Markets

DeFi Market Rebounds to $50B as Speculators Hunt for Yield

An uptick across Solana-based protocols coupled with more than $700 million in deposits to Blast has fueled growth of the value locked in decentralized finance.

By Oliver Knight

Dec 5, 2023 at 10:46 a.m. UTC

Dec 5, 2023

Coinbase's Rally Still Has Legs, Chart Analyst Says

Shares in the cryptocurrency exchange have rallied nearly 300% this year, and the latest chart pattern suggests further gains could still be in the offing.

By Omkar Godbole

Dec 5, 2023 at 8:42 a.m. UTC

Dec 5, 2023

BIGTIME, ORDI Tokens Lead Nearly $250M in Altcoin Liquidations

Altcoins futures took a hit Monday as sudden volatility liquidated both longs and shorts, causing unusually high liquidations on some lesser-known tokens.

By Shaurya Malwa

Dec 5, 2023 at 7:58 a.m. UTC

Dec 5, 2023

Early Ether Investor Moves Nearly $90M ETH to Kraken

Moving to an exchange could suggest the investor is likely to sell the asset for stablecoins or other tokens.

By Shaurya Malwa

Dec 5, 2023 at 6:46 a.m. UTC

Dec 5, 2023

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BTC's price chart (CoinDesk/TradingView)

Bitcoin Market-Neutral Bets Offer 10% Return as BTC Tops $41K, Analysts Say

Dec 4, 2023

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Bitcoin supera los 42.000 dólares a medida que el mercado criptográfico se recupera a niveles anteriores a Terra

Dec 3, 2023

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Bitcoin Tops $42K as Crypto Market Recovers to Pre-Terra Levels

Dec 3, 2023

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Avalanche, Helium Lead Monthly Crypto Gains as Bullish Bitcoin Consolidation Spurs Altcoin Season Call

Dec 1, 2023

Opinion

Liquid Staking Tokens Are a Hot Ticket for 2024

By Marcin Kazmierczak

Nov 29, 2023

Why On-Chain Transaction Is the Key Blockchain Indicator

By Todd Groth, CFA

Nov 22, 2023

(TechCrunch/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Does Worldcoin Need a Reevaluation? Understanding Sam Altman’s Crypto-AI-UBI Experiment

By Daniel Kuhn

Nov 20, 2023

News

Johnny Carson making a prediction as "Carnac the Magnificent" (Getty Images)

Market Sees 59% Odds Sam Bankman-Fried Is Found Guilty on All Charges – But There's a Catch

By Marc Hochstein

Nov 2, 2023

Inflation remains high. (Jeffrey Coolidge)

Bitcoin Surges to All-Time Highs in Turkey and Nigeria

By Shaurya Malwa

Oct 27, 2023

Bitcoin Is Up 100% This Year. It's Not Just Because of Spot BTC ETF Hype

By Krisztian Sandor

Oct 25, 2023

Unmute

SEC's Crypto Enforcement Actions in 2023

Dec 4, 2023

CoinDesk's Most Influential list, a ranking of the 50 people who defined 2023 in crypto, includes U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler.