By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The crypto market has begun the week on a negative note, with bitcoin (BTC) lower after a weekend spent wrestling with the $100,000 mark amid reports that Amazon shareholders are pushing for an allocation to the cryptocurrency. The persistent indecisiveness since Dec. 5 amid increased retail … Read more
DeFi protocol Radiant Capital has attributed a $50 million exploit it suffered in October to North Korean hackers. According to a report published on Dec. 6, the attackers started laying the groundwork for the Oct. 16 attack in mid-September, when a Telegram message from what appeared to be a trusted former contractor was sent to … Read more
When assets surge to lifetime highs or multimonth peaks, traders are often faced with the challenge of identifying key resistance levels, the price targets where the market could next take a breather. That’s precisely the situation facing bitcoin (BTC) and XRP (XRP) traders. Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market value, is trading at record highs … Read more
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse in an interview with 60 Minutes, said that the 2024 election was a “major victory” for crypto as the majority of Fairshake, a crypto political action committee (PAC), backed candidates, won their seats. And this was a non-partisan effort, as crypto, itself is non-partisan, he argued, pointing to the cross-aisle support … Read more
Amazon’s (AMZN) shareholders are urging the company to take a page from MicroStrategy’s (MSTR) playbook by diversifying its reserves into bitcoin (BTC) to beat inflation and boost shareholder value. “Though bitcoin is currently a volatile asset – as Amazon stock has been at times throughout its history – corporations have a responsibility to maximize shareholder … Read more
Worksport (WKSP), a tiny Nasdaq-listed maker of covers for pickup truck beds, has added its own twist to the newly popular corporate strategy of buying bitcoin that was introduced and made famous by Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy (MSTR). The New York-based company, which has a $20 million market capitalization, is investing up to 10% of its … 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 3974.18, up 1.8% (+70.68) since yesterday's close. Ten of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: RENDER (+14.7%) and LTC (+9.7%). Laggards: ETC (-5.7%) and ICP … Read more
The increased size of leveraged MicroStrategy (MSTR) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and the flows they attract are having a more pronounced effect on the company’s stock and crypto markets than before, JPMorgan (JPM) said in a research report on Wednesday. These ETFs played a significant role in amplifying the stock’s near-60% rise in November, the bank … Read more
Bitcoin’s (BTC) market cap is consistently in excess of 50% of the size of the total crypto industry, meaning more funds are held in BTC than every other digital asset combined. With bitcoin dominance reaching multiyear highs of over 60% during the current bull market, projects built on other networks have been looking for ways … Read more
There were many crypto firsts in 2024: the first spot bitcoin ETF, the first spot ether ETF, the first time a pension fund invested in the asset class. But as the expression goes, they saved the best for last: In the waning days of the year, bitcoin (BTC) hit six digits for the first time. … Read more