Bitcoin BTC$92,642.73 traders may want to add the Japanese yen (JPY) to their list of related markets and move beyond the dollar index as the cryptocurrency’s connection to the yen has hit an all-time high over the past 90 days. The 90-day correlation coefficient between BTC and Pepperstone’s JPY index has risen to 0.86, an […]
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company’s next-generation Vera Rubin platform is already in “full production,” revealing fresh details at the CES technology event in Las Vegas about hardware he says can deliver five times the artificial intelligence of Nvidia’s previous systems. Expected to arrive later this year, Rubin is aimed squarely at the fastest-growing
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XRP fell to $2.27 after breaking below $2.32 support, but a high-volume flush to $2.21 drew bids and stabilized the move – leaving traders focused on whether the rejection can regain $2.31-$2.32 or if the market remains stuck in a descending channel. News background XRP traders are weighing a short-term split in spot price against
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Maelstrom, the investment fund founded by Arthur Hayes, is starting 2026 with what Hayes calls “near maximum risk” exposure, extending an aggressive stance taken in the second half of last year and pointing to minimal exposure to the stablecoin. Hayes said Maelstrom remains deep in risk assets, but with a refined focus on privacy coins
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Filecoin FILE$1.5654 advanced 6% in 24 hours, outpacing gains in the broader crypto market. The broader market gauge, the CoinDesk 20 (CD20) index, added 4.6%. The storage token carved out a $0.19 range and hit a high of $1.68 before settling into a tighter $1.56-$1.60 band, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model
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Cayman Islands-registered Buck Labs has introduced the “BUCK” crypto token, positioning it as a yield-bearing “savings coin” aimed at users seeking returns on dollar-denominated crypto holdings without relying on traditional stablecoins. The token is backed by shares of Strategy (MSTR) shares, the largest corporate owner of bitcoin with nearly 675,000 BTC on its balance sheet.
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Good morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to the Asia Morning Briefing, a daily overview of top stories in US hours and an overview of market movements and analysis. For a detailed overview of US markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Diary Americas. Crypto markets start the year in recalibration mode rather than
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Ethereum’s stake queues have been emptied and the network can now absorb new validators and exits in near real-time. This means that the rush to lock ETH is gone for now and the stakes are settling into a steady-state rather than a scarcity trade. Queues are simply the time spent starting or stopping staking on
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The US Senate Banking Committee is moving closer to agreement on a bipartisan crypto market structure bill, with a vote next week, its chairman said, as industry insiders prepare for a blitz of Senate offices on Thursday. Republicans on the committee show broad confidence that their goal is close to the long-running negotiations on a
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Bitcoins BTC$93,374.70 The price continues to reflect a complex mix of macro trends and market-specific events heading into 2026. BTC is shaped by three long-term forces and seven short-term ones, according to Jim Ferraioli, director of crypto research and strategy at the Schwab Center for Financial Research. The long-term factors are the global M2 money
