CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bittensor (TAO) surges 31.9%, leading index higher
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Crypto
Bitmine adds another $136 million of ether after raising $274 million in preferred stock sale
BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the largest Ethereum-focused treasury company, continued its purchase streak after raising fresh capital through a preferred stock sale.
Michael Saylor's Strategy acquires another 1,587 bitcoin for $100 million
Strategy (MSTR) last week acquired 1,587 bitcoin for approximately $100 million, increasing its total holdings to 846,842 BTC, according to a Monday morning filing.
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Markets cheer U.S.-Iran Breakthrough though Middle East risks, Fed remain in focus
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U.S.-Iran deal lifts equities, sends oil lower, while crypto stays wary
The U.S.-Iran peace deal reached over the weekend provided the stimulus many markets had been waiting for.
Middle East ceasfire, Fed interest-rate decision: Crypto Week Ahead
Crypto Week Ahead is a comprehensive list of what's coming up in the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain, as well as the major macroeconomic events that will influence digital asset markets.
Trump-linked stablecoin used for bonus payouts at White House UFC contest
USD1, the stablecoin issued by the Trump family's crypto venture World Liberty Financial, has gone from locking retail depositors out of a DeFi lending pool to being used to pay fighters on the White House lawn.
Ark Invest bought more than $500 million worth of SpaceX shares on IPO day
ARK Invest bought nearly 3.3 million shares of SpaceX (SPCX) as Elon Musk's company went public in the largest IPO ever on Friday, building a stake worth more than $500 million by the end of the day.
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Bitcoin traders have a reason to watch Tuesday's BOJ rate decision. Yen shorts are at a nine-year high
The Bank of Japan is widely expected to raise its benchmark interest rate to 1% from 0.75% on Tuesday, bringing it to its highest level since 1995. That may sound like a routine policy decision from a central bank on th…
Live markets: Bitcoin not fully out of danger as Trump warns of further Iran strikes
Copper climbed as much as 1.4% after the US and Iran announced an interim deal to halt the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Bitcoin hits a two-week high above $65,500 as the US-Iran deal sends oil sliding
Bitcoin climbed to its highest level in nearly two weeks after the US and Iran reached a deal to end hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, removing the energy-supply fear that had weighed on markets for months.
Bitcoin shoots higher on Iran peace deal, with Strait of Hormuz set to open
The US and Iran said they reached an interim agreement to end hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with the deal to be signed in Switzerland on Friday.
Bitcoin could crash to $48,000, if this historical pattern is triggered
The pattern works like this. Draw Fibonacci retracements from near zero – BTC began trading at $0.003 in February 2010 – to bull market peaks reached in June 2011, November 2013, December 2017, and November 2021.
Summer of crypto (regs): State of Crypto
Technically speaking, summer hasn't started yet and won't for another week. But it's over 90°F in New York, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to work through crypto tax legislation, the Commodity Futures…
Aerodrome is turning liquidity into a prediction market with its biggest upgrade yet
Aerodrome, the largest decentralized exchange (DEX) on Coinbase's Base network, is preparing for what its developers believe could be the next evolution of onchain markets.
Wall Street and crypto are crashing into each other as tokenized treasury markets hit $14.6 billion
A significant transformation is currently underway across the established cryptocurrency market. The top crypto exchanges are morphing into multi-asset financial platforms, breaking down the traditional barriers that on…
Bitcoin presses $64,700 resistance in compression zone: Live levels
Bitcoin (BTC/USD) is trading at $64,238 on the 4-hour chart, pressing up against heavyweight resistance at $64,700–$65,500. The setup screams "compression"—bullish signals are emerging, but the macro bears still control…
Crypto’s next billion-dollar hacker may move at superhuman speed
The newest AI model from Anthropic, which gives users access to stronger, faster reasoning and coding capabilities, lands in a crypto market beset by security problems and could well exacerbate them.
Here's what SpaceX's IPO means for its $1.3 billion bitcoin reserve
SpaceX's Nasdaq debut on Friday did something quieter than the record $75 billion raise. It puts the largest bitcoin position ever attached to an IPO onto public markets, and under a framing that corporate America has n…
Stablecoins Were Meant to Disrupt Finance. Instead, They Became Idle Cash.
Stablecoins are probably crypto’s clearest success story, and rightly so. They became the industry’s monetary primitive; the dollar layer for trading, collateral, payments and settlement.
Bitcoin rises above $64,000 after Pakistan prime minister says Iran peace deal is near
Bitcoin climbed above $64,000 on Saturday, reaching an intraday high of more than $64,200. The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is up more than 1% over the past 24 hours and is now up over 8% from its Jun…
Wall Street is moving past crypto pilots and deeper into Ethereum, says Etherealize founder
Ethereum's institutional adoption story may finally be moving beyond theory and into practice, according to Vivek Raman, founder of Etherealize, a company with the stated goal of bringing Ethereum to Wall Street.
Tokenization mirrors the $20 trillion ETF boom as blockchain and AI converge, Ondo exec says
The market for tokenized assets is growing quickly, but John Hoffman thinks the biggest wave of demand hasn't arrived yet: artificial intelligence.
Perpetual futures could become crypto's next ETF moment
The rollout of regulated perpetual futures in the U.S. could follow a familiar path to the one taken by spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in seeking mass adoption.