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 2774.43, up 1.5% (+40.48) since 4 p.m. ET on Thursday. Eighteen of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: SUI (+13.7%) and BCH (+7.1%). Laggards: POL (-1.9%) and ADA (-0.5%). […]
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Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent uptrend has likely set the stage for a six-figure price mark, catalyzing increased trading activity in the memecoin sector, where DOGE and SHIB are seeing bullish activity. BTC, the leading cryptocurrency by market value, briefly topped $95,000 soon before press time, the highest since March 2, CoinDesk data show. The move comes […]
Semler Scientific (SMLR) bought an additional 111 bitcoin (BTC) for an average purchase price of $90,124, using proceeds from at-the-market offering and cash on hand, it announced in a press release. This brings the medical device maker’s total bitcoin holdings to 3,303 BTC, which were purchased at a total cost of $290.4 million. Semler said […]
Shares of Cantor Equity Partners (CEP) surged 55% on Tuesday and are up an additional 15% in pre-market trading, trading below $19. The skyward movement was driven by investor optimism around its proposed merger with Twenty One Capital a bitcoin (BTC) native investment vehicle backed by Tether, Bitfinex, and SoftBank. Led by Strike CEO Jack […]
Zora’s much-hyped ZORA token launch was meant to be a celebration — a “fun” moment for its community, and a supposed triumph for the tokenization of content creators everywhere, with strong demand expected for the Coinbase Ventures-backed token. Instead, it has turned into a familiar post-airdrop slog so far: A quick pop in price, followed […]
Americans reported a record $9.3 billion in losses to cryptocurrency-related crimes in 2024, according to a report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The losses represent a 66% jump from 2023 and highlight the growing use of digital assets in online fraud schemes. The annual IC3 report says nearly […]
Hit TV series Peaky Blinders, which reached an estimated audience of 80 million through platforms like Netflix, is set to be adapted into a blockchain-based video game and wider Web3 ecosystem, the companies behind the effort announced on Thursday. It is being developed by Anonymous Labs, a Web3 venture builder that previously launched the Simon’s […]
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is offering digital asset managers special accounts that allow pooling of their investors’ assets to make crypto fund management operations feel more like a traditional finance experience. The omnibus “Fund Accounts” introduce a universal net asset value (NAV) per unit concept used by buyside firms to provide a clear […]
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 2759.21, up 4.7% (+124.59) since 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. All 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: SUI (+18.5%) and AAVE (+9.4%). Laggards: BCH (+0.8%) and LTC (+1.7%). The […]
Disclaimer: The analyst who wrote this piece owns shares of Strategy (MSTR) Traders shorting Strategy (MSTR), the bitcoin buyer whose share price gained 13% in March, may be struggling to find enough stock to repay the lenders who underpinned their bets the company’s value would fall. More than $180 million worth of trades in MSTR […]
Fundraising for sophisticated crypto investment vehicles has yet to fully experience the anticipated positive headwind of the Donald Trump presidency, according to a new report by the Crypto Insight Group. Momentum “remains positive but slower than [fund] managers anticipated under the new Trump administration,” the Hedge Fund Outlook 2Q25 report said. “Net inflows continue, yet […]
Scroll, the Ethereum layer-2 network, shared Wednesday that it has launched its Euclid upgrade, which the team called its most significant protocol transformation to date. According to Scroll Labs, a key consequence of the upgrade is that it transitions Scroll from a “stage 0” to a “stage 1” rollup, meaning the network will retire some […]