Pair traders looking for an edge might want to focus on a little-known gauge tied to bitcoin BTC$91,619.86 and the S&P 500. This gauge is the spread between Volmex’s BVIV – the 30-day implied volatility index for BTC – and its S&P 500 counterpart, the VIX index. The spread has begun to widen again, suggesting […]
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DOT$2.2854 up 13% to $2.26 over the past 24 hours as volume increased. The token opened at $1.99 and created a steady uptrend throughout the 24-hour period, establishing clear technical dominance over broader cryptocurrency markets, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. Volume patterns confirmed genuine institutional interest rather than retail speculation, the model said.
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Solana bulls have hit the pause button after lighting up the market in November with millions pumped into the US-listed spot exchange-traded funds (ETF). These spot ETFs recorded a cumulative outflow of $8.10 million on Friday, the first time since their inception on Oct. 28, according to data source SoSoValue. Buyers returned on Friday, pumping
Kalshi, a US-based prediction marketplace, has closed its $1 billion funding round, pushing its valuation to around $11 billion, according to a press release. The latest round was led by Paradigm, with participation from veteran venture capital firms including Sequoia Capital and CapitalG, Alphabet’s growth equity arm. News of the raise broke last month when
BNP Paribas, France’s largest bank by assets, said on Tuesday it is joining nine other European banks in a joint venture focused on issuing a stablecoin as traditional financial firms chase the fast-growing digital asset class. The bank joins an Amsterdam-based initiative called Qivalis, which is backed by lenders including ING, UniCredit and CaixaBank. 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 2768.6, up 2.7% (+73.06) since 4 PM ET Monday. Nineteen out of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: NEAR (+8.2%) and CRO (+7.6%). Lagging behind: ICP (-0.6%) and UNI
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TON rose 0.77% in 24 hours to $1.5029 as trading activity intensified following the introduction of Cocoon, a decentralized AI computing platform built on The Open Network. Volume rose to 2.95 million, marking a 37% increase from the weekly average, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis data model. The price action comes as Cocoon begins
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APT$1.9032 up 2.4% to $1.90 in the last 24 hours. The token outperformed the broader crypto market, while trading volume rose 40% above its 30-day average. The CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) added 1.5% over the same period. The token’s combination of contained price movement with elevated activity typically signals institutional positioning ahead of larger moves,
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President Karol Nawrocki of Poland has refused to sign a bill that he believed would have imposed overly strict regulations on the cryptocurrency market. The president vetoed the provisions of the bill on the grounds that they “pose a real threat to the freedom of Poles, their property and the stability of the state,” according
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Goldman Sachs ( GS ) buying an exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuer for about $2 billion doesn’t seem to have much to do with crypto at first. However, the Wall Street banking giant’s purchase of Innovator Capital has implications that could shake the entire crypto industry, primarily the ETF sector. That market is worth $190 billion
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