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Bitcoin Pumps, Then Dumps Below $54K as Jobs Report Spurs Crypto Volatility
The price swing liquidated nearly $50 million of leveraged derivatives positions across all cryptocurrencies in one hour, CoinGlass data shows.
CFTC Pleads With Judge to Block Kalshi Election Contracts for 14 Days
The agency says it can't make "an informed decision" about whether to appeal the judge's decision in Kalshi's favor until it knows her as-yet-unpublished rationale.
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Ripple Co-Founder Among Kamala Harris' New Corporate Endorsers
Chris Larsen's endorsement comes as Ripple has emerged as one of the biggest donors in the 2024 U.S. elections, though his choice may be at odds with the company CEO's support...
Ethereum Foundation's Main Wallet Down to About $650M, Top Official Says
As recently as March 2022 – when the price of Ethereum's native cryptocurrency, ether (ETH), was higher – the foundation's treasury held about $1.3 billion of ETH.
Legacy Payment Processors Charge Adult Sites a Fortune; MyPeach.AI Found a Crypto Solution
Adult entertainment websites usually pay credit card companies through the nose. MyPeach.AI has found a stablecoin-powered workaround.
'Blurt' Developer Thinks Crypto Makes for Better Donations to Twitch Streamers
Inside life at the mtnDAO hacker house.
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Promises Changes, Noting It's Become Easier for 'Criminals to Abuse Our Platform'
"Establishing the right balance between privacy and security is not easy," he wrote on Telegram.
Kalshi Cleared to Offer Congressional Prediction Markets in Victory Against CFTC
With two months to go before the election, the U.S.-regulated platform may now get a sliver of the 2024 political betting bonanza that's been dominated by crypto-based rival P...
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Protocol Village: Skale Partners With Atari Co-Founder's Moxy; 'MarketingFi' Project Cookie3 Launches Venture Labs
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Sept. 5-11.
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Is Bitcoin Losing Its Bullish Momentum?
BTC's 200-day SMA is close to losing its bullish momentum. TradingView data shows that the gauge has averaged a daily increase of less than $50 since late August, well below t...
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CoinDesk Markets Week in Review
CoinDesk Indices presents notable data insights from the week, followed by additional analysis from Julien Vallet, CEO of Finst.
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Bitcoin Pumps, Then Dumps Below $54K as Jobs Report Spurs Crypto Volatility
The price swing liquidated nearly $50 million of leveraged derivatives positions across all cryptocurrencies in one hour, CoinGlass data shows.
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Galaxy’s $30m Offer to Rhodium, Bitmain’s ASIC Surplus, Bitcoin Mining (in Space!), and…Tokenized Nicotine?
In this week’s news roundup, Will and Colin discuss Rhodium’s option to borrow $30m from Galaxy to help with its Chapter 11 restructuring, as well as a Blockspace investigatio...
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U.S. Added 142K Jobs in August, Likely Setting Stage for 25 Basis Point Rate Cut
The bitcoin price rose 1% just after the numbers hit, but remains lower by about 5% from one week ago.
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Coinbase, Robinhood Upgraded by Barclays Analyst, Citing 'Matured' Business Models
Both stocks opened the day higher after the British bank published its upgrade overnight.
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'Blurt' Developer Thinks Crypto Makes for Better Donations to Twitch Streamers
Inside life at the mtnDAO hacker house.
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CFTC Pleads With Judge to Block Kalshi Election Contracts for 14 Days
The agency says it can't make "an informed decision" about whether to appeal the judge's decision in Kalshi's favor until it knows her as-yet-unpublished rationale.
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How Might Donald Trump's Crypto Token Fit Into Regulations?
As with everything else, it depends.
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Kalshi Cleared to Offer Congressional Prediction Markets in Victory Against CFTC
With two months to go before the election, the U.S.-regulated platform may now get a sliver of the 2024 political betting bonanza that's been dominated by crypto-based rival P...
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Ripple Co-Founder Among Kamala Harris' New Corporate Endorsers
Chris Larsen's endorsement comes as Ripple has emerged as one of the biggest donors in the 2024 U.S. elections, though his choice may be at odds with the company CEO's support...
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Prosecutors Tell NY Court They Didn’t Renege on FTX Exec Ryan Salame’s Plea Deal
Salame and his lawyers knew his guilty plea would not resolve the criminal investigation into his partner, Michelle Bond, prosecutors told the judge.
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Visa and Santander Selected by Brazil’s Central Bank for a Second Phase of CBDC Pilot
In May 2023, the BCB selected 14 participants for the first phase of the pilot.