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Bitcoin price volatility continues, trading between $65,900-$67,000 amid Trump tariff comments and hawkish Fed minutes, with analysts warning of potential further downside if $66,000 support breaks. 5 posts
Trump-affiliated WLFI token surges 10% after Apex Group ($3.5T AUM) partners to pilot its USD1 stablecoin for tokenized fund settlements, announced at Mar-a-Lago forum. 4 posts
Institutional investment in blockchain infrastructure continues with Hanwha's $13M bet on Kresus Labs for 'seedless' wallets and RWA tokenization, while Barry Sternlicht cites U.S. regulatory barriers. 4 posts
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Ledn raises $188m with first bitcoin backed bond sale in asset backed market
What to know: Ledn sold $188m of bonds backed by 5,400 bitcoin collateralized consumer loans, with an investment grade tranche priced at +335 basis points. Automated liquidation of bitcoin collateral helped shield asset backed security investors even as the token fell. Ledn sold $188m of bond
Bitcoin, ether, xrp ETFs bleed while Solana bucks outflow trend
What to know: U.S.-listed bitcoin, ether and XRP spot ETFs saw broad net outflows on Feb. 18, signaling institutions are cutting exposure rather than buying the dip. Bitcoin spot ETFs shed $133.3 million and ether products lost $41.8 million in a day, even as their funds represent 6.3 percent and
Bitcoin’s $40,000 put becomes second-largest options bet ahead of February expiry next week
Open Interest by Strike Price (Deribit) What to know: The $40,000 put option is the second largest strike by open interest, with about $490 million in notional value, highlighting strong demand for crash protection into the Feb. 27 expiry. Roughly $566 million is positioned at the $75,000 strike
Ether, XRP, Solana slide in crypto retreat despite tech-led lift in Asia stocks
What to know: Major cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, ether, XRP and Solana, fell on Thursday despite gains in Asian and U.S. equity markets. The pullback in digital assets tracked a firmer dollar after Federal Reserve minutes signaled no urgency to cut interest rates and even left the door ope
Bitcoin is about to log its longest losing streak since 2022 as geopolitical nerves hit risk trades
What to know: Escalating tensions in the Middle East have lifted both the U.S. dollar index and WTI crude, tightening financial conditions and pressuring risk assets. Bitcoin is on track to post its fifth consecutive weekly decline, a streak not seen since March to May 2022. Escalating tension
Coinbase lets XRP, ADA and dogecoin holders borrow up to $100,000 without selling
What to know: Coinbase is expanding its U.S. crypto-backed lending service to include XRP, dogecoin, Cardano's ADA and litecoin, allowing more customers to borrow against their holdings without selling. The loans, capped at $100,000 in USDC and routed on-chain through the Morpho protocol, are avai
Bitcoin can bounce higher — but the market still lacks fuel for a real run
What to know: Bitcoin is benefiting from slightly improved macro conditions and expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts, but analysts say any easing is likely to be gradual rather than aggressive. Recent trading shows bitcoin staging short-lived rallies that quickly fade amid a stronger dollar,
Bitcoin shakes off U.S. session losses as Trump says U.S. trade deficit cut by 78%
What to know: Bitcoin swung between about $65,900 and $67,000 on Thursday as traders reacted to former President Donald J. Trump’s claim that tariffs have slashed the U.S. trade deficit by 78 percent. Investors are focused less on the accuracy of Trump’s trade figures and more on how renewed tarif
WLFI surges 10% after Apex stablecoin deal, outperforming BTC and ETH
What to know: WLFI, the token linked to Trump-affiliated World Liberty Financial, jumped about 10% after a $3.5 trillion asset servicer said it would pilot the firm's USD1 stablecoin as a settlement rail for tokenized funds. At a World Liberty Financial forum at Mar-a-Lago, Sen. Bernie Moreno and
South Korea’s Hanwha makes a $13 million bet on ‘seedless’ crypto wallets
(hamedtaha/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk) What to know: Kresus has secured roughly $13 million (KRW 18 billion) from Hanwha Investment & Securities. The funding will support enterprise wallet infrastructure and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platforms. The deal signals continued institutio
Real estate billionaire Barry Sternlicht is ready to tokenize assets, but says U.S. regulation blocks it
(Craig Barritt/Getty Images) What to know: Barry Sternlicht, whose Starwood Capital manages more than $125 billion in assets, says the firm is ready to tokenize real-world assets but is stymied by U.S. regulatory barriers. Sternlicht argues that tokenizing assets like real estate on blockchains
Banking trade groups responsible for impasse on market structure bill, Brian Armstrong says
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk) PALM BEACH, Fla. — Banking trade groups, rather than individual banks, are chiefly responsible for stalled negotiations on crypto market structure legislation, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said. Banks themselves are looking at crypto as an opp
Bitcoin sinks to $66,000, U.S. stocks lose steam as Fed minutes mention possible rate hike
Bitcoin (BTC) price on Feb. 18 (CoinDesk) What to know: Bitcoin fell back to $66,000 on Wednesday afternoon, testing the lower end of its recent trading range. Crypto-related stocks reversed early gains, with Coinbase swinging from a 3% morning rise to a 2% loss and Strategy slipping about 3%. S
Sam Altman's OpenAI unveils ‘EVMbench’ to test whether AI can keep crypto’s smart contracts safe
What to know: OpenAI is stepping deeper into crypto security with the launch of EVMbench, a new testing framework designed to measure how well artificial intelligence can understand and potentially secure smart contracts on blockchains. Smart contracts are typically immutable once deployed, and vu
Kraken continues acquisition streak by buying token management firm Magna ahead of IPO push
Kraken (modified by CoinDesk) What to know: Payward, Kraken’s parent company, has acquired token operations firm Magna. Magna is used by crypto teams to manage token vesting, claims and distributions. It serves 160 clients and had a peak total value locked of $60 billion on its platform last yea
The Protocol: Zora moves to Solana
What to know: Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, a reporter at CoinDesk. In this issue: Zora moves onto Solana with 'attention markets' for trading internet trends Ethereum Foundation leadership sh
Optimism's OP token falls after Base moves away from the network's 'OP stack' in major tech shift
What to know: Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network, Base, is changing the technology that powers it, stepping back from relying on Optimism’s OP Stack, the toolkit it originally launched on. Base launched in 2023 and quickly became one of the most widely used Ethereum layer-2 networks, with $3.85 b
Ethereum’s 50% staking milestone triggers backlash over 'misleading' supply data
(Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk) What to know: More than half of all ether ever issued has passed through Ethereum’s proof-of-stake deposit contract, but analysts say this overstates how much ETH is actually locked. On-chain data show about 37 million ETH, or roughly 31% of the total supply, is
Bitcoin miner Riot stock jumps nearly 9% as activist Starboard urges AI data center expansion
Riot Platforms shares rose nearly 7% after Starboard urged a faster pivot to AI hosting, citing $1.6B EBITDA potential from Texas power assets. (Michal Bednarek/Shutterstock) What to know: Activist investor Starboard Value is urging Riot Platforms to speed up its shift from bitcoin mining to hig
Financial giant with $3.5 trillion asset to pilot Trump-affiliated WLFI stablecoin for tokenized funds
What to know: Apex Group is partnering with World Liberty Financial, a crypto firm affiliated with President Donald Trump, to pilot WLFI’s USD1 stablecoin as a payment rail in traditional fund operations. The pilot will test using the USD1 stablecoin for subscriptions, redemptions and distribution
Crypto Long & Short: Crypto’s liquidity mirage
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What happens on prediction platforms can steer traditional markets, NYSE chief says
CFTC Chair Mike Selig (left) and NYSE President Lynn Martin speaking on stage at the World Liberty forum. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk) PALM BEACH, Fla. — Prediction markets are starting to play a role in how traditional financial markets move, New York Stock Exchange President Lynn Martin said Wednes
Bitcoin volatile, but flat, while crypto stocks bounce amid cooling AI fears
(Raphaël Biscaldi/Unsplash) What to know: Despite a small handful of thousand-dollar swings, bitcoin remains in the $67,000 area in late-morning U.S. trade. Gold reclaimed $5,000, and oil jumped as Polymarket odds of U.S. strikes on Iran before mid-March topped 50%. Crypto stocks bounced, outper
Goldman Sachs' David Solomon says he owns 'very little' bitcoin but watching it closely
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon at the Liberty World forum in Palm Beach. (CoinDesk) What to know: Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said he owns only a small amount of bitcoin but is closely watching the cryptocurrency as part of a broader shift in financial technology. Solomon argued that tradit
Bitwise aims to offer prediction market ETFs for U.S. elections in 2026 and 2028
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan (CoinDesk Archives) What to know: Bitwise Asset Management wants to offer a prediction markets for the next U.S. presidential election through ETFs. The San Francisco-based crypto asset manager filed to list two ETFs tracking prediction markets bettin