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 3764.72, down 2.6% (-100.09) since 4 pm ET on Monday. Nine of 13 assets are trading higher. Leaders: HBAR (+11.0%) and POL (+9.8%). Laggards: XRP (-9.9%) and LTC (-6.1%). […]

Nuclear energy is back in fashion, and a new blockchain-based marketplace aims to hop on the trend bringing investment access in the yellow ore to retail investors in a tokenized form. London-based Tezos ecosystem development firm Trilitech launched Uranium.io on Tuesday to offer tokens backed by physical uranium oxide U3O8, also known as “yellowcake.”The app

Osmosis, a decentralized exchange (DEX) built for the Cosmos blockchain ecosystem, has opened a bridge to the Bitcoin network, as part of a pivot toward the world’s largest cryptocurrency. The decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that governs Osmosis voted in favor of adopting Bitcoin bridge Nomic in June. The integration went live on Tuesday. Nomic’s bridge

Minima, a blockchain designed to manage transactions across the internet of things (IoT) comprising mobile phones, cars and other devices is working with semiconductor giant ARM to develop a microchip with a decentralized ledger embedded in it. Under the agreement, announced Tuesday, Minima will work with ARM’s Flexible Access Program, which gives 70 or so

APAC is “uniquely positioned” to lead the next phase of global cryptocurrency growth, according to a survey conducted last month by Protocol Theory on behalf of CoinDesk. This is just a preview of the insights available in CoinDesk’s latest report, Driven by Demand: The People-Powered Crypto Movement in APAC. Download the report today for even

Human beings are emotional, and that’s especially so in crypto markets. Round numbers are idolized much more than in traditional finance, and investors and traders are susceptible to panic-selling if price gains stall near a number with several zeros at the end. At the same time, some traders look to front-run the exodus, stacking order

Volatility in Nasdaq-listed shares in bitcoin-holder MicroStrategy is now tracked at 2.5 times that of bitcoin. The milestone may spook most market participants but means increased income potential for savvy investors engaging in options trading. MicroStrategy is the world’s largest publicly listed bitcoin holder, boasting a coin stash of over 380,000 BTC. Investors looking to

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) It’s literally raining BTC options! OK, not literally, but just two weeks after call and put contracts for BlackRock’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) began trading, we now have Cboe cash-settled FLEX options on both the Cboe Bitcoin U.S. ETF Index and the Cboe Mini Bitcoin

Michael Saylor’s pitch to Microsoft’s (MSFT) board on whether the software giant should add bitcoin to its balance sheet is unlikely to get shareholder approval, with Polymarket bettors only giving an 11% chance of it being approved. Each bet comprises a “Yes” and a “No” side. Each share pays out $1 in USDC, a stablecoin,

The Ethereum blockchain’s transactional revenue has increased substantially since Donald Trump’s U.S. election victory, Steno Research said in a Monday report. “This outcome is crucial for all onchain activity,” wrote analyst Mads Eberhardt. The surge has led to higher staking rewards and more ether (ETH) being burned via transaction fees, the report said. “This combination