Bitcoin fell below the $81,000 level on Saturday, extending a long weekend of weakness as traders remained defensive amid geopolitical headlines, political uncertainty in the US and ongoing turmoil across crypto markets. The world’s largest cryptocurrency fell as much as 2.2% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko data. Trading volume fell into the […]
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Nearly four months after crypto’s record Oct. 10 flash crash wiped out leveraged positions across the market, the industry is still arguing over what actually broke. That argument turned into a public row on Saturday after OKX founder and CEO Star Xu claimed the crash was neither complicated nor accidental, but the result of irresponsible
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Tokenized shares are gaining ground fast – and Ian de Bode, president at Ondo Finance ONDO$0.2993believe they are becoming one of the most practical and scalable use cases for crypto. The firm said its tokenized equity platform, called Ondo Global Markets, has raised over $500 million in total value locked and recorded over $7 billion
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The US Treasury Department has for the first time sanctioned cryptocurrency exchanges for operating in Iran’s financial sector. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against Zedcex and Zedxion, both registered in the United Kingdom, as part of a wider crackdown on Iranian authorities following their brutal suppression of an internal uprising that
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Nearly four months after crypto’s record Oct. 10 flash crash wiped out leveraged positions across the market, the industry is still arguing over what actually broke. That argument turned into a public row on Saturday after OKX founder and CEO Star Xu claimed the crash was neither complicated nor accidental, but the result of irresponsible
Binance blamed the Oct. 10 flash crash on a macro shock that collided with heavy leverage and evaporating liquidity, rather than any breakdown in its trading systems, following speculative chatter on social media. In a report released on Saturday, the exchange said global markets were already under pressure following trade war headlines as crypto markets
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Tokenized silver futures recorded the biggest liquidations across the crypto market over the past 24 hours, overtaking bitcoin and ether in a rare reversal of the usual risk hierarchy as a rebound in precious metals spilled into commodity-based crypto futures. According to CoinGlass data, 129,117 traders were liquidated over the last day, with total losses
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Crypto prices remained under pressure on Friday as the US government went into a partial shutdown after lawmakers missed a midnight funding deadline, adding another layer of uncertainty to a market that has already struggled to find bids. Bitcoin was trading around $83,559, up about 1% on the day but down about 6.8% over the
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The US government is set to partially shut down at midnight, despite the Senate voting in favor of a funding package to keep the government running – showing the importance of specificity in predictable market contracts. The House of Representatives is out of session this week and will not return until Monday. Because the House
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The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to announce Kevin Warsh as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve on Friday, replacing Jerome Powell, a development that has unsettled markets and sparked a broad sell-off across asset classes. As a result, risk sentiment has worsened as investors price in potential shifts in monetary policy direction. Meanwhile,
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