Corporate Bitcoin Adoption Forges Ahead as More Listed Firms Ride the Wave - shares, bitcoin, CoinDesk, gns, four, ai, Crypto

Corporate Bitcoin Adoption Forges Ahead as More Listed Firms Ride the Wave

Bitcoin adoption by U.S.-listed public companies continues in full steam.The latest purchase comes from NYSE-listed Genius Group (GNS). On Jan. 10, GNS reported increasing its bitcoin holding to $35 million, which was ahead of its scheduled target o

Bitcoin Caught Up in a Macro-Driven Sell-Off, May Fall Further: Standard Chartered - bitcoin, trump, CoinDesk, standard, Crypto

Bitcoin Caught Up in a Macro-Driven Sell-Off, May Fall Further: Standard Chartered

Bitcoin and other digital assets have dropped as part of a wider macro-driven sell-off in the market and there is a risk that forced selling could lead to further weakness, investment bank Standard Chartered said in a report on Monday.The market dow

Deribit CEO Confirms Strategic Investment Inquiries, Rules Out Takeover Report - Crypto, crypto, CoinDesk

Deribit CEO Confirms Strategic Investment Inquiries, Rules Out Takeover Report

Crypto derivatives platform Deribit, has received potential acquisition interest, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing sources.The report added that the firm is working with Financial Technology Partners to review the opportunities. Deribit CEO Lu

Dogecoin, XRP Lead Crypto Rebound, Bitcoin Tops $96K as Traders Await Key Inflation Data - Crypto, trump, crypto, donald trump, dogecoin, CoinDesk, xrp, btc

Dogecoin, XRP Lead Crypto Rebound, Bitcoin Tops $96K as Traders Await Key Inflation Data

Crypto prices bounced from Monday's wipeout with bitcoin rising as high as $97,300 on Tuesday as traders eyed the latest batch of U.S. inflation data with more to come tomorrow.The largest crypto's dip below $90,000 yesterday was quickly bought up o

Spot Bitcoin ETFs Exceeded Expectations in 2024, but Just Wait for 2025 - bitcoin, etf, 2024, gensler, Crypto, solana, three, spot, CoinDesk, xrp, trump

Spot Bitcoin ETFs Exceeded Expectations in 2024, but Just Wait for 2025

To say that the spot bitcoin exchange traded funds (ETFs) exceeded expectations in their first year on the market is an understatement at best. Instead, it might be more accurate to say that they’ve shocked the industry to its core.“Just how big was

Analysis: Prediction Markets Have a Gambling Problem - 2024, isp, donald trump, Crypto, CoinDesk

Analysis: Prediction Markets Have a Gambling Problem

Prediction market platforms Polymarket and Kalshi spend a lot of time and money convincing regulators they’re not gambling.Outside of the U.S. authorities are viewing prediction markets as synonymous with gambling. Taiwan, France, and now Singapore h

Hashed's Simon Kim Says AI Has a 'Black Box' Problem  - source, open, kim, meta, ai, Crypto, web3, CoinDesk

Hashed's Simon Kim Says AI Has a 'Black Box' Problem

Hashed's Simon Kim believes the future of artificial intelligence hinges on a radical shift: breaking open the black box of centralized models like OpenAI and building a decentralized, transparent ecosystem powered by blockchain.For Kim, CEO of South

Coinbase’s Layer 2 System Base Gets a Marketplace Linked to Gas Revenue - ethereum, ai, CoinDesk, Crypto, gas, base, nft

Coinbase’s Layer 2 System Base Gets a Marketplace Linked to Gas Revenue

The runaway success of Base, the Coinbase-owned Ethereum overlay blockchain designed for faster, cheaper transactions, has prompted the creation of a market linked to the fluctuating cost of the total gas needed to power the network, allowing specula

Binance booste trois jetons d’Agents IA : AIXBT, CGPT et COOKIE grimpent de 40 % - NewsBTC, usdt, Crypto, des, chaingpt, usdc, cgpt, un

Binance booste trois jetons d’Agents IA : AIXBT, CGPT et COOKIE grimpent de 40 %

En BrefLes jetons d’agents IA ont bondi de plus de 40 % suite à l’annonce de leur cotation, ouvrant de nouvelles opportunités de tradingBinance propose un trading sans frais pour ces jetons en paires avec USDC et USDT, renforçant leur attrait pour le

Company Behind Illicit $24B Telegram Marketplaces Launches Stablecoin - CoinDesk, Crypto, stablecoin, usdh, one, money

Company Behind Illicit $24B Telegram Marketplaces Launches Stablecoin

Huione, a Telegram-based illicit marketplace that offers personal data and money laundering services has rolled out its own stablecoin, according to report by blockchain security firm Elliptic.The stablecoin (USDH) was created to “avoid the common fr

Options Tied to BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Surge to Nearly 50% of Deribit's BTC Open Interest in Two Months - CoinDesk, bitcoin, open, ibit, Crypto, etf, sec, one

Options Tied to BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Surge to Nearly 50% of Deribit's BTC Open Interest in Two Months

The stateside demand for regulated crypto products is real.The U.S. SEC-approved options tied to BlackRock's spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund , which debuted on Nov. 19, are already almost half the size of Deribit's eight-year-old bitcoin options m

Middle East-Based Sigma Capital Unveils $100M Fund to Accelerate Web3 Innovations - CoinDesk, crypto, fund, Crypto, based, web3, hub

Middle East-Based Sigma Capital Unveils $100M Fund to Accelerate Web3 Innovations

Sigma Capital, an early-stage venture firm, has unveiled a $100 million fund focused on Web3 startups.The Dubai-based company is attempting to capitalize on the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) reputation as a crypto hub, according to an emailed announcem

Is Bitcoin Bottom In? BTC's Price Action is Inverse of December Peak Above $108K - chart, lower, wen, CoinDesk, btc, bitcoin, Crypto

Is Bitcoin Bottom In? BTC's Price Action is Inverse of December Peak Above $108K

The pressing question on crypto traders' minds is: Has bitcoin's price weakness run its course, or is there more to come?The former appears to be the case as Monday's price action, characterized by a swift recovery from intraday lows, contrasted wit

Binance.US Chief: The SEC Called Us a Cauldron of Fraud, Without Any Evidence - changpeng zhao, sec, CoinDesk, gensler, one, Crypto

Binance.US Chief: The SEC Called Us a Cauldron of Fraud, Without Any Evidence

Gary Gensler’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) branded Binance.US “a cauldron of fraud,” and used its power and influence to choke off the firm’s banking relationships and USD fiat ramps, despite failing to produce any evidence to back up it

Sony’s Layer-2 Blockchain “Soneium” Goes Live - base, million, worldcoin, ink, polygon, op, stack, arbitrum, ethereum, CoinDesk, Crypto, optimism

Sony’s Layer-2 Blockchain “Soneium” Goes Live

Sony, the 78-year-old Japanese electronics giant, is the latest legacy megacorp to explore blockchain technology. On Tuesday, the company announced that it is officially launching "Soneium," a general-purpose blockchain platform.The team behind Sony

Sony’s Layer-2 Blockchain “Soneium” Goes Live - million, ethereum, arbitrum, op, base, ink, CoinDesk, polygon, optimism, Crypto, stack, worldcoin

Sony’s Layer-2 Blockchain “Soneium” Goes Live

Sony, the 78-year-old Japanese electronics giant, is the latest legacy megacorp to explore blockchain technology. On Tuesday, the company announced that it is officially launching "Soneum," a general-purpose blockchain platform.The team behind Sony B

U.S. Judges Demand SEC 'Explain Itself' for Rebuffing Requests for Crypto Rules - senate, gensler, one, donald trump, Crypto, sec, trump, three, CoinDesk, crypto, second

U.S. Judges Demand SEC 'Explain Itself' for Rebuffing Requests for Crypto Rules

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission must now thoroughly "explain itself" for refusing to grant Coinbase.'s formal request that the agency write regulations for how the industry should assess whether crypto assets are securities or not, accord

MoonPay Buys Crypto Payment Processor Helio for $175M - usdc, Crypto, london, solana, may, million, eth, CoinDesk, crypto

MoonPay Buys Crypto Payment Processor Helio for $175M

MoonPay, a crypto infrastructure service provider, has bought Helio, a Solana-powered crypto payment processor. According to Fox Business, the deal is reportedly worth $175 million.The Miami-based company aims to expand its trading and marketplace vo

Why Investor Protection and Enforcement Still Matters - fomo, atm, 2024, Crypto, bitcoin, sec, winter, trump, CoinDesk, crypto

Why Investor Protection and Enforcement Still Matters

Until recently, it was “green candle galore” in the crypto markets since Trump’s election win. Bitcoin momentarily broke the all-important $100,00 level, a near 500% recovery from the 2022 Crypto Winter lows, and optimism for crypto is even reaching

Tether Group to Establish Headquarters in El Salvador in Emerging Markets Push - usdt, arkham, rum, CoinDesk, tether, Crypto, crypto, el

Tether Group to Establish Headquarters in El Salvador in Emerging Markets Push

Tether, the crypto behemoth behind the $137 billion stablecoin USDT, is establishing headquarters for the group in bitcoin-friendly nation state El Salvador, the company said on Monday.The firm said the development came after acquiring all the necess