Spanish lender BBVA is advising its wealth clients to invest 3%-7% of their portfolios in cryptocurrencies, an executive of the Spanish bank said on Tuesday. The bank’s head of digital and blockchain solutions Philippe Meyer told the DigiAssets conference in London that it started advising clients on bitcoin BTC in September last year, according to […]
The Blockchain Group (ALTBG), a Paris-listed tech firm that brands itself as Europe’s first bitcoin BTC treasury company, said it bought 182 BTC for 17 million euros ($19.6 million), bringing its total stash to 1,653 BTC valued at nearly 149 million euros. The purchase follows a series of convertible bond issuances totaling over 18 million […]
Iranian crypto exchange Nobitex has been hacked for nearly $82 million by Israel-linked hacking activist group Gonjeshke Darande. The group said in an X post: “After Bank Sepah, it was Nobitex’s turn,” referencing their Tuesday cyberattack on Iran’s state-owned lender. They warned that Nobitex’s internal data and source code would be released within a day, […]
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest sold a combined 300,108 shares of Circle Internet Group CRCL on Tuesday across three of its ETFs, continuing to take profit for a second day in a row, this time to the tune of $44.7 million. The move came as CRCL closed in New York Tuesday at $149.15 as it continues […]
The Ink Foundation, the nonprofit behind layer 2 Ink, is launching its native token INK in an attempt to bootstrap onchain capital markets through a liquidity-first strategy. The token will debut on a decentralized finance (DeFi) lending and trading protocol built on Aave, and distribution will begin via an airdrop to early users. There will […]
The number of whale wallets holding large amounts of XRP XRP has increased to a record high in a sign of confidence in the cryptocurrency’s price prospects. “There are now over 2,700 whale & shark wallets holding at least 1M XRP for the first time in the asset’s 12 plus year history,” blockchain analytics firm […]
The institutionalization of cryptocurrencies is accelerating rapidly. Crypto derivatives exchange Deribit’s on-demand liquidity tool, the Deribit Block Request-for-Quote (RFQ) interface, has registered a cumulative trading volume of over $23 billion in less than four months since its debut in early March. Deribit is a prominent derivatives exchange, offering the world’s largest options market for traders […]
Social media giant X suspended Pump.fun’s official account and co-founder Alon Cohen’s personal handle on June 16, alongside other memecoin-related platforms including GMGN, Bloom Trading, BullX, ElizaOS, and more earlier on Tuesday. The platform issued no reason, triggering speculation about internal policy enforcement or wider regulatory intervention, but sparked grapevine talk in crypto circles of […]
Dogecoin (DOGE) climbed 4.29% over the past 24 hours, rising from $0.173 to $0.180, as broad market liquidations swept through the crypto market during the Israel–Iran conflict. The token broke key resistance at $0.177 on above-average volume and held firm near new highs despite intensifying global uncertainty. News Background The Israel–Iran escalation triggered a wave […]
A fog of uncertainty continues to hang over global markets as crypto assets trade sideways, ahead of this week’s U.S. Federal Reserve meeting. While equities briefly found their footing on Monday, crypto markets remained defensive after Friday’s $1.2 billion futures liquidation, which shook out overleveraged longs and sent altcoins sharply lower over the weekend. XRP […]
This is a daily technical analysis by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. A key indicator suggests that bitcoin’s BTC price could soon become more volatile, possibly leading to the next leg higher in the cryptocurrency. This indicator is based on the gap between the bollinger bands, which are volatility bands placed two […]
Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas. As Asia opens the trading week, BTC is changing hands at […]