President-elect Donald Trump has named David Sacks as the White House’s AI and Crypto Czar, announcing the appointment in a TruthSocial post Thursday night. “David will guide policy for the Administration in Artificial Intelligence and Cryptocurrency, two areas critical to the future of American competitiveness. David will focus on making America the clear global leader … Read more
A heavyweight from the once-hot NFT era is now getting into the cryptocurrency issuance game. Pudgy Penguins launched three years ago as a set of 8,888 NFTs depicting colorful and comical birds. Now, the team behind the project tells CoinDesk that they will release a token called PENGU this year on the Solana blockchain. Nearly … Read more
Traders looking to impulsively take exposure to bitcoin (BTC) at record prices due to the “fear of missing out” (FOMO) should note that the market now looks notably confused, a shift away from the recent strong bull momentum. The confusion is evident in BTC’s trading on Thursday, as it finally rose to six figures, tapping … Read more
Shaurya Malwa Shaurya is the Co-Leader of the CoinDesk tokens and data team in Asia with a focus on crypto derivatives, DeFi, market microstructure, and protocol analysis. Shaurya holds over $1,000 in BTC, ETH, SOL, AVAX, SUSHI, CRV, NEAR, YFI, YFII, SHIB, DOGE, USDT, USDC, BNB, MANA, MLN, LINK, XMR, ALGO, VET, CAKE, AAVE, COMP, … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) reached an all-time high above $100,000 earlier this week as a number of tailwinds fueled a post-U.S.-election rally in the world’s largest cryptocurrency, Citi (C) said in a research report on Thursday. “The nomination of digital asset-friendly Paul Atkins to chair the SEC provided the final boost,” that saw bitcoin break through $100,000 … Read more
Net inflows into U.S. spot ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have picked up in the past five days, with Thursday seeing a record $428.5 million. The inflow was dominated by BlackRock’s ETHA, which collected a net $292.7 million, also a record. In the past five days, the ether ETFs have seen almost $800 million in … Read more
By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) You know how it feels when you’re watching a match, both teams score and you end up with a draw? So, that’s the bitcoin market right now. The bulls pushed prices above $103,000 early Thursday, only for the bears to bite back, crashing prices to $91,000. … Read more
The U.S. employment picture rebounded in November after weak data in October that was probably affected by hurricanes in the southeast. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 227,000 last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economist forecasts had been for a gain of 200,000 jobs. October’s originally reported 12,000 job gain was revised higher to … Read more
Crypto banking activity was paused or prevented by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. at a large number of U.S. banks in 2022, according to communications pried loose by a research firm hired by Coinbase Inc. (COIN). Coinbase’s hired help, History Associates Inc., had taken the FDIC and the Securities and Exchange Commission to court in … Read more
<a href="https://www.coindesk.com/indices/" target="_blank">CoinDesk Indices</a> presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/indices/cd20/" target="_blank">CoinDesk 20 Index</a>. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3830.63, down 0.2% (-7.76) since 4 p.m. ET on Thursday. Six of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: UNI (+7.7%) and RENDER (+5.8%). Laggards: DOT … Read more