Wall Street analysts from firms including JPMorgan ( JPM ) and Cannacord cut their price targets for Coinbase ( COIN ) shares after the largest publicly traded crypto exchange missed fourth-quarter earnings estimates. JPMorgan said weak crypto prices and trading activity weighed on volumes and fees. The bank maintained its overweight rating on the crypto […]
HONG KONG — Crypto is finding a new niche as the payment tool for machines, bitcoin BTC$66,350.94 not yet bottomed out, US regulatory changes and the role of prediction markets were some of the topics discussed at CoinDesk’s Consensus Hong Kong conference this week. “As AI agents become capable of making and executing decisions independently,
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The current state of the crypto market is unfolding almost exactly as historical patterns suggest, according to Michael Terpin, CEO of Transform Ventures That is why he was skeptical of the recent overly optimistic bottom calls. “When people thought that the bottom would be at $80,000 and that it would only be a six-week bear
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Hong Kong – Bitcoin layer-2 builders made the case Thursday that the next phase of the crypto’s evolution will not be about replacing bitcoin as “digital gold,” but about making it productive. Speaking at Consensus Hong Kong 2026, executives from Citrea, Rootstock Labs and investment firm BlockSpaceForce argued that Bitcoin’s scaling layer is less about
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Almost every major company in the world is experimenting with artificial intelligence, but almost none are changing meaningfully as a result, McKinsey’s Greater China chairman Joe Ngai told Consensus Hong Kong on Thursday. Internal surveys show that 98% of business leaders report implementing some form of artificial intelligence, Ngai said. But when asked how much
The traditional four-year crypto cycle, long associated with bitcoins BTC$66,988.52 halving events, may be past. Han Lin, founder and CEO of Gate and an early proponent of bitcoin, told CoinDesk on Thursday that the digital asset market has matured into a global macroeconomic pillar, now moving in lockstep with U.S. stocks and AI-driven technological shifts
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Hong Kong – Institutional crypto participation across Asia is moving into a more mature phase as regulators establish clear frameworks for stablecoins and exchange-traded funds. Major players now prefer market-neutral strategies and regulated vehicles to direct, directional exposure to digital assets. Vicky Wang, president of Amber Premium, highlighted this shift during a panel discussion at
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Pakistan didn’t just wake up one morning and decide it loves crypto, said the chairman of the country’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA). The country was in the unusual position of having one of the largest crypto markets on the planet, but no railings at all, PVARA chairman Bilal Bin Saqib told Consensus Hong Kong
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ETHZilla (ETHZ) has unveiled a tokenized aviation asset, marking a major step in its plan to bring real-world income-producing assets to Ethereum. The new offering, Eurus Aero Token I, gives accredited investors access to lease revenue from two commercial jet engines currently in use by a major US airline, ETHZilla announced Thursday. The deal, which
