Bitcoin retreated to $71,843 on Friday after a third attempt to breach $73,000 was met with selling on Thursday, a level that has now rejected the price on every rally since the Iran conflict began in late February. The retreat is modest. Bitcoin is up 7.9% on the week, its strongest weekly performance so far […]
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XRP is trying to stabilize after a sharp move higher, but the bigger question is whether this is real strength or just a short-lived bounce. The breakout came on solid volume, but the lack of follow-through and weak broader structure suggest buyers are still cautious. News background XRP ETFs saw $3.32M in inflows, but the
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A StarkWare researcher has published what he says is the first method to make bitcoin transactions quantum-secure on the live network today without changes to the Bitcoin protocol. However, the scheme costs up to $200 per transaction and is designed as an emergency measure rather than a permanent solution. In a paper published this week,
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OKX Ventures and HashKey Capital are backing a new Vietnam-based crypto exchange as Hanoi accelerates efforts to bring one of the world’s most active retail crypto markets under formal regulation. Vietnam Prosperity Crypto Asset Exchange (CAEX) said on Friday that the two firms have agreed to invest and become strategic partners alongside founding shareholders VPBank
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Mythos’ AI scare is real—enough for US regulators to call an emergency meeting to assess what Anthropic’s advanced artificial intelligence model could mean for banks. The meeting took place on Tuesday, when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell sat down with Wall Street bank chiefs to discuss possible cybersecurity risks associated with
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The latest US inflation report for March, due on Friday, is seen by many observers as a vital indicator against the background of the Iran war and its inflationary impact. Yet recent activity in bitcoin BTC$72,311.54 the market shows that traders do not see it as a big market move. “The bitcoin market is currently
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An oversized bet on the meme coin “Fartcoin” that skyrocketed it ended in a 50% crash. A group of wallets tried to push Fartcoin’s price higher by building a $145.24 million token long position on Hyperliquid, the decentralized perpetual futures exchange that has become the go-to place for leveraged crypto bets during the ongoing US-Iran
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Trading in tokenized versions of traditional assets surged in the first quarter, with perpetual swaps tied to commodities and stocks drawing billions in weekly volume and bringing 24/7 activity to a wider range of markets. Weekly trading volume for such assets jumped to $30.7 billion, or 1.72% of the total crypto derivatives market, by the
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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 1982.06, down 0.6% (-12.51) since 4 PM ET Wednesday. One in 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: ICP (+1.5%) and BTC (+0.0%). Laggards: AAVE (-3.6%) and XLM (-2.7%). The
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Galaxy Digital ( GLXY ) founder and CEO Mike Novogratz highlighted the company’s key milestones in its 2025 annual report, marking its first 10-K filing as a Nasdaq-listed company. Novogratz described the listing as more than a milestone, calling it “a statement that the digital economy is real and that Galaxy is built to lead
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