CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2800.9, up 1.3% (+34.92) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday. Nine of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: XRP (+5.8%) and SUI (+5.2%). Laggards: BCH (-6.2%) and UNI (-4.8%). […]
Strategic allocation away from U.S. assets by investors could see bitcoin hit a new all-time high in the second quarter of the year, Standard Chartered’s Geoff Kendrick said in a report Monday. Kendrick sees the world’s largest cryptocurrency as reaching $120,000 this quarter as he reiterated his previous target of $200,000 by the end of […]
Ethereum Foundation researcher Dankrad Feist on Sunday filed the Ethereum Improvement Proposal 9698, a plan to let the blockchain’s gas limit grow on autopilot over the next four years. Feist is best known in crypto circles for his efforts in scaling the Ethereum network. The “danksharding” element of the network’s Dencun update was named after […]
April has been a month of extreme volatility and tumultuous times for traders. From conflicting headlines about President Donald Trump’s tariffs against other nations to total confusion about which assets to seek shelter in, it has been one for the record books. Amid all the confusion, when traditional “haven assets” failed to act as safe […]
TRUMP, the memecoin tied to U.S. President Donald Trump, is up about 16% in the last 24 hours, even as Democratic lawmakers cite the president’s involvement with the token as potential grounds for impeachment and after a massive unlock earlier in the month. At a town hall on Friday, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) pointed to […]
Gaming tokens have seemingly been on the sidelines since the 2021 crypto boom. In fact, data from SoSoValue shows that they were the worst-performing crypto basket over the last 12-month period, enduring a 62% drop in the period, compared to a 174% rise on PayFi tokens. However, under the Trump administration’s crypto-friendly stance, it might […]
Stripe is preparing to test a new stablecoin payments product aimed at companies based outside the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union. The company’s CEO, Patrick Collison, confirmed on social media that Stripe had been planning this offering for nearly a decade and is now opening it up to pilot users. The […]
DeFi Development Corp. (JNVR), formerly known as Janover, is doubling down on its plan to buy more Solana for its treasury as it looks to offer up to $1 billion worth of securities. The firm, formerly a commercial real estate lending tech platform, revealed in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that it […]
Bitcoin (BTC) continued its spring rally on Friday and is on track for its strongest weekly showing since Trump’s election victory. The largest and oldest cryptocurrency held around $95,000 during U.S. afternoon hours, up 1.8% over the past 24 hours. Ethereum’s ether (ETH) followed closely, gaining 2% to hover just over $1,800. Sui’s native (SUI), […]
The Swiss National Bank has rejected holding bitcoin reserves, citing concerns over cryptocurrency market liquidity and volatility. “For cryptocurrencies, market liquidity, even if it may seem ok at times, is especially during crises naturally called into question,” said SNB President Martin Schlegel at the bank’s General Assembly meeting Friday. “Cryptocurrencies also are known for their […]
CoinDesk Announces Consensus 2026 in Miami
CoinDesk announced today that Consensus, one of the leading events in the crypto conference calendar, will take place in Miami, Florida, in 2026. Consensus 2026 will be May 5-7 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Consensus is the longest-running large-scale event in crypto, known for bringing together all sides of the industry. The first Consensus […]
Z Squared, a firm that specializes in mining dogecoin (DOGE), the dog-themed memecoin that was propelled to mainstream recognition by Elon Musk in 2021, is merging with biopharmaceutical company Coeptis (COEP). The merger will enable the resulting company to keep DOGE mining operations going, while Coeptis’ pharmaceutical business will be spun out and operated separately. […]