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Distributed ledger technology could offer more direct access to financial markets, according to EU lawmakers hoping to trial this theory in the coming months. (Alistair Berg/Getty Images)
Bye-bye Brokers: EU Tries Stock Trading, the Web3 Way
A new European trial of blockchain-based securities trading is a “very good thing” for crypto fans, CoinDesk was told – but some worry it’s overcautious and rigid.
Distributed ledger technology could offer more direct access to financial markets, according to EU lawmakers hoping to trial this theory in the coming months. (Alistair Berg/Getty Images)

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Crypto-Related Stocks Bounce as Bitcoin Retakes $22K
A modest rally in traditional equity markets is helping lift the mood as well.
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New York Stock Exchange trading floor (Shutterstock)
Coinbase Shares Slump With Crypto Prices as Binance.US Starts Zero-Fee BTC Trading
Cryptocurrency prices resumed their slump, hurting Coinbase and related equities.
New York Stock Exchange trading floor (Shutterstock)

Exploring the Bitcoin-Stock Market Decoupling
Exploring the Bitcoin-Stock Market Decoupling
New data suggests first signs of “The Decoupling,” a moment when BTC and equities become negatively correlated to each other. But when will it actually happen? “All About Bitc...
Exploring the Bitcoin-Stock Market Decoupling

When Decoupling? (Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash)
The Bitcoin-Stock Market Decoupling Isn’t Happening Yet, but It Totally Will
When Decoupling? Maybe soon (but probably not).
When Decoupling? (Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash)

Coinbase opened with a $102 billion valuation at its initial public offering. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
Coinbase Shares Plunge as Weak Earnings Prompt Near-Term Caution
Wall Street analysts lowered share-price targets for the crypto exchange after its first quarter earnings report.
Coinbase opened with a $102 billion valuation at its initial public offering. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Galaxy founder Mike Novogratz (Amir Hamja/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Slumping Galaxy Digital Announces Share Repurchase Plan
The stock had dropped 20% earlier this week, when the company reported a first-quarter loss.
Galaxy founder Mike Novogratz (Amir Hamja/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Archegos Capital management owner Bill Hwang was arrested for fraud and conspiracy. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Wall Street’s Latest ‘Market Manipulation’ Scandal Should Be a Wake-Up Call for Crypto
Archegos levered a small basket of equities to the moon before it imploded - and took big stocks down with it. Similarly overlooked risks in crypto could leave traders holding...
Archegos Capital management owner Bill Hwang was arrested for fraud and conspiracy. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Crypto investors may be in for rough sailing as interest rates rise. Charles Turner's "A Shipwreck," 1805, from the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Will Rising Interest Rates Sink the Crypto Ecosystem?
Competition for capital is clobbering speculative investments like tech stocks. Digital assets have held up comparatively well – so far.
Crypto investors may be in for rough sailing as interest rates rise. Charles Turner's "A Shipwreck," 1805, from the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

As markets swoon in the face of the Federal Reserve's renewed effort to tackle inflation, some crypto analysts are already calling the U.S. central bank's bluff. (Unsplash)
Fed's Hawkish Pivot May Not Last, Bitcoin Analysts Say
The Fed might not act as decisively in tightening monetary policy if financial stability concerns start to outweigh the risk of fast inflation.
As markets swoon in the face of the Federal Reserve's renewed effort to tackle inflation, some crypto analysts are already calling the U.S. central bank's bluff. (Unsplash)