Michael Saylor's Strategy dramatically ups pace of bitcoin sales, raising $216 million
Strategy (MSTR) sold 3,588 bitcoin for approximately $216 million last week, reducing its total holdings to 843,775 BTC, according to a Monday SEC filing.
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Russia's largest bank plans crypto wallet launch as Moscow clears market path
Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, plans to offer a cryptocurrency wallet and digital depository by December, bringing the financial institution into a market the country spent years trying to contain.
Bitcoin miner TeraWulf soars on a $19 billion AI data-center lease with Anthropic
TeraWulf, a bitcoin miner that has remade itself into an AI landlord, signed a 20-year lease with Anthropic to host the AI company at a Kentucky data center, sending its shares up as much as 19% on Monday before they se…
Ethereum developers embrace Vitalik Buterin's long-term vision but urge quicker execution
Ethereum's ambitious plan to reinvent itself over the next several years is getting an enthusiastic reception from many of the network's researchers, though several say the biggest challenge won't be deciding what to bu…
Ethereum 'Reinventing Itself' With Biggest Overhaul Since the Merge: Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has laid out an updated vision for the blockchain's next several years, billing it as the most sweeping rebuild since the network ditched mining and declaring that Ethereum is "reinve…
Securitize eyes acquisitions with $400 million war chest after going public, CEO says
Securitize (SECZ) plans to use its newly-strengthened balance sheet to pursue acquisitions to expand its tokenization business following its public listing, CEO Carlos Domingo told CoinDesk in an interview.
Bitmine added another $74 million in ether as Tom Lee bets on Clarity Act boost
Bitmine Immersion (BMNR), the largest Ethereum (ETH) treasury company, stepped up its buying pace last week, purchasing 42,197 ether (ETH) as chairman Thomas Lee pointed to improving prospects for U.S. crypto legislatio…
Crypto bounces back from the brink as altcoin optimism returns despite pockets of weakness
Bitcoin is trading at $62,800, recovering from a July 1 dip below $58,000 that raised concerns of a slide toward $50,000.
SpaceX's Nasdaq 100 inclusion comes with a historical warning
SpaceX (SPCX) is set to officially join Wall Street's tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index on July 7 after raising $75 billion in the largest iPO of all time in mid-June.
Morning Minute: Crypto Surges Over Holiday Weekend
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U.S. inflation outlook underpins bitcoin bulls after best week since March
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Coinbase AI draws backlash after pushing World Cup result before kickoff
Coinbase (COIN) sent users a false “breaking news” alert saying Norway's soccer team beat Brazil 3-2 in a World Cup knockout match before the game had even started.
Ripple's preliminary crypto asset provider license in Luxembourg upgraded to fully compliant
Ripple said Monday that Luxembourg upgraded its preliminary Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) authorization under the European Union’s (EU) Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulations to a full license. The approval …
Bitcoin's Sharpe Ratio slides to lowest since 2022. Here's what it means.
The Sharpe Ratio is the gold standard for measuring risk-adjusted returns and was developed by Nobel Prize-winning economist William F. Sharpe.
FOMC minutes, SpaceX joins Nasdaq 100: Crypto Week Ahead
Crypto Week Ahead is a comprehensive list of what's coming up in the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain, as well as the major macroeconomic events that will influence digital asset markets.
Live markets: Bitcoin pops to $63,900, then reverses, as week begins
Bitcoin touched $63,882 overnight before retreating to around $62,900, per CoinDesk data. The 24-hour high of $63,900 held briefly before sellers pushed it back down.
Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum is preparing its 'biggest rebuild' since the Merge
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has a fresh set of takeaways on "Lean Ethereum," the multi-year plan to rebuild nearly every major part of the network, following research meetings.
Ether leads crypto's hold above key levels as bitcoin steadies over $63,000
Ether (ETH) led crypto majors into Monday as bitcoin held above $63,000, steadying after a week that pulled it off its lows and back to its highest in more than a month.
I am contemplating selling some of my bitcoin for gold, veteran trader Peter Brandt says
Brandt, CEO of Factor LLC and widely followed chart analyst, said on X that he is mulling liquidating some of his BTC and using the proceeds to buy gold, as he sees the yellow metal outperforming BTC.
XRP rises 3% as $1.14 breakout turns into support test
XRP finally pushed through the $1.14 level that had capped recent attempts higher, but the move did not run cleanly into the next resistance band. Buyers drove the token as high as $1.158 on heavy volume before sellers …
Clarity and Congress's summer break: State of Crypto
Welcome to another update on the Clarity Act. Will it pass? Jury (and by that I mean Congress) is still out. It's certainly possible. But we are running into some timeline issues, like the fact that it is now July.
Americans traded $571 million on Polymarket politic bets despite U.S. ban
Americans are not supposed to be on Polymarket, but they were its biggest national political crowd over the last year anyway.
Banks have stopped asking if stablecoins belong in finance, now they're considering how
When Standard Chartered (STAN) said it would offer institutional clients direct access to minting and redeeming Circle Internet's (CRCL) USDC this week, it wasn't simply adding another digital asset service.
Collateral, not yield, will decide which stablecoins win
Everyone in crypto is talking about stablecoin yield right now. Yield-bearing stablecoins grew roughly 300% last year, and 21Shares expects the segment to more than triple to over $50 billion in 2026. Every few weeks, a…