Bitcoin Onchain Data Show Bullish Undercurrents
The market may appear boring, but under the surface, the onchain data is quietly aligning in favor of the bulls.
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XRP, SOL Lead Slight Crypto Majors' Recovery After FTX Sell-Off Fears
BTC rose 1.5% to trade over $26,100 in European morning hours on Thursday, while Ether neared $1,700 before falling to $1,650.
Superapp Grab, Stablecoin Issuer Circle to Start Web3 Wallets Trial in Singapore
The Grab Web3 Wallet will be available to users of the ride hailing, food delivery and digital payments app to use vouchers in non-fungible token (NFT) form and earn rewards.
Violet’s Decentralized Exchange Mauve Goes Live for Trading Compliant and Real World Assets
The DEX was developed in a direct response to the fallout from the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.
Thailand's KBank Starts $100M Fund Targeting AI and Web3
Thailand-based Kasikornbank (KBank), one of the major banks in South East Asia, has launched a fund worth $100m targeting AI and Web3 globally.
Crypto Traders Grow Bearish as Aptos Plans $103M APT Token Unlock in November
The collective 20 million APT to be unlocked then equates to 112% of the average daily trading volume over the prior 30 days, according to The Tie.
Crypto Miners Debate $500K Bitcoin Fee Refund to Paxos for 'Fat-Fingers' Error
Miners can choose to return large fees out of goodwill, even though they do not have any obligation to do so.
Three Arrows Founders Hit With 9-Year Trading Ban in Singapore
MAS has banned the Three Arrows Capital founders from managing, directing, or being a shareholder of any registered capital markets services firm in Singapore.
Islamic Coin in Pact With CoinDesk Indices to Discuss Sharia-Compliant Benchmarks
Islamic Coin is the native currency of HAQQ, a network focused on developing a Shariah-compliant financial ecosystem.
Phishing Attack on Cloud Provider With Fortune 500 Clients Led to $15M Crypto Theft From Fortress Trust
A phishing attack on Retool led to the theft, which helped spur Fortress Trust’s agreement to sell itself to Ripple, sources said.
Bitcoin Steady at $26K, SOL Slightly Dips After FTX Gets Approval to Sell Crypto
Crypto exchange FTX got court approval to sell part of its $3.4 billion digital asset holdings.
Judge Allows Bankrupt FTX to Sell Its Crypto Holdings, Including BTC and SOL
Crypto exchange FTX can sell and invest its crypto holdings to pay back creditors, a judge in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware ruled Wednesday.
The Protocol: The CFTC Is Cracking Down on Crypto
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission placed a trio of decentralized crypto platforms into its crosshairs last week. An aggressive set of charges from the CFTC – which zeroed in on how the trading platforms handle certain kinds of…
Surprisingly Few U.S. Customers Want Their Bittrex Money Back
The U.S. Secret Service kept millions on the exchange, company lawyers told a bankruptcy court – but other creditors have been strangely reluctant to ask for their funds back.
Crypto’s Interest in Rates
Todd Groth of CoinDesk Indices explores the relationship between interest rates and bitcoin.
What Correlations Tell Us About the Value of Multi-Asset Crypto Portfolios
Max Freccia of Truvius does some number-crunching to evaluate the benefits of expanding beyond the biggest cryptos.
Coinbase CEO Confirms Exchange Will Support Lightning, Which Dramatically Speeds Up Bitcoin Payments
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the crypto exchange will indeed add support for the Lightning Network, one of the biggest endorsements yet for the blockchain that makes bitcoin (BTC) a more realistic option for payments by dramatically speeding…
Hello Holesky, Ethereum’s Newest Testnet
The new network comes after years of growth for Ethereum’s developer community, and will replace the Goerli testnet.
Digital Trading Platform MetaComp Offers Clients Stablecoin-to-TradFi Security Path, Claiming Singapore First
Trading volume has climbed to around $50 million since the service was introduced last month.
Price Cuts at Blockchain Platform Alchemy Reveal Persistence of Crypto Winter
The plan, “Alchemy Scale Tier,” will consist of two options that let developers choose how much they want to commit to the platform, both financially and computationally.
U.S. CPI Inflation Jumped to 3.7% in August, More Than Expected
Higher oil prices were behind the jump in headline inflation last month.
Beleaguered Gemini Earn Customers Will Be Made ‘Nearly Whole,’ DCG and Genesis Say About Remuneration Plan
A filing on Tuesday states that if the assorted creditor groups vote through the proposed deal, then “Gemini Earn users are estimated to recover approximately 95-110% of their claims.”
First Mover Americas: Binance.US CEO Departs as Company Cuts 1/3 of Workforce
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Sept. 13, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
North Korean Attackers Linked to $54M CoinEx Hack, Blockchain Data Suggests
A hot wallet of the crypto exchange used to hold users’ tokens was exploited by attackers on Tuesday.