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U.S. CPI Softer Than Expected at 0.3% in April; Bitcoin Rises to $63.7K

[May 15, 2024 6:42 AM]

Hyperion Decimus' Newest Fund to Leverage CoinDesk Indices' Bitcoin and Ether Trend Indicators

[May 15, 2024 6:30 AM] Aimed at institutional investors, the systematic-based fund will seek to profit off uptrends in crypto markets while sidestepping the downtrends.

Bitcoin Hovers at $62K While Pepe Hits Record High as GameStop Extends Rally

[May 15, 2024 6:10 AM] Dog-themed floki (FLOKI) zoomed 12%, the highest among the top 50 tokens by market capitalization, while pepe (PEPE) jumped 5% to a new lifetime peak.

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Approaches $63K Ahead of U.S. CPI Data

[May 15, 2024 6:00 AM] The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for May 15, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Ex-BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Lead Appointed New Vanguard CEO

[May 15, 2024 5:48 AM] Vanguard, one of the world's largest investment firms, has named a new CEO: Salim Ramji, who previously led BlackRock's ETF business and helped launch its spot bitcoin ETF, IBIT in January.JUST IN: Vanguard appoints Salim Ramji as a new CEO, a…

Stablecoin Issuer Circle Files to Shift Legal Home to U.S. From Ireland Ahead of Planned IPO: Bloomberg

[May 15, 2024 5:12 AM] Circle recently filed court paperwork to make the move, according to a company spokesperson.

Bitcoin Nears $63K as Bulls Chew Through 'Taker Selling'

[May 15, 2024 4:38 AM] A taker order is the

Huobi Hong Kong Withdraws License Application for the Second Time

[May 15, 2024 4:18 AM]

Galaxy Digital Has Strong Momentum Across All Business Lines: Canaccord

[May 15, 2024 4:17 AM] The approval of spot bitcoin ETFs was a catalyst for the increase in counterparty engagement in the first quarter as more traditional asset managers and hedge funds entered the industry, the report said.

Cahill Gordon & Reindel Beefs Up Crypto Practice, Adds 3 Crypto-Native Lawyers Including Lewis Cohen

[May 15, 2024 4:00 AM]

Degen Chain Back Online After Two-Day Hiatus

[May 15, 2024 3:47 AM] The layer-3 blockchain for meme coins was offline for over 50 hours.

Sonne Finance Token Drops 60% After $20M Exploit on Optimism

[May 15, 2024 3:11 AM] Attackers stole ether, velo and stablecoins before developers mitigated the hack and paused operations. Sonne’s markets on the Base blockchain were not affected.

Bitcoin DeFi Tool Alex Lab Loses $4.3M in Hack, Offers 10% Bounty for Stolen Funds

[May 15, 2024 1:51 AM] The ALEX team proposed a 10% bounty on the total stolen funds in exchange for the return of 90% of assets.

Former FTX Exec Ryan Salame Asks for Lenient 18 Months in Prison

[May 14, 2024 11:46 PM] Attorneys for former FTX executive Ryan Salame are asking for 18 months in prison, citing his cooperation with authorities and remorse.

Moonpay Donates $1 Million to Stand With Crypto

[May 14, 2024 10:05 PM] Moonpay, one of the largest cryptocurrency onramp and offramp providers, has donated $1 million to Stand With Crypto, a nonprofit that seeks to rally American voters around the cryptocurrency cause. Moonpay CEO Ivan Soto-Wright stated that the…

Industry Experts Foresee Massive Growth for Crypto Market, Predictions up to $100 Trillion

[May 14, 2024 8:47 PM] Raoul Pal, a well-known financial sector figure, predicts a significant expansion of the cryptocurrency market, forecasting its market capitalization could reach $100 trillion due to global liquidity trends and technology adoption. His analysis is…

Vanguard, Avowedly Anti-Crypto, Names Bitcoin-Friendly Ex-BlackRock Exec as CEO

[May 14, 2024 4:35 PM]

Lido Co-Founders, Paradigm Secretly Back EigenLayer Competitor as DeFi Battle Lines Form

[May 14, 2024 4:32 PM] The popularity of new blockchain “restaking" protocols led by EigenLayer has drawn a response from the principals behind the liquid staking platform Lido, which itself burst onto the scene a couple of years ago to become the largest project in…

Andrew Tate Pours $6M Into Gamestop as Meme Stock Craze Continues to Shock Wall Street

[May 14, 2024 4:29 PM] The frenzy surrounding GME and AMC remains ongoing, with both stocks experiencing increases of 200% and 150%, respectively, over the past five days. In the midst of this excitement, CNBC’s Mad Money host Jim Cramer suggested that the companies…

Insider at Solana's Cypher Protocol Admits to Stealing $300K

[May 14, 2024 3:13 PM] Core contributor Hoak blamed his actions on a "crippling gambling addiction."

Vitalik Buterin's Ethereum Wallet Proposal, Scribbled in 22 Minutes, Gets Positive Reviews

[May 14, 2024 1:47 PM] After a technical proposal to improve Ethereum wallets met with some opposition, a familiar figure swooped in last week to devise an alternative.

Roaring Kitty Return Continues to Fuel Meme Stock and Crypto Frenzy: GME, AMC, and Meme Coins Soar

[May 14, 2024 10:30 AM] On Tuesday, shares of Gamestock and AMC Entertainment Holdings continued to soar, fueled by retail investors following the reappearance of Keith Gill’s online persona, ‘Roaring Kitty.’ This upward momentum also spilled over into the…

DeFi Lender Liquity Unveils New Stablecoin With User-Set Borrowing Rates in White Paper

[May 14, 2024 9:45 AM] Liquity V2 will allow borrowers to set their borrowing costs, a novel approach in DeFi, and pays the lion's share of protocol revenues back to liquidity providers.

'Liquid Vesting' Is Oxymoronic Blockchain Feature That Lets Early Investors Sell Without Waiting

[May 14, 2024 9:17 AM] A new feature from Colony Lab, a developer and project incubator in the Avalanche blockchain ecosystem, called "liquid vesting," lets users sell their tokens before their vesting period is over.

Wisconsin Investment Board Becomes First State Pension To Buy Spot Bitcoin ETFs, Holds Over $162 Million

[May 14, 2024 8:59 AM] Today, the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) has revealed its substantial investments in Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) through a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to the filing, SWIB holds…

State of Wisconsin Buys Nearly $100M Worth of BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF

[May 14, 2024 8:47 AM] The U.S. state of Wisconsin purchased 94,562 shares of the BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) in the first quarter of the year, a filing shows. The shares are worth nearly $100 million.

Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev Sentenced to 64 Months for Money Laundering

[May 14, 2024 8:30 AM] A Dutch court has sentenced Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev to five years and four months in prison for laundering $2.2 billion through the cryptocurrency mixing service. The case represents a pivotal moment for decentralized finance (defi)…

Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Vitalik Buterin Back $45M Investment in Polymarket

[May 14, 2024 8:00 AM] The series B funding round comes during a breakout year for the crypto-based prediction market platform, and brings its total funding close to $75 million.

32 Vintage ‘Sleeping Bitcoin’ Wallets Spring to Life in May, Surpassing April’s Activity

[May 14, 2024 7:41 AM] Following the awakening of numerous dormant bitcoins in March, April was rather uneventful, with just 72 transfers from idle wallets dating between 2010 and 2017. To date, May has seen 32 transfers from vintage wallets, moving about 1,181 more…

'CryptoDad' Giancarlo Joins Paxos Board

[May 14, 2024 7:01 AM] Paxos has added J. Christopher Giancarlo, a former chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission who has been a public advocate for the cryptocurrency sector, to its board of directors, the company told CoinDesk.