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Lyllah Ledesma

Lyllah Ledesma

Lyllah Ledesma is a CoinDesk Markets reporter currently based in Europe. She holds a master's degree from New York University in Business and Economics and an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of East Anglia. Lyllah holds bitcoin, ether and small amounts of other crypto assets.

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'DePIN' Is Venture Capitalists' Latest Crypto Obsession. Can It Match the Hype?
DePIN involves taking real-world infrastructure like a wireless network and running it with a blockchain-powered system. VCs are salivating, but there aren't many customers ye...
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By Lyllah Ledesma
Apr 16, 2024 at 4:20 p.m. UTC
Apr 16, 2024
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Finance
Avalanche
Homium Raises $10M and Tokenizes Home Equity Loans on Avalanche
The loans are currently live in Colorado with plans to extend to other states.
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By Lyllah Ledesma
Apr 16, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 16, 2024
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Bitcoin
First Mover Americas: BTC Below $62.5K While Altcoins Wipe Gains
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for April 16, 2024.
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By Lyllah LedesmaOmkar Godbole
Apr 16, 2024 at 12:31 p.m. UTC
Apr 16, 2024
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Markets
Ether
Ether, Altcoins Remain Under Pressure Following Volatile Weekend
Bitcoin has also given up some of its early Monday bounce, returning down to the $64,000 level.
Ether price on Monday (CoinDesk)
By Lyllah Ledesma
Apr 15, 2024 at 5:23 p.m. UTC
Apr 15, 2024
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Markets
Bitcoin
First Mover Americas: Hong Kong Spot Bitcoin ETF Applicants Claim Approval
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for April 15, 2024.
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By Lyllah LedesmaOmkar Godbole
Apr 15, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. UTC
Apr 15, 2024
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Bitcoin
First Mover Americas: BTC Holds Stable at $70K
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for April 12, 2024.
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By Lyllah LedesmaOmkar Godbole
Apr 12, 2024 at 12:04 p.m. UTC
Apr 12, 2024
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Bitcoin
First Mover Americas: Uniswap's Token Slides on SEC Lawsuit
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for April 11, 2024.
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By Lyllah LedesmaOmkar Godbole
Apr 11, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. UTC
Apr 11, 2024
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Finance
Framework ventures
DePIN Platform Uplink Raises $10M Led by Framework Ventures
Uplink provides decentralized network connectivity with the aim of creating better distributed and user-operated infrastructure.
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By Lyllah Ledesma
Apr 11, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 11, 2024
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Finance
Debt
Bitfinex Securities Introduces El Salvador’s First Tokenized Debt to Fund New Hilton Hotel
The token will be issued on the Liquid Network, a bitcoin sidechain.
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By Lyllah Ledesma
Apr 11, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
Apr 11, 2024
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Finance
Near
NEAR to Hire Artificial-Intelligence Engineers as Part of AI Roadmap
The company will begin its AI initiative in the next 3-6 months according to a document reviewed by CoinDesk.
Illia Polosukhin, Co-Founder, NEAR Protocol (Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
By Lyllah Ledesma
Apr 10, 2024 at 6:50 p.m. UTC
Apr 10, 2024
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