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Circle, the crypto company behind the $48 billion USDC stablecoin, said Tuesday it has acquired tokenized real-world asset (RWA) issuer Hashnote. The companies closed the deal this morning, a Circle spokesperson told CoinDesk and was announced in Davos, Switzerland during the annual World Economic Forum meeting. The companies didn’t reveal pricing details. Circle aims to […]

CoinDesk Indices, a subsidiary of CoinDesk, has introduced the CoinDesk 80 Index to address the increasing institutional demand for liquidity across diverse digital assets. The new offering is designed to track the performance of the next 80 digital assets beyond the CoinDesk20 Index, according to a press release. The Bullish exchange, which has surpassed $1

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 3890.01, down 0.4% (-15.92) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday. Ten of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: DOT (+1.9%) and POL (+1.5%). Laggards: ADA (-3.2%) and HBAR (-2.4%).

Bitstamp, the longest running cryptocurrency exchange, plans to roll out regulated crypto derivatives trading in Europe, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. With its long-standing focus on compliance, Bitstamp is one of a select group of crypto trading platforms to hold a Markets in Financial Instruments (MiFID) license, a pan-European regulatory framework

KULR (KULR), a maker of advanced energy-management systems, said it spent $8 million on bitcoin (BTC) to take its total holdings to 510 tokens. At a weighted average price of $101,695, that equates to almost 79 bitcoin and means the company’s total investment is now $50 million. The purchase follows the Houston, Texas-based company’s Dec.

Disclaimer: The analyst who wrote this piece owns shares of MicroStrategy (MSTR). Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy (MSTR) has again added to its massive bitcoin (BTC) stack. In the week ending Jan 19, the company purchased 11,000 BTC for $1.1 billion, taking its total holdings to 461,000 BTC. This latest bitcoin average purchase

The website of newly created U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, headed by technocrat Elon Musk, started to display a dogecoin (DOGE) token logo on Tuesday, despite having no direct relation to the world’s largest memecoin. “To restore competence and effectiveness to our federal government, my administration will establish the brand-new Department of Government Efficiency,” Trump

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Bitcoin held above $100,000, with VET, ENA, LINK and LDO posting notable gains a day after President Donald Trump bypassed mentioning crypto or a strategic bitcoin reserve in his inauguration speech. Signals from the bitcoin options market indicate heightened expectations for short-term price turbulence alongside signs

The FTX collapse may seem like a distant memory, when bitcoin (BTC) fell to around $15,500 in November 2022. The sentiment during the period was extreme fear, and the industry never thought it would recover. But just over two years later, bitcoin is trading over $100,000 with a new presumably crypto-friendly U.S. administration in charge.

The development arm of Tokenize Xchange has acquired blockchain intelligence platform Coinseeker in a deal valued at $30 million. Titan Lab, the developer of Titan Chain, on which Tokenize runs, plans to incorporate Coinseeker’s AI-powered analytics, ratings and other insights into its operations, according to an emailed announcement on Tuesday. Singapore-based Tokenize is a digital