Solana Gains More Than Bitcoin as Trader Speculates an 'Extreme Move' Is Ahead
[Feb 8, 2024 3:31 PM] The broader altcoin market also showed signs of rebounding from oversold levels, one analyst noted.
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JPMorgan Survey Shows Over Half of Institutional Traders Don't Want Crypto Exposure
[Feb 8, 2024 1:34 PM] The bank’s survey of over 4,000 traders found that 78% of the participants do not plan to trade cryptocurrencies, while just 12% plan to do so in the next five years.
U.S. Senators Berate SEC's Gensler for Agency's 'Unethical' Handling of Crypto Case
[Feb 8, 2024 1:12 PM] The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's admission that it misrepresented evidence in a lawsuit against the blockchain project DEBT Box casts doubt on its wider enforcement practices, several Republican senators argued in a letter to Chair…
Protocol Village: Web3 Security Firm FuzzLand Raises $3M Led by 1kx
[Feb 8, 2024 12:41 PM] The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Feb. 8-14.
Layer-2 Blockchain Developer StarkWare Plans ‘Cairo’ to Verify Layer-3s
[Feb 8, 2024 12:03 PM] Cairo, which the StarkWare and the Herodotus developer team worked on together, is a key piece of technology that verifies proofs and posts them back to the layer-2 blockchain, instead of Ethereum’s mainnet.
Polygon Releases 'Type 1 Prover,' Claiming Milestone Set by Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin
[Feb 8, 2024 12:00 PM] The announcement means that existing EVM chains or optimistic rollups can connect to the prover without modification, then plug into Polygon’s newly released Aggregation layer, providing access to "all of the liquidity and value on Ethereum…
Bitcoin ETFs (Ex-GBTC) Now Hold More BTC Than MicroStrategy
[Feb 8, 2024 11:19 AM] The recently launched spot bitcoin ETFs, excluding Grayscale's GBTC, added nearly another 5,000 tokens to their holdings yesterday, and now at more than 192,000 BTC, hold more of the crypto than MicroStrategy (MSTR), whose total stood at 190,000 as…
Bitcoin Could Hit $48K in Days, Propelled by Historic Chinese New Year Gains: 10X Research
[Feb 8, 2024 10:27 AM] Bitcoin targets $48,000 in the short term fueled by a strong historic track record around the Chinese New Year, 10X Research's Markus Thielen said.
AI Generated Bitcoin Auction Marketplace Launched By SatsCrap
[Feb 8, 2024 10:00 AM] SatsCrap, a marketplace for trading goods for bitcoin, has unveiled a new feature: Bitcoin and AI-powered auctions, streamlining the process of selling items for sats, according to a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. This marketplace allows…
Legal Twist Keeps Terraform Labs’ Co-Founder Do Kwon in Montenegro, Appeals Court Questions Extradition Grounds
Bitcoin Breaks Above $45K, Traders Predict a Possible $50K Push
[Feb 8, 2024 9:10 AM] The cryptocurrency last traded above $45,000 on Jan 11.
Cryptodollar Minting Protocol M^0 Will Allow Institutions to Issue Stablecoins Backed by U.S. Treasuries
[Feb 8, 2024 9:00 AM]
Ethereum Developers Target March 13 for Milestone 'Dencun' Upgrade on Mainnet
[Feb 8, 2024 8:30 AM] The timing for the long-awaited Dencun upgrade, with its much-touted "proto-danksharding" feature, was announced Thursday on a call with top developers for the Ethereum blockchain.
Do Kwon Wins Second Chance to Appeal Extradition From Montenegro
[Feb 8, 2024 7:30 AM] The appeal is a minor victory for Kwon, who initially won an appeal in November only for it to be subsequently overturned.
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Approaches $45K; Crypto Trading Volumes Rise
[Feb 8, 2024 7:01 AM] The latest price moves in bitcoin [BTC] and crypto markets in context for Feb. 8, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Activist DAO Investor Pivots to Building a Company
[Feb 8, 2024 6:00 AM] Diogenes Casares' new Stream Protocol is a trading platform he plans to eventually turn into a decentralized perpetual swaps exchange.
Thai SEC Files Charges Against Former Zipmex Thailand CEO
[Feb 8, 2024 4:11 AM] The Securities and Exchange Commission found that the companies customer assets were transferred overseas before an announcement was made.
Blackrock, Fidelity Bitcoin ETFs Have a Liquidity Edge Over Grayscale: JPMorgan
[Feb 8, 2024 3:17 AM] GBTC is expected to lose further funds to newly created ETFs unless there is a meaningful cut to its fees, the report said.
NFTs Are the Pillars of Digital Capitalism, Animoca Founder Says
[Feb 8, 2024 2:06 AM] Yat Siu explains why we shouldn't dismiss NFTs as monkey JPEGs and how blockchain acts as a political system of sorts, fostering a consensus-based democratic process.
Crypto Firm Bakkt Warns It Might Not Be Able to Remain in Business
[Feb 7, 2024 4:53 PM] The company, backed by the owner of the NYSE, was introduced in 2018 with the initial goal of helping Starbucks customers buy coffee with bitcoin.
Bitcoin Tops $44K, With Whale Accumulation Suggesting Conviction in More Price Gains
[Feb 7, 2024 3:36 PM] BTC broke above $44,000 for the first time since Jan. 12, the day after the spot ETF debuts.
FINRA-Registered Digital Asset Platform Prometheum to Launch Ether Custody Services
[Feb 7, 2024 1:30 PM] Prometheum, the first U.S. special purpose broker-dealer authorized to custody, clear, and settle digital asset securities, disclosed that it is now providing custodial services for the cryptocurrency ethereum. This announcement arrives amidst a…
The Protocol: Solana's Missed Moment, Exclusive Farcaster Q&A, Bullish Year of Dragon
[Feb 7, 2024 1:15 PM] Even in a slow week ahead of the Chinese New Year, there's a lot of crypto news to cover. Here's this week's The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly newsletter devoted to blockchain tech.
MicroStrategy Makes Its Case as Alternative to Spot Bitcoin ETFs
[Feb 7, 2024 12:13 PM] MicroStrategy (MSTR), the software firm whose executive chairman is bitcoin maximalist Michael Saylor, reported weaker-than-expected fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday, but the majority of its conference call presentation focused on the crypto.
Ether Tops $2.4K as Cathie Wood's Ark, 21Shares Amend Spot ETH ETF Filing
[Feb 7, 2024 12:07 PM] The updated S-1 document brings the spot Ethereum ETF application more "in line" with the recently approved spot BTC ETF prospectus, one analyst noted.
Crypto Trading Hits Busiest Pace Since June 2022
[Feb 7, 2024 11:58 AM] January saw higher spot trading volume on centralized exchanges amid the approval of spot bitcoin ETFs in the U.S.
Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 Shares Slide as CEO Departs Weeks After Short-Seller Report
[Feb 7, 2024 10:30 AM] Former CEO Jamie Leverton is succeeded by president Asher Genoot.
Farcaster's Dan Romero Explains How 'Frames' Did What X (Twitter) Doesn't
[Feb 7, 2024 10:12 AM] The decentralized social network Farcaster is enjoying a breakout after last week's introduction of "Frames" – a new feature that could attract attention from developers and, eventually, mainstream users. CoinDesk's Jenn Sanasie sat down with…
Social App Friendzone to Start Operations on Polygon Network This Month
[Feb 7, 2024 9:00 AM] Friendzone was built by early team members from Band Protocol, Synthetix and Koinly and targets the social application space.
CME Trading Volume Reached Highest in 3 Years After Bitcoin ETF Approval
[Feb 7, 2024 8:58 AM] The total derivatives trading volume on CME rose 35% in January to $94.9 billion, the highest since October 2021.