BCH Clears $550 on Heavy Volume; $547 Flips to Support as Range Narrows

According to CoinDesk Research technical analysis data model, BCH$553.05 pushed through $550 on a heavy-volume burst, then cooled into a tight band as traders gauged whether the new support would stick. Technical analysis highlights Path and result: BCH climbed from $540.24 to $554.52 for a 2.6% session gain, establishing higher lows and confirming an uptrend … Read more

BONK Regains Some Ground With 4.6% Gain

BONK-USD reversed some of its losses from earlier in the week, rising 4.6% to $0.00001394 in a bullish movement that extended the meme token’s recovery streak. The Solana-based asset built steady upward momentum, marking a breakout above $0.00001380 and printing a new local high near $0.000013968. The 24-hour trading range tightened between $0.00001281 and $0.00001410, … Read more

ICP Rebounds Above $2.92 to Reverse Some Mid-Week Losses

ICP$3.4721 staged a recovery on Thursday into Friday, climbing 1.04% to $2.94 as the token reversed a portion of the week’s earlier declines. After falling below key short-term averages in prior sessions, ICP regained its footing, closing back above $2.92 resistance in a sign of traders buying the dip, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis … Read more

‘Ignoring Bitcoin for 17 Years Is the Spookiest Thing,’ Says Metaplanet’s Phil Geiger

According to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis data model, bitcoin BTC$110,066.28 slid to support, snapped back into resistance, and then settled into a tighter range as activity rose around key levels. Technical analysis highlights Path and range: Trading spanned about $4,296, with price probing a $106,391 low and later testing $110,700 before easing. Sell wave: The … Read more

The Bitcoin White Paper Offered a Blueprint for a More Reliable Financial System

Seventeen years after its publication, the Bitcoin white paper is still widely viewed as a novel technical achievement or the starting point for a new digital asset class. This narrow interpretation misses its deeper message. The white paper identified structural weaknesses in global payments and settlement that continue to affect consumers, businesses, and financial institutions … Read more

Crypto Bank Custodia Suffers Another Court Rejection in Fed Master Account Pursuit

Crypto bank Custodia, founded by Caitlin Long, still cannot get access to the Federal Reserve’s payment rails after an appeals court ruled against its years-long effort to get a so-called “master account” with the U.S. central bank. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the Wyoming special purpose depository institution could not force … Read more

Modest Bounce as Stellar Integration Expands RWA Reach

The native token of oracle network Chainlink LINK$17.13 bounced 3.6% on Friday, reversing some of Thursday’s losses as traders stepped in around key support level. LINK briefly cleared the $17 level with a surge in trading volume — some 3 million tokens changed hands during a morning breakout up —, pointing to renewed accumulation, CoinDesk … Read more

Analyst Says ‘$ETH Is on Edge of Having a New All-Time High North of $5,000’

According to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis data model, ether ETH$3,875.08 advanced on heavier-than-usual trading, then slipped late after an upper-band rejection, leaving a tighter range and a clear set of checkpoints above and below. Analyst comment Crypto analyst MichaĂ«l van de Poppe said on X that Ethereum is the best ecosystem to invest in and … Read more

Tokenized Bank Deposits Are Inferior to Stablecoins: Professor

Banks and financial institutions have started experimenting with tokenized bank deposits, bank balances recorded on a blockchain, but the technology is doomed to lose out to stablecoins, according to Omid Malekan, an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. Overcollateralized stablecoin issuers, who must maintain 1:1 cash or short-term cash equivalent reserves to back their tokens, … Read more