatory progress should underpin growth. “We expect the meeting of traditional retail brokerage and crypto trading to continue in 2026, driving increasing competition, potentially impacting market share and […]
APT$1.6912 fell 2.4% to $1.69 on below-average volume, significantly underperforming the broader crypto market. The broader market gauge, the CoinDesk 20 index (CD20), was 0.5% higher at publication time. This relative weakness against major cryptocurrencies signals selective investor caution toward APT, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model showed that the token declined […]
Prenetics (PRE), a health-sciences company that raised $48 million earlier this year, partially to build a bitcoin treasury, said it decided to stop purchasing BTC amid prolonged weakness in the cryptocurrency market. The company rolled out its bitcoin accumulation strategy in June, following a model championed by Michael Saylor’s Strategy Inc, in which firms raise […]
With Democrats favored at 75% to win the U.S. House of Representatives majority in 2026 on prediction market Kalshi, Representative Maxine Waters’ new criticism of Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins’ crypto policies could gain more energy. Though Congress remains on its winter break, the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee called […]
With an any-minute-now confirmation of Mike Selig to take over the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, its stand-in chief, Caroline Pham, is closer to her longstanding plan to jump to crypto firm MoonPay. As CoinDesk reported last month, Pham was said to be planning to take on the role of chief legal officer and chief […]
Walk into a gas station, grocery store, or convenience store today, and you might see a small orange kiosk glowing in the corner. What started as a curiosity has quietly become one of the most familiar in-person touchpoints in the digital economy: the crypto ATM. With close to 40,000 crypto ATMs operating worldwide, this technology […]