The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday sanctioned a network of companies, exchanges and executives linked to shuttered Russian crypto exchange Garantex and the ruble-backed stablecoin A7A5, accusing them of helping Moscow skirt international sanctions. Garantex, founded in 2019 and once licensed in Estonia, processed more than $100 million in transactions […]
Polygon’s POL token tumbled 6% on Thursday, falling through key support levels as higher-than-expected U.S. inflation data shook risk assets. POL traded in a wide 10% range over the past 24 hours, climbing from $0.25 to $0.26 in early trading before reversing sharply, data from CoinDesk Analytics shows. A burst of selling sent the token […]
Crypto prices slipped Thursday after an unexpectedly hot PPI inflation print, but analysts said it’s just a pullback within the rally. The CoinDesk 20 Index of largest cryptocurrencies fell 2.1% over the past 24 hours, with bitcoin (BTC) dropping 2.3%. XRP (XRP) lost 4.6% with ether (ETH) outperforming by edging down 0.7%. “The pullback is, […]
Bitcoin (BTC) has mounted another attempt for a fresh all-time record climbing near $123,000, a four-week high during the Wednesday U.S. session. Two previous attempts, spiking to $122,300 on Monday and topping $123,000 on July 14, were met with heavy selling, knocking down prices intraday below $120,000 on both occasions. Ethereum’s ether (ETH) was also […]
Donald Trump’s dismissal two weeks ago Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer and nomination of EJ Antoni as her replacement is generating plenty of “inside baseball” chatter among the political class. But did the president — as uncouth and ham-handed as his methods are — stumble upon a truth that was hiding in plain […]
MetaMask, the cryptocurrency wallet that grew to popularity within the Ethereum blockchain ecosystem, is likely to unveil details of its own custom U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin shortly, potentially as soon as this week, according to a person familiar with the matter. The MetaMask stablecoin (mUSD) was already reported to be in the works thanks to a […]
Filecoin (FIL) posted a 3.7% surge during the 24-hour trading session, rising from $2.61 to $2.71 alongside institutional accumulation signals, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model showed that trading volume exploded above 7 million during peak trading hours, substantially outpacing the daily average of 3.47 million as market participants protected the $2.60 […]
Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, CoinDesk’s Tech & Protocols reporter. In this issue: OKX Slashes OKB Token Supply by 50% With $7.6B Burn, Price Surges ETH Transaction Volume Climbs on Price Rally, Cheaper DeFi Costs Weaponized Trading Bots Drain $1M From […]
Altcoins added to their rally during late Tuesday U.S. afternoon hours after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested the Federal Reserve should consider a 50 basis point rate cut at its upcoming September meeting. “The real thing now to think about is should we get a 50 basis-point rate cut in September,” Bessent told Fox News. […]
Kazakhstan, one of the world’s largest bitcoin mining countries, has become the location of central Asia’s first spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF). Astana-based Fonte Capital said the Fonte Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund OEIC (BETF) will start trading Aug. 13 on the Astana International Exchange (AIX). The ETF will be priced in dollars. Kazakhstan shot […]
Circle (CRCL), the stablecoin issuer firm behind the USDC token, announced on Tuesday a secondary stock sale of 10 million shares. The company is offering 2 million of Class A common stock for sale, while selling stockholders are unloading another 8 million, according to an S-1 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). […]
Oracle service Chainlink’s (LINK) native token surged 10% on Tuesday to a fresh seven-month high amid new traditional finance partnership and a recent token buyback initiative. The token topped $24 for the first time since February, extending its rally to 42% in a week. That’s the biggest gain during among the top 50 tokens by […]