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. Entering the “Year of the Horse”, crypto markets look less […]
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 2285.37, down 9.3% (-234.22) since 16 ET Friday. None of the 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: BCH (-4.0%) and CRO (-4.9%). Laggards: ETH (-13.9%) and APT (-12.7%). The
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The crypto market may be nearing the bottom of its current slump, but analysts at Compass Point say it will take a broader risk-off event to pressure bitcoin BTC$77,528.46 significantly lower. “While near-term risk remains skewed to the downside, we believe we are approaching the final innings of the crypto bear market,” analysts Ed Engel
In 2025, crypto crime took a violent turn. Physical attacks aimed at stealing cryptocurrencies, known as “key attacks”, increased 75% from the previous year, with 72 confirmed incidents worldwide, according to a new report from CertiK. The report marks last year as a turning point where physical violence became a core threat to crypto holders.
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The vast majority of global family offices do not have cryptocurrency in their portfolios, according to JPMorgan Private Bank’s 2026 Global Family Office Report. Despite the widespread sense of geopolitical risks highlighted in the bank’s wealth report, appetite for traditional and new hedging remains limited: 72% of global family offices have no gold exposure and
Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao took to social media on Monday to counter a series of claims he called “pretty fanciful FUD” targeting himself and his former exchange as the main culprit of the dismal crypto price action. FUD – short for “fear, uncertainty and doubt” – is a term widely used in crypto to
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SpaceX, the rocket company founded by Elon Musk, has acquired xAI, the artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk. “Current advances in artificial intelligence rely on large ground-based data centers that require massive amounts of power and cooling,” wrote Elon Musk announcing the merger. “Global AI electricity demand simply cannot be met with terrestrial solutions,
A White House meeting aimed at thawing the crypto market structure bill broke into the controversial topic of stablecoin dividends, although participants representing US banking interests offered no new compromises, according to people familiar with the talks. As the legislation still struggles to make progress in the U.S. Senate, the White House is calling for
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Igor Runets, who founded Russia’s largest crypto mining company BitRiver, is under house arrest on tax evasion charges, Bloomberg reported Monday. Runets was detained on Friday and faces three charges of allegedly hiding assets to evade taxes. Runets’ legal team now has a small window to appeal the house arrest before it is carried out
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Cboe Global Markets confirmed it is developing a new option-based product offering all-or-nothing payouts, a structure that could put the exchange in direct competition with prediction markets such as Polymarket, Kalshi, Robinhood and Coinbase. Cboe, the primary venue for options trading and famous for creating the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX), is in early talks with
