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. Ethereum surged past $2,600 in early Asia hours, up 3.7%, breaking […]
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of U.S. President Donald Trump, said he and his younger brother Eric Trump “orange-pilled” their father after the family and its organization experienced pervasive de-banking in the wake of Trump’s first presidential term. Speaking at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Don Jr. said he […]
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The U.S. Senate seems to be getting close to passing its landmark stablecoin bill, the GENIUS Act — a battle its champion Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) said has been incredibly hard-fought. “It has been extremely difficult,” Lummis said during a fireside chat with Coinbase’s Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal at Bitcoin 2025 in Las […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated on Tuesday that “efforts will continue” to make sure that the total amount of bitcoin BTC held by El Salvador’s government does not change. Back in March, El Salvador reached an agreement with the IMF to receive a $3.5 billion loan package. Some of the conditions of that deal […]
The Solana Network Is Now Live on MetaMask
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Users of Solana may now access the network through a MetaMask wallet. MetaMask announced on Tuesday that its Solana integration was live, meaning that users can now transact on the second largest smart-contract platform and interact with Solana-based applications through the wallet. “Let’s be honest. Managing wallets across MetaMask and Solana used to be a […]
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. Uniswap’s UNI token surged from $6.00 to $6.65 over the past […]
Bitlayer, a Bitcoin Layer 2 built on the BitVM paradigm, has partnered with three of the world’s largest bitcoin BTC mining pools — Antpool, F2Pool, and SpiderPool — in a first-of-its-kind collaboration to accelerate the real-world adoption of BitVM, a breakthrough technology focused on enabling Bitcoin-native DeFi. Bitcoin’s ecosystem has lagged behind other Layer 1s […]
After softly rising over the weekend, bitcoin BTC slipped back to $109,000 on Monday in sluggish trading as traditional U.S. markets remained closed in observance of Memorial Day. The top cryptocurrency is still up 1.7% in the last 24 hours and only a breath away from the all-time high it notched last week. Looking at […]
Trump Media and Technology Group (DJT), the company that operates the social media site Truth Social, is planning to raise $3 billion to buy crypto assets, the Financial Times reported on Monday. The capital raise, which is said to combine an equity raise and convertible bond offering, could be announced at this week’s Bitcoin 2025 […]
The Dubai Land Department (DLD), a government agency for the real estate industry, has launched its first tokenized real estate platform as part of a government-backed effort that could see $16 billion worth of real estate digitized by 2033. The platform, called Prypco Mint and developed in partnership with real estate fintech firm Prypco, allows […]
Global economic tensions and trade disputes continue to influence cryptocurrency markets, with ETH showing resilience despite broader market uncertainty. The second-largest cryptocurrency is currently navigating a critical technical zone between $2,500-$2,530, which analysts identify as immediate resistance that must be overcome for continued upward movement. Institutional interest remains strong, with spot Ethereum ETFs recording consecutive […]
Global economic tensions are weighing heavily on cryptocurrency markets as XRP experiences a significant correction amid heavy selling pressure. The recent announcement of potential 50% tariffs on European Union imports by the US government has triggered widespread market uncertainty, with XRP falling alongside most major cryptocurrencies despite Bitcoin recently reaching new all-time highs. Technical analysts […]