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CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: UNI Falls 4.2% as Index Trades Lower From Monday

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 3366.83, down 0.8% (-28.06) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday. Three of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: ETH (+3.5%) and SUI (+0.9%). Laggards: UNI (-4.2%) and DOT (-4.1%). […]

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CME’s Monthly Crypto Volumes Hits Record High in January, Surges 180%

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CME) has revealed that in the first month of the year, its crypto contracts saw an average daily volume (ADV) of 198,000 with a notional value of $13.6 billion. The CME detailed in a press release on Tuesday that year-over-year, its cryptocurrency ADV rose 180% as its micro bitcoin (BTC)

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Hong Kong Doubles Down on Crypto Regulation With Staff Hires

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) is looking to increase its headcount, with more than half the added roles dedicated to regulating crypto, according to a two-year budget plan presented to the Legislative Council, the region’s legislative body known as Legco. Despite freezing its headcount in three of the five financial years since 2020,

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Crypto Daybook Americas: Forex Markets Signal Bitcoin Upside Amid Tariff-On/Tariff-Off Trading

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) If you follow financial markets, you’ve probably come across the terms “risk-on” and “risk-off.” Now we seem to be entering a new era of “tariffs on/tariffs off.” In a risk-on environment, growth-sensitive assets like stocks and cryptocurrencies tend to rise due to expectations of economic expansion

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Trivago Adds Travala’s Hotel Inventory, Gaining Crypto Payment Options

Travala, the travel website that accepts payments in cryptocurrency, has teamed up with trivago (TRVG), adding its inventory of 2.2 million properties to the hotel search platform. When trivago users select a Travala hotel they will be redirected to the website, where they will have the option of paying in bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) and

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WazirX Tells Creditors Accept New Scheme or Wait Until 2030 for Refunds From $230M Hack

WazirX creditors can start to receive their stolen crypto as early as April, or in 2030, based on the outcome of a voting scheme, scheduled for the coming weeks. Creditors of the hacked Indian crypto exchange will have to vote on whether to approve the restructuring scheme. If the majority, or more than 75% by

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Bitcoin Hashrate Hits All-Time High Defying Analyst Expectations

Bitcoin (BTC) hashrate has reached another all-time high, with seven-day moving average jumping to 833 exahashes per second (EH/s), according to Glassnode data. This represents a 9% increase from 767 EH/s in the past few days. According to Miner Mag, pre-orders for mining hardware have begun to decline following the pre-halving surge. Many mining firms

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Bitcoin Still Following Previous Cycle’s Trajectory Despite Price Drop: Van Straten

Bitcoin (BTC) continues to follow the trajectory of its 2017 cycle. Despite recent market turbulence, driven by escalating tariff tensions between the U.S and its neighbouring countries, as well as China. Bitcoin remains up approximately 525% from its cycle low during the FTX collapse in November 2022. Comparatively, at the same stage in the 2017

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Anthony Scaramucci Says U.S. Pro-Crypto Regulation Likely by November

Anthony Scaramucci, who served as President Donald Trump’s communications director for less than a week in 2017, said he expects pro-crypto regulation to be drafted in the U.S. by November. The founder of investment firm SkyBridge Capital made the prediction in an appearance at the Digital Assets Forum in London and went on to explain

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