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 3701.1, down 1.1% (-39.29) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday. Four of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: APT (+4.6%) and ADA (+2.2%). Laggards: POL (-3.1%) and LINK (-3.1%). … Read more
FTX EU, the European arm of Sam Bankman Fried’s now-bankrupt cryptocurrency trading empire, has been sold to Backpack Exchange, a crypto trading company founded by former Alameda Research and FTX employees. FTX EU, which held a MiFID II-license under the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), cost Backpack $32.7 million, the exchange said. Backpack’s new … Read more
MARA Holdings (MARA), the largest bitcoin (BTC) miner by market capitalization, said it is lending 7,377 BTC to third parties to generate a return on its holdings and cover some operating costs. In a production report released Friday, MARA did not identify the borrowers nor reveal other details regarding the program, which ties up about … Read more
Will he stay, or will he go? For Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the latter appears imminent. Now bettors on Polymarket are debating on when exactly he’ll announce his resignation. While Trudeau resignation contracts aren’t anything new, there are two with low six-figures of volume attached to them asking if he’ll be gone by February … Read more
By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The overture to 2025 has a familiar tune. It’s not just the numbers: Bitcoin’s 8% recovery from late December, but the news flow is equally recognizable. Perhaps the most important note comes from JPMorgan, which says the market forces that drove bitcoin and gold to records … Read more
Four digital assets companies have just secured Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) licenses in the Netherlands, letting them operate across the entire 27-nation European Union. Crypto platform MoonPay, digital asset management company BitStaete, bitcoin lightning FinTech ZBD and prime brokerage and clearing company Hidden Road attained the much desired crypto asset service providers license from … Read more
Yat Siu has seen a lot in his decade of investing in crypto as a venture capitalist. The Hong Kong-based venture studio and game developer Siu co-founded, Animoca Brands, has grown to be one of the most powerful names in Web3 culture, with data provider CoinGecko pegging the market cap of tokens issued by Animoca’s … Read more
Bitcoin’s (BTC) price is back in the six-digit territory as the largest cryptocurrency extended its early 2025 bounce on Monday. BTC advanced towards $100,000 earlier during the trading session, then broke sharply above the threshold, rising 2.5% in an hour as traditional U.S. markets opened. It was changing hands at around $102,000 recently, its strongest … Read more
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement on Monday that he’s stepping down could clear a path for a less crypto-resistant government there, though the provincial governments have a leading role in determining Canada’s digital assets future. “I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party selects its new leader,” Trudeau said … Read more
Michael Barr, the U.S. Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision, will step down from his position on Feb. 28 — or earlier, if a successor is confirmed — according to a Monday announcement from the Federal Reserve. Barr will continue to serve as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. In a statement included … Read more