Crypto Exchange Bybit Receives India Clearance After Settling $1M Fine With FIU-IND

Crypto exchange Bybit completed registration with India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) after agreeing to pay a 92.7 million-rupee ($1 million) fine for operating in the country without authorization. The Dubai-based company said in January it would temporarily halt its services to Indian users while it pursued the regulation process. STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don’t miss another … Read more

Bitcoin Mining Has Changed — It’s No Longer Just About the Price

In today’s issue, Ben Harper from Luxor Technology provides an update on what’s happening with bitcoin mining this year. Then, Colin Harper from Blockspace Media answers questions on the topic of mining and AI in Ask and Expert. – Sarah Morton You’re reading Crypto for Advisors, CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter that unpacks digital assets for financial … Read more

Trump’s Social Media Company Takes Steps To Launch Bitcoin (BTC) ETF

U.S. President Donald Trump’s media company, Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), is making moves to launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including one tracking the price of bitcoin (BTC), according to an announcement on Thursday. The ETFs — three of them in total so far, alongside other planned products — would be launched under Trump’s Truth.Fi … Read more

Ondo Finance Launches Tokenized RWA-Focused Layer-1 Blockchain

New York, NY — Ondo Finance, the second-largest tokenized Treasuries issuer, said it plans to start its own layer-1 blockchain designed for tokenized real-world assets in a bid to connect traditional capital markets with decentralized finance, the company announced on Thursday at its inaugural Ondo Summit. Ondo Chain was crafted to meet institutional compliance standards … Read more

Mining Giant Foundry Supercharges Bitcoin Layer-2 Rootstock’s Security

Foundry, the world’s largest Bitcoin mining pool by hashrate, has announced it’s diversifying its operations and bolstering the security Bitcoin layer-2 network Rootstock through merge mining. Merged mining allows miners to simultaneously mine two or more cryptocurrencies that employ the same hashing algorithm without compromising the overall mining efficiency. The move injects 740 exahashes per … Read more

XLM Gains 1.5% as Index Inches Higher

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 3248.93, up 0.4% (+14.12) since 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Eleven of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: XLM (+1.5%) and LTC (+1.3%). Laggards: APT (-1.0%) and UNI (-0.8%). The … Read more

DEX Aggregator 1inch Integrates ZKsync to Boost Cross-Chain Swaps

Decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator 1inch Network has expanded its cross-chain swapping capabilities by integrating ZKsync, a layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum to provide faster and cheaper transactions when moving crypto between different networks. The integration, announced via a press release shared with CoinDesk, allows its users to seamlessly execute cross-chain swaps involving ZKsync. 1inch said … Read more

Shiba Inu Partners With UAE Ministry of Energy

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) Bull Postings Lift Spirits

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The past 24 hours have been marked by bullish postings on social media, with notable figures voicing positive outlooks on the cryptocurrency market that have worked their way into prices. Bitcoin has bounced to over $98,000 from $96,900, with President Donald Trump’s son Eric encouraging family-linked … Read more

Bitcoin Worth $1.6B Leave Centralized Exchanges in a Biggest Bullish Operation Since April: Research Analyst

On Wednesday, centralized exchanges registered a net outflow of over 17,000 BTC, worth more than $1.6 billion at the going market price of $98,600, according to Glassnode data shared by Andrew Dragosch, head of research Bitwise. That’s the biggest single-day exodus of coins since April 2024. “Whales are buying this dip,” Dragosch said on X, … Read more