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With U.S. President-elect Donald Trump only four days away from inauguration and new leadership coming to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), additional cryptocurrencies may soon join bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) and receive their own spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Of these, litecoin (LTC) is likely to be the first to receive the nod, according […]

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 3878.91, up 3.6% (+133.71) since 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Thirteen of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: HBAR (+17.0%) and LTC (+13.0%). Laggards: ETH (-3.4%) and UNI (-1.4%).

Most investors have their eyes set on President Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, which has the potential to be a key catalyst for bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency prices. However, a few days later, there is a potential rate hike on the cards from the Bank of Japan (BoJ). According to a Bloomberg chart shared by

Coinbase (COIN) is adding bitcoin-backed loans to its U.S. product lineup, leaning on Morpho, the largest lending platform on its Base network, to drive eyeballs and wallets to its growing on-chain economy. The lending product isn’t completely new: those familiar with playing on Base have long been able to borrow USDC against their bitcoin on

Crypto exchange Upbit may face possible sanctions in South Korea for not complying with the country’s money laundering and know your customer (KYC) obligations, according to a report from local news site Maeil. Upbit which is one of South Korea’s largest exchanges was reportedly notified by the Financial Information Analysis Institute (FIU) under the Financial

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The crypto market has had a bullish 24 hours, thanks to Wednesday’s soft U.S. core inflation print that alleviated hawkish Fed concerns. The momentum, however, has slowed. With the inflation data out of the way, crypto traders are refocusing on President-elect Donald Trump’s swearing-in on Jan.

Malaysia may introduce crypto and blockchain legislation to regulate the sector and keep pace with other jurisdictions, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said during a visit to Abu Dhabi. “I proposed several months ago how our agencies, including security, treasury and Bank Negara study how Malaysia can explore this so we aren’t left behind,”

Komainu, a crypto custody joint venture between Nomura, Ledger and Coinshares, has raised $75 million in a strategic investment from Blockstream Capital Partners, the company said in a press release on Thursday. The deal is novel in that it is funded with bitcoin (BTC). Komainu will establish its own BTC treasury to manage the crypto

On Wednesday, bitcoin (BTC) briefly exceeded $100,000 for the fourth time, with trader sentiment switching to greed from fear as the price ranges between $90,000 and the six-figure level. The largest cryptocurrency may take several attempts to push through $100,000, as previous CoinDesk research showed. Since touching an all-time high of around $108,000 on Dec.

Crypto traders are optimistic again, anticipating bitcoin (BTC) will surpass record highs amid volatile trading as pro-crypto President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20 nears. The price of bitcoin, the biggest cryptocurrency, has risen 11% from Monday’s lows under $90,000. It has jumped nearly 3% in the past 24 hours, topping $100,000 at one point,