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1 year ago
This Metric Points to Rotation From Gold to Bitcoin
The ratio surged 12% Wednesday as the pro-crypto Republican candidate Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election.
1 year ago
Ether Surges 10% as Trump Victory Brings Back DeFi Bullishness
Investors say a Trump administration will favor DeFi applications and tokenomics more, given the family’s backing of World Liberty Finance -...
1 year ago
What Next For Bitcoin After Trump Win? Traders Look to Fed Rate Cuts For Bullish...
Analysts expect a 0.25% rate cut this week, which has historically benefited assets like BTC by diluting the dollar's value and pushing inve...
1 year ago
Bitcoin Blasts Past $76K for First Time as Violent Crypto Rally Liquidates Nearl...
Crypto exchange Coinbase's shares closed the day 31% higher, leading gains among digital asset-related stocks.
1 year ago
The Protocol: Elections, Schmections. Blockchain's Got Work to Do
The blockchain industry might get a boost as former U.S. President Donald Trump wins a second term, promising to keep his promises, includin...
1 year ago
How This Crypto Hedge Fund Nailed the Trump Trade
Quinn Thompson, the founder of crypto hedge fund Lekker Capital, shared with CoinDesk why he was so confident Trump would win despite concer...
1 year ago
Polymarket Projects a GOP House, Clinching Trump Trifecta
If the prediction market's traders are right – and lately, they've been right – the election results are even more bullish for crypto than t...
1 year ago
How to Build an Asset Class in Three Easy Steps
Kelly Ye, portfolio manager at Decentral Park Capital and Andy Baehr, head of product at CoinDesk Indices, trade views, active manager vs in...
1 year ago
How Trump Could Change Crypto
Analysts expect a broad market rally and changes in SEC leadership. Trump’s crypto policies include a bitcoin strategic reserve, banning a c...
1 year ago
Uniswap's UNI Token Soars 28% as Altcoins Outperform Following U.S. Presidential...
The broad market gauge CoinDesk 20 Index was higher by 8.2% versus bitcoin's 6% advance following Donald Trump's victory.
1 year ago
JPMorgan Renames Blockchain Platform to Kynexis, to Add On-Chain FX Settlement f...
The banking giant was one of the early leaders in applying blockchain tech to traditional financial activities, executing over $1.5 trillion...
1 year ago
Polymarket Resolves Presidential Election Contract
The $3.6 billion contract closed Wednesday morning as the Associated Press, Fox and NBC declared the election for Republican candidate Donal...
1 year ago
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Uniswap Surges 28% as All Index Constituents Tra...
Solana joins Uniswap as a top performer, gaining 12.7% as U.S. Presidential election results come in.
1 year ago
First Mover Americas: BTC Hit All-Time High as Trump Closed In on Victory
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Nov. 6, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that cont...
1 year ago
Crypto Friendly SEC and Senate Banking Committee Expected Under Trump: Bernstein
Stablecoin and crypto-market structure bills may now see faster progress, the report said.
1 year ago
Crypto Equities Surge More Than 10% as U.S. Political Uncertainty Diminishes Wit...
MicroStrategy and Coinbase both added 12%, with bitcoin miners also gaining more than 10% in pre-market trading.
1 year ago
Is Optimism's 'Superchain' Winning the Ethereum Layer-2 Race?
One of the biggest trends of 2023 among the leading layer-2 projects on Ethereum was the emergence of “blockchain in a box,” where the teams...
1 year ago
Bitcoin, Solana Hit New Cycle Highs Against Ether as Trump Edges Closer to U.S....
Bitcoin dominance approached 61% with Solana dominance also primed to touch record high.
1 year ago
Dogecoin Rockets 25% as Trump Nears Victory, Top Trader Signals More Gains Ahead
“There is going to be a media frenzy about Elon and how his aggressively backing Trump and the 'Department of Government Efficiency' narrati...
1 year ago
Trump's Triumph Is Also Crypto's: Gensler, Regulatory Clouds Likely to Vanish
Buoyed by donations and votes from a digital asset industry he aggressively courted, Trump won a second term to the White House in his third...
1 year ago
Solana Jumps 17%, Flips BNB Chain Token, as Trump's Lead Renews ETF Hopes
An incoming crypto-friendly Trump administration could make allowing crypto ETFs in the U.S. easier, traders say, boosting SOL’s prices.