Crypto bounces back from the brink as altcoin optimism returns despite pockets of weakness
Bitcoin is trading at $62,800, recovering from a July 1 dip below $58,000 that raised concerns of a slide toward $50,000.
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Bitcoin's Sharpe Ratio slides to lowest since 2022. Here's what it means.
The Sharpe Ratio is the gold standard for measuring risk-adjusted returns and was developed by Nobel Prize-winning economist William F. Sharpe.
Read more →Ripple's preliminary crypto asset provider license in Luxembourg upgraded to fully compliant
Ripple said Monday that Luxembourg upgraded its preliminary Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) authorization under the European Union’s (EU) Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulations to a full license. The approval …
Read more →Coinbase AI draws backlash after pushing World Cup result before kickoff
Coinbase (COIN) sent users a false “breaking news” alert saying Norway's soccer team beat Brazil 3-2 in a World Cup knockout match before the game had even started.
Read more →FOMC minutes, SpaceX joins Nasdaq 100: Crypto Week Ahead
Crypto Week Ahead is a comprehensive list of what's coming up in the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain, as well as the major macroeconomic events that will influence digital asset markets.
Read more →Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum is preparing its 'biggest rebuild' since the Merge
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has a fresh set of takeaways on "Lean Ethereum," the multi-year plan to rebuild nearly every major part of the network, following research meetings.
Read more →Live markets: Bitcoin pops to $63,900, then reverses, as week begins
Bitcoin touched $63,882 overnight before retreating to around $62,900, per CoinDesk data. The 24-hour high of $63,900 held briefly before sellers pushed it back down.
Read more →I am contemplating selling some of my bitcoin for gold, veteran trader Peter Brandt says
Brandt, CEO of Factor LLC and widely followed chart analyst, said on X that he is mulling liquidating some of his BTC and using the proceeds to buy gold, as he sees the yellow metal outperforming BTC.
Read more →XRP rises 3% as $1.14 breakout turns into support test
XRP finally pushed through the $1.14 level that had capped recent attempts higher, but the move did not run cleanly into the next resistance band. Buyers drove the token as high as $1.158 on heavy volume before sellers …
Read more →Ether leads crypto's hold above key levels as bitcoin steadies over $63,000
Ether (ETH) led crypto majors into Monday as bitcoin held above $63,000, steadying after a week that pulled it off its lows and back to its highest in more than a month.
Read more →Clarity and Congress's summer break: State of Crypto
Welcome to another update on the Clarity Act. Will it pass? Jury (and by that I mean Congress) is still out. It's certainly possible. But we are running into some timeline issues, like the fact that it is now July.
Read more →Americans traded $571 million on Polymarket politic bets despite U.S. ban
Americans are not supposed to be on Polymarket, but they were its biggest national political crowd over the last year anyway.
Read more →Banks have stopped asking if stablecoins belong in finance, now they're considering how
When Standard Chartered (STAN) said it would offer institutional clients direct access to minting and redeeming Circle Internet's (CRCL) USDC this week, it wasn't simply adding another digital asset service.
Read more →Collateral, not yield, will decide which stablecoins win
Everyone in crypto is talking about stablecoin yield right now. Yield-bearing stablecoins grew roughly 300% last year, and 21Shares expects the segment to more than triple to over $50 billion in 2026. Every few weeks, a…
Read more →Kalshi and prediction market sector embroiled in mixed bag of legal fights across U.S.
Kalshi is putting a hefty bet on its legal wrangling as the prediction markets firm fights for its survival in the potentially existential question: Are its users gambling or purchasing derivatives?
Read more →Barstool's Portnoy plans to hold bitcoin down to zero after timing it wrong every time
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said this week that he will hold his bitcoin
Read more →Tokenization's next use case is personalized portfolios, NYLIM executive says
Tokenization advocates often point to faster settlement, around-the-clock trading and using the tokens in decentralized finance (DeFi) as the biggest advantages of bringing traditional assets onto blockchain rails.
Read more →Bitcoin jumps above $63,000, reversing end-June losses
Bitcoin climbed above $63,000 in U.S. morning hours Saturday, up 1.4% over 24 hours and 3.6% on the week, per CoinDesk data, its highest in two weeks and a full reversal of the losses that closed out June.
Read more →Bitcoin experts split over plan to freeze Satoshi's 1.1 million bitcoin as quantum threat grows
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao's suggestion that the estimated 1.1 million tokens belonging to Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto should be frozen to prevent them from being stolen should quantum computers break the block…
Read more →How ethical hackers with just a $3,000 server found a flaw that could've put $70 billion in crypto at risk
A $3,000 server was enough for a blockchain security researcher to simulate an attack path they say could have put as much as $70 billion in crypto infrastructure at risk.
Read more →Why bitcoin's disconnect from record-high stocks won't last
Despite record highs in equities, the world's largest cryptocurrency has struggled to regain momentum while U.S. technology stocks have surged on enthusiasm surrounding AI as it currently trades just below the $62,000 m…
Read more →Trump's crypto token buyers are down $3.8 billion, blockchain data shows
Investors holding the TRUMP memecoin are down $3.81 billion combined, while the U.S. President made more than $1.4 billion from his crypto ties, according to data from analytics firm Nansen shared with CoinDesk.
Read more →Europe led on crypto regulation. Now implementation must match ambition
Europe has done something important. With MiCA, the EU created the world’s first comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto-assets. That is a significant achievement, not only for the digital asset industry, but for …
Read more →EU moves to block retail investors from explosive boom of multibillion-dollar prediction markets
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) said some prediction-market contracts may be covered by the European Union’s binary options ban, warning firms that yes-or-no event contracts cannot be marketed, dist…
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