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1 month ago
Bitcoin's $16 billion quarterly options settlement arrives with a 'call-heavy' b...
Nearly $18 billion in bitcoin and ether options will expire on Friday, potentially reshaping dealer hedging flows and short-term volatility.
1 month ago
MoonPay to acquire SEC-registered North Capital in $60 million all-stock deal
The acquisition will support MoonPay’s aim of supporting mass adoption of tokenized real-world assets, CEO Ivan Soto-Wright said.
1 month ago
Live updates: Bitcoin slips under $86,000 as money rotates into BCH and ZEC
Bitcoin matched Monday's high near $87,300 before running into selling, while citcoin cash surged 28% on a CME futures listing and ZEC added...
1 month ago
The S&P 500 has a 'breadth' problem. Crypto doesn’t.
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 22, 2026
1 month ago
Bitcoin consolidates near $86,000 as rally narrows and Brent slips below $100
Thirty-eight of the 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents were lower on the day, with bitcoin cash up 32% over 24 hours on a CME futures listing.
1 month ago
BitMEX shuts down: perpetuals pioneer officially closes it doors after 11 years
The exchange, co-founded by Arthur Hayes, stopped trading and deposits, but says users can still log in and withdraw funds as its wind-down...
1 month ago
FTX, Alameda-linked wallets send $75 million in ether to Wintermute, onchain dat...
Onchain analysts PeckShield and EmberCN say the funds moved to a Wintermute wallet, but neither a sale nor the purpose of the transfer have...
1 month ago
AI agents will soon buy their own computing power and data using stablecoins, ac...
The asset manager sees payments as the nearer-term opportunity, while markets for computing capacity remain at an early stage
1 month ago
Coinbase users can now borrow USDC against bitcoin at a fixed rate
Coinbase now allows users to borrow the USDC stablecoin against their bitcoin at a fixed interest rate and repayment date.
1 month ago
XRP Ledger retries upgrade that lets banks split payment and compliance duties
The upgrade could activate Oct. 5, letting businesses give another account limited powers such as making payments or approving customers wit...
1 month ago
Solana starts testing upgrade that could cut finality from 12.8 seconds to 150 m...
Alpenglow would let exchanges, bridges and merchants treat payments as irreversible almost immediately.
1 month ago
Bitcoin's on a streak it hasn't hit since 2012
Bitcoin’s 10% September gain puts it on track for a rare three-month winning streak last seen in 2012.
1 month ago
Zcash leads crypto majors with a 10% gain as bitcoin holds near $87,000
Falling oil eased inflation worries through the Asian session, while a bill to make the government's bitcoin stockpile permanent moved furth...
1 month ago
U.S. regulator warns about cheating risks in 'mention markets' on prediction pla...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a new advisory to flag the unique dangers of markets based on individuals' behavior.
1 month ago
Democrats 'chose visceral hatred for' Donald Trump over crypto Clarity Act, Lumm...
Senator Cynthia Lummis said the crypto industry should "pin it on the Democrats" in her first public remarks after last week's failed Clarit...
1 month ago
Crypto market structure can't wait for shot at post-election Clarity Act surge:...
White House and U.S. Treasury officials agree that despite some hope that Congress' "lame duck" session could see the bill again, the work's...
1 month ago
Canada's 'Big Six' banks to launch interbank tokenized deposit initiative
Initial testing will focus on moving digital commercial deposits across participating institutions before linking to broader digital asset e...
1 month ago
Next for the U.S. SEC: Agency's chief crypto counsel illuminates path for custod...
Taylor Lindman, the top lawyer on the agency's Crypto Task Force, says the SEC is trying to get firms comfortable with blockchain technology...
1 month ago
European central banks push to expand stablecoin yield ban to crypto lending and...
Central bankers argue that indirect yield structures blur the line between electronic payment tokens and commercial bank deposits, distortin...
1 month ago
Bitcoin, ether perpetual volumes on Kalshi are dominated by an unusual, repetiti...
CoinDesk found one $5,499 trade size accounting for 57% of sampled ether-perpetual volume, while recurring $2,500 and $5,000 trade sizes mad...
1 month ago
Why Payward-backed Reap is betting on non-USD stablecoins for 24/7 cross-border...
Reap is preparing to add a Mexican peso stablecoin and is exploring Hong Kong dollar, euro, won and yen tokens for foreign exchange outside...