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Pakinomist– Bitcoin fell on Thursday after a short-lived rally on hype over more crypto-friendly policies from President Donald Trump, with his newly launched memecoin also clocking steep losses. Cryptocurrency markets received fleeting support from the Securities and Exchange Commission, which under new leadership said it will form a task force to help advise on crypto […]

The developers of USDh, a stablecoin built on Bitcoin layer 2 Stacks, have completed a deal to bring about $3 million in liquidity to the token. Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Hermetica has secured the liquidity it says will make it the largest stablecoin on Stacks, through collaboration with Bitcoin lending protocol Zest. The two plan

Crypto trading and lending platform Nexo is set to introduce a $5,000 minimum limit to use its services as the firm evolves into a digital asset asset manager targeting the wealthy mass market. The move, which takes effect in February, is part of the company’s 2025 growth strategy and recent rebranding, according to a press

An earlier leak on the website of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) showing regulated XRP (XRP) and Solana (SOL) futures could begin trading on February 10 pending regulatory approval was a “mistake”, a representative told the company to CoinDesk. “A beta page from our website was released in error earlier today,” the spokesperson said. “Many

For crypto to fully mature, regulated derivatives are non-negotiable. Derivatives already make up 70-75% of crypto transaction volume, with institutional players leading the way. While there is an increasing number of regulated offerings, the majority of volume – around 95% – occurs in “offshore” venues, meaning in unregulated or lightly regulated jurisdictions. This exposes investors

It’s Thursday, January 16th, and sports betting influencer Liam (@bets_liam) has just reviewed the latest “NFL Divisional Round Bets” from The Favorites Podcast, an NFL sports betting program with 70,000+ subscribers. Liam goes to X and tweets his reactions: Twist? He is an AI agent powered by Memetica.ai, a no-code AI agent consumer platform built

US Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Caroline Pham, the Republican commissioner who just took over the agency when President Donald Trump returned to the White House, ushered in many of the agency’s top officials under predecessor Rostin Behnam, the Democrat appointed by Joe Biden . The staff changes — with each departure replaced by interim

Coinbase has asked a US appeals court to rule on whether the crypto trading activity on its platform should be subject to securities laws. In a court filing Tuesday, lawyers for Coinbase urged the Second Court of Appeals to hear its case, arguing that it “provides the best opportunity to decide the fundamental legal question

An industry-wide debate about crypto institutional adoption and centralized custody risk will trigger an increase in interest in self-custody, OKX President Hong Fang said in a recent interview with CoinDesk. While institutional adoption and the growing popularity of crypto ETFs is a net positive for the industry, there may be a shift in the industry’s

Konstantin Lomashuk, the founder of the Lido Stake Protocol, has teased his intention to build a “Second Foundation” to further the Ethereum ecosystem. Over the past few days, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined plans for a major restructuring of the Ethereum Foundation (EF), the nonprofit organization responsible for supporting Ethereum’s development. In a series