With the bitcoin market weakening and an ECB update, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup! Bitcoin inventory is building on exchanges but there’s a lack of buyers, according to a Chainalysis economist. The EU central bank said the term stablecoin is potentially “confusing” and “misleading” […]
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With bitcoin at risk of falling to four figures and new guidance from the OCC, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup! Bitcoin risks falling into four figures on a continued sell-off in equities and rebounding U.S. dollar. A digital euro for retail payments would “ensure […]
This week Kraken Financial became the first crypto company to receive a banking charter under Wyoming’s Special Purpose Depository Institution statute. Join CEO David Kinitsky for a look at what it all means and how it’ll work with hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Stephanie Murphy. In the […]
With bitcoin slipping with European stocks and a leaked memo about China’s blockchain plans, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup! Federal Reserve officials said Wednesday they would hold U.S. interest rates at zero and work to push inflation above 2% “for some time.” New investors […]
With bitcoin fighting for $11K and the first CBDC in real life, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup! With the Federal Reserve’s decision on rates due later Wednesday, bitcoin traders will be watching the U.S. dollar action. The Bahamas’ “Sand Dollar” will likely be the […]
As some bitcoin options traders bet on new all-time highs and another DeFi protocol is attacked, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup! The Deribit exchange has seen a spike in investors buying the $36,000 December call option despite the market placing low odds on a […]
With bitcoin hovering just above $10,000 and a tokenized form of Ethereum transaction fees in the crosshairs, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup! Bitcoin is now more closely tied to safe haven gold than ever. More than 30% of new customers at bitFlyer, a major […]
With traditional finance and crypto traders both enjoying market madness, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with your latest crypto news roundup! Today’s stories: Institutional exchange CME has become the third-largest bitcoin futures exchange by number of open contracts. Crypto traders are enjoying their own version of the market’s madness, from […]
With bitcoin increasingly acting like gold and one company betting a quarter of a billion dollars on BTC, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your news roundup! Bitcoin is increasingly taking cues from gold, a tried-and-tested store of value asset. Digital gold is now the “principal holding” of MicroStrategy’s revamped […]
With the price of bitcoin knocking on $12K, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with another time-saving news roundup. Today’s stories: Bitcoin pushed above $12,000 as President Donald Trump ordered emergency economic aid measures that might just be a precursor to a new spending bill worth trillions of dollars. The attacker […]
After a flash-crashy weekend, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with your quick daily update. Bitcoin investors look to have shrugged off Sunday’s sudden $1,400 price crash. Crypto traders didn’t have to be choosy to make money in July, when every digital asset in the CoinDesk 20 rose (except, of course, […]
With the dollar dropping to its lowest level since May 2018 and a reshuffle in Japan’s central bank, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back. Today’s Bitcoin News: Bitcoin appears on track to register its best July price performance for eight years and confirm a major bullish breakout in the process. The […]
With the price of bitcoin hovering near recent highs and some wondering whether we’re poised for a pullback, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest news roundup. Bitcoin’s rally looks overstretched, according to a technical indicator, but short-term price consolidation looks more likely than a drop, say analysts. Originally […]
With BTC up 3.5% on the week and ETH up a lot more, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with another news roundup. With Coinbase rumored to be considering a share listing, some say a move toward more public ownership could accelerate mainstream crypto adoption. The Norwegian browser maker has disclosed […]
With the price of BTC taking a breather following yesterdays jump, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup. An update on Bitcoin price action, courtesy of CoinDesk’s Omkar Godbole. The on-chain metric suggests Bitcoin is garnering users despite the cryptocurrency’s extended period of comatose price action. China’s […]
With the price of BTC catching a bid in early trading, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is […]
With Binance expanding its miner ambitions and Thailand’s CBDC seeing early use, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup. Bitcoin barely moved on this week’s Twitter hack. Here’s what analysts said about why the attack had so little effect on prices. Binance is looking to consolidate more […]
With much of the social-media world reeling from yesterdays massive, unprecedented breach at Twitter HQ, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup. You can send bitcoin from your phone or computer to anyone else, just about anywhere in the world. And once you’ve sent it, you can’t […]
With Tax Day fast approaching, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily covers all things IRS and crypto taxes on today’s show! Bitcoin is locked in a low-volatility squeeze similar to one seen ahead of a 40% price crash in November 2018. This time may be different. Have questions about filing your crypto taxes? […]
With BTC mining difficulty reaching a new record high, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with your bitcoin news roundup! The number of bitcoin addresses holding at least 10,000 coins has dropped to a 14-month low alongside an uptick in lower-value addresses. Two months after the network’s halving event, it’s harder […]
With the price of BTC headed down and the Fed’s largest balance sheet decline in 11 years, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your bitcoin news roundup! The Fed’s balance sheet just dropped the most in 11 years, but despite popular opinion that is not necessarily bad news for bitcoin. […]
With bitcoin headed back up and Brazil’s real hitting new lows, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with another news roundup. While bitcoin’s range play continues, options traders look to be betting on a big move to the higher side soon. The late Gerald Cotten wasn’t the only investor who failed […]
With BTC beating precious metals, Ethereum rising and a new report out on a lightning network vulnerability, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your Bitcoin news roundup! Bitcoin showed its luster during the first half of 2020 amid mediocre returns from precious metals. The number of active ether addresses just […]
With traditional markets moving up and BTC sticking to its recent tight trading range, Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup. Equities show strength as bitcoin stays rangebound above $9,000. Demand for bitcoin is up in India, thanks in part to the economic crisis. But Indian tech startups […]