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Regulatory Victory: Gemini Receives Digital Asset Service Provider Registration In France

Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, founded by the Winklevoss twins, has been granted crypto registration by the French markets watchdog Autorite des marches financiers (AMF).  According to a recent announcement made by the exchange, this approval…

BNB Quarterly Burning: Over 2 Million Tokens Vanish, Valued At $636 Million

In a recent announcement by Binance, the BNB Foundation declared the successful completion of the 26th quarterly Binance Coin token burn through the BNB Chain. The burn, which included Auto-Burn and the Pioneer Burn Program, eliminated a…

US Stocks, Bitcoin, and Gold Drop as Fed Plays Coy on Rates — Investors in Limbo

The leading trio of U.S. stock indices — Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite, and the S&P 500 — experienced a downturn on Wednesday afternoon. This decline coincided with a rise in 10-year Treasury yields, which jumped…

NYSE’s Strategic Move — Bitcoin ETF Options Poised to Boost Market Dynamics

In a groundbreaking move, NYSE Arca Inc. has submitted a proposal to amend its rules to enable options trading on commodity-based trust shares, specifically targeting bitcoin-based ETFs. This initiative, detailed in the 19b-4 filing with the SEC…

The Protocol: MetaMask's Secret Weapon and Ethereum's Dencun Debacle

In this issue of CoinDesk's weekly newsletter on blockchain technology, we bring you Sam Kessler's scoop on MetaMask's in-development "intents" feature that could revolutionize how users interact with blockchains. Also: a post-mortem on Ethereum's…

Crypto Analyst Predicts XRP Price Will Surge 800% To Reach $5 In The Next 90 Days

Crypto analyst Egrag Crypto recently made a bold prediction as to the future trajectory of the XRP price and asserted when exactly the crypto token will hit this price level. Considering XRP’s current price level, it will no doubt be interesting to…

Coinbase and SEC Dig in With U.S. Judge on Whether Securities Law Applies to Listings

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) case against Coinbase delves into a ton of complexity, but before anything else, a judge has to decide whether transactions in about a dozen tokens traded on the U.S. exchange were securities.

Here Are The Most Bullish Predictions For ETH Price As Ethereum Dominance Rises Against Bitcoin

The sentiments around Ethereum look to be very bullish at the moment as the second-largest crypto token by market cap has seen its dominance surge against Bitcoin. Ethereum’s rise against the flagship crypto token is also significant, as crypto…

Grayscale Sees Over $477 Million Bitcoin Exodus as Blackrock and Fidelity ETFs Bolster Holdings

Recent data reveals that since the update on Grayscale’s website three days prior, the firm’s most recent figures indicate a significant reduction in its holdings, with over 11,189 bitcoin, valued at approximately $477 million, being…

QCP Capital Forecasts ETH’s Dominance Over Bitcoin To Persist, Ethereum ETFs In Focus

Over the past 30 days, Ethereum (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency, has experienced a notable surge of 17%, outperforming Bitcoin (BTC), which has recorded a surge of 2.5% over the same period.  This comes as the initial excitement…