Bitcoin’s BTC illiquid supply has surged to 14.37 million BTC, jumping from 13.9 million BTC at the start of 2025, according to Glassnode data. With bitcoin’s current circulating supply standing at approximately 19.8 million, this means over 72 percent of all mined BTC is now classified as illiquid. Illiquid supply refers to the portion of […]
Pepe (PEPE) PEPE, one of the most prominent meme coins, is struggling to hold investor interest, falling 4.7% over the past 24 hours to $0.000009499, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. As for the broader memecoin sector, the CoinDesk Memecoin Index is down 3.87% in the past 24-hour period. The token’s sharp decline marks […]
This is a daily technical analysis by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. Bitcoin’s BTC price chart is showing a well-formed “bull flag,” suggesting a potential breakout to new lifetime highs consistent with some traders’ expectations for a price rally to $140,000 and higher. BTC surged to a record high of nearly $111,900 […]
Sei’s native token, SEI SEI, has jumped more than 50% in the past week, beating all other top-100 tokens by market cap as analysts pointed to a “multifactor rally” behind the spike. “We think SEI just delivered one of the cleanest multi-factor rallies we’ve seen this year — up 45% intraday on 4x average volume. […]
Shiba inu (SHIB) whales went bargain hunting early this week after prices dropped to a 16-month low of $0.00001005. According to CoinDesk’s AI research, whales purchased 10.4 trillion SHIB tokens, worth over $110 million, on Monday, marking the largest daily accumulation in five months. The whale action has likely contributed to the cryptocurrency’s 17% price […]
Aurora Mobile (JG), a Nasdaq-listed marketing technology provider, is the latest publicly traded company to plan a treasury strategy that includes cryptocurrency investments. The Shenzhen, China-based company’s board approved an initiative to convert up to 20% its cash and cash equivalents into BTC and other digital assets. The investments may include bitcoin BTC, ether ETH, […]
RippleX, which supports developers of the XRP Ledger, has released version 2.5.0 of “rippled,” its reference implementation of the network. The new version comes with a string of amendments that expand the network’s functionality and governance tooling. The new amendments are now open for voting according to the XRP Ledger’s amendment process, which enables protocol […]
Green Minerals (GEM), a Norwegian deep-sea mining firm, said Wednesday it bought four bitcoin BTC in its first purchase following Monday’s announcement of a $1.2 billion treasury strategy as it joins the ranks of companies including the largest cryptocurrency in its broader financial strategy. The company said it paid about 4.25 million Norwegian kroner ($420,000) […]
Metaplanet Inc (3350) and the Blockchain Group (ALTBG) both executed substantial equity capital raises as part of their initiatives to focus on bitcoin accumulation for treasury purposes. Metaplanet announced the exercise of its 20th series of stock acquisition rights under the recently announced 555 Million Plan, raising 74.9 billion yen, ($515 million) in a single […]
Ethereum could soon run twice as fast. That’s according to a new proposal floated by core developer Barnabé Monnot to reduce the network’s slot time from 12 seconds to 6 seconds, effectively doubling the number of blocks produced per minute. The idea, part of EIP-7782, could be included in the upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade slated for […]
Mining difficulty on the Bitcoin BTC blockchain is on course to drop by the most since July 2021 after the amount of mining power securing the network slid about 30% in two weeks. According to data from Mempool.space, a downward difficulty adjustment of around 9% is projected within the next five days. That would be […]
VMS Group, a Hong Kong family office with just under $4 billion in assets under management (AUM), is venturing into crypto for the first time, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The firm has earmarked up to $10 million to investment strategies run by decentralized finance (DeFi) hedge fund Re7 Capital, partner Elton Cheung told the news […]