Dear President Elect Trump, As the co-head of a major law firm’s digital assets practice, I am hopeful that your nominee to chair the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) will make much-needed (and long-overdue) reforms to the way the SEC approaches crypto market regulation in the United States. However, as you know, it will take some […]

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 3805.48, down 1.7% (-64.94) since 4 pm ET on Friday. Two of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: LINK (+5.2%) and BTC (+2.2%). Laggards: HBAR (-11.3%) and ICP (-7.1%).

Red-hot decentralized finance (DeFi) project Ethena said Monday it is rolling out its new stablecoin that aims to help stabilize the protocol’s flagship USDe token when crypto markets turn bearish. The USDtb token aims to keep a steady $1 price and holds 90% of its reserves in BUIDL, the tokenized money market fund issued by

Bitcoin (BTC) mining economics continued to improve this month, as the hashprice, a measure of daily profitability, rose 5% from the end of November, JPMorgan (JPM) said in a research report Monday. The hashprice increased as the rally in the world’s largest cryptocurrency outpaced the rise in the network hashrate, the report said. The hashrate

Disclaimer: The analyst who wrote this piece owns shares of MicroStrategy (MSTR) and Semler Scientific (SMLR). Self-described bitcoin (BTC) development company MicroStrategy (MSTR) has increased its bitcoin holdings to a total of 439,000 BTC following its latest purchase of 15,350 BTC with the acquisition finishing on Dec. 15. MicroStrategy disclosed that the 15,350 BTC purchase

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Imagine you have a rare collectible. It’s aged like fine wine, but only shows the original price tag. That’s how U.S. companies have been told to value their bitcoin … stuck in the past instead of reflecting its true worth. As of today, that changes. Yes,

The U.K. intends to prohibit public offers of crypto, the Financial Conduct Authority said in its paper on the incoming crypto regime on Monday. Legislation will be put in place to prohibit public offers of crypto, building on the U.K.’s promotion rules that prevent unregistered crypto firms from reaching out to U.K. clients. Only crypto

Surging volumes in put options linked to BlackRock’s Nasdaq-listed spot bitcoin ETF (IBIT) could be interpreted as bearish sentiment. That’s not necessarily the case. On Friday, more than 13,000 contracts of the $30 out-of-the-money (OTM) put option expiring May 16 changed hands as the ETF rose 1.7% to $57.91, according to data from Amberdata. Volume

Bitcoin (BTC) set a fresh record above $106,000 earlier Monday, with traders now targeting the $120,000 level as the asset moves into the second half of a seasonally bullish December. Recent catalysts that have supported growth in BTC include increased speculation of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump creating a federal bitcoin reserve, and crypto companies such

Bitcoin (BTC) surged to over $106,000 in early Asian hours, setting new all-time highs before quickly retreating to $104,500 amid concerns about the upcoming U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) rate cut. The U.S. central bank is expected to reduce the benchmark borrowing cost by 25 basis points to the 4.25% to 4.5% range, marking a total