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BTC price, FMA May 17 2024 (CoinDesk)

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Regains $66K Following Bullish ETF Data

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for May 17, 2024.

By Jamie Crawley Omkar Godbole

May 17, 2024 at 12:05 p.m. UTC

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How MIT Brothers Allegedly Cheated a Noxious-But-Accepted Ethereum Practice for $25M

First came "The Bait." In an indictment, U.S. prosecutors detailed the incredibly complicated Ethereum exploit – in which attackers targeted the controversial area of "maximal...

By Margaux Nijkerk

May 16, 2024 at 4:48 p.m. UTC

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Phemex Promises Market-Beating Borrowing Rates With Its New Lending Protocol, Elevates Engagement to New Heights With Pulse Season 3

Sponsored by Phemex

Apr 22, 2024 at 3:41 p.m. UTC

Dolce & Gabbana Sued for Messing Up Delivery of Its NFTs: Bloomberg

The company promoted the NFTs telling customers that buying the DGFamily NFTs would grant them access to various digital rewards, the complaint alleges.

By Amitoj Singh

May 17, 2024 at 12:20 p.m. UTC

Institutions Still Skeptical of a Near-Term Bitcoin Price Rally, CME Options Data Show

The higher implied volatility for short-dated puts suggests investors are willing to pay a premium for downside protection, CF Benchmarks said.

By Omkar Godbole

May 17, 2024 at 6:45 a.m. UTC

U.S. Senate Votes to Kill SEC's Crypto Accounting Policy, Testing Biden's Veto Threat

A dozen Democrats joined 48 Republicans in voting to repeal SAB 121.

By Jesse Hamilton Nikhilesh De

May 16, 2024 at 4:49 p.m. UTC

Ether Bears Hit a Brick Wall as Price Collides With Bull-Market Trendline

Ether's sell-off has stalled at an upward-sloping trendline, characterizing the rally from October lows.

By Omkar Godbole

May 17, 2024 at 10:43 a.m. UTC

Fantom Outperforms CoinDesk 20 Over Past Week as TVL Jumps

FTM has gained 13% in the last week, and total value locked in Fantom briefly hit $200 million.

By Sam Reynolds

May 17, 2024 at 7:43 a.m. UTC

5m ago

Binance Exec Tigran Gambaryan Denied Bail by Nigerian Court

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)

13m ago

Turkey Tables Crypto Bill in Parliament, Aims to Bring Crypto Licensing to the Country

Turkish Flag Turkey (Unsplash)

33m ago

Dolce & Gabbana Sued for Messing Up Delivery of Its NFTs: Bloomberg

40m ago

Hong Kong Expands Cross-Border Digital Yuan Trial, Allows Residents to Set Up E-CNY Wallets

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

49m ago

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Regains $66K Following Bullish ETF Data

BTC price, FMA May 17 2024 (CoinDesk)

1h ago

Bitcoin Traders Target $74K Next Week as BTC Spot ETFs Log Four Days of Inflows

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

2h ago

Ether Bears Hit a Brick Wall as Price Collides With Bull-Market Trendline

Ether's price decline appears to have hit a brick wall. (Pexels/Pixabay)

2h ago

Ether Could Surprise to the Upside in the Coming Months, Coinbase Says

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. (CoinDesk)

5h ago

Fantom Outperforms CoinDesk 20 Over Past Week as TVL Jumps

(CoinDesk Indices)

Today at 6:45 AM UTC

Institutions Still Skeptical of a Near-Term Bitcoin Price Rally, CME Options Data Show

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Yesterday at 10:03 PM UTC

Protocol Village: FLock.io to Merge Decentralized AI Training With Morpheus 'Smart Agents'

Yesterday at 9:08 PM UTC

Biden Order to Halt China-Tied Bitcoin Mine Beside Nuke Base Came as U.S. Firm Just Bought it

(White House, modified by CoinDesk)

Yesterday at 6:37 PM UTC

Coinbase Shares Sink 9% on Report CME to Consider Listing Spot Bitcoin

Shares of Coinbase dropped nearly 8% to $202.49 during U.S. morning hours on Thursday. (Alpha Photo/Flickr)

Yesterday at 6:28 PM UTC

Solana Meme Coin Factory Pump.Fun Compromised by 'Bonding Curve' Exploit

Solana Hacker House in Miami (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Yesterday at 6:22 PM UTC

DTCC, Chainlink Complete Pilot to Accelerate Fund Tokenization with JPMorgan, Templeton, BNY Mellon Participating; LINK Gains 7%

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov speaks at the project's SmartCon conference this week in Barcelona. (Chainlink)

Yesterday at 4:49 PM UTC

U.S. Senate Votes to Kill SEC's Crypto Accounting Policy, Testing Biden's Veto Threat

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Yesterday at 4:48 PM UTC

How MIT Brothers Allegedly Cheated a Noxious-But-Accepted Ethereum Practice for $25M

The exploit on Ethereum allegedly worked by tricking ultra-fast crypto trading bots. (Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk)

Yesterday at 4:04 PM UTC

French Securities Regulator Warns Investors Against Crypto Exchange Bybit

Yesterday at 4:00 PM UTC

U.S. Treasury Says It Wants to Better Money Laundering Regulations Around Crypto, Other Illicit Finance

Deputy Treasury Secretary Adewale Adeyemo (Consensus/ShutterStock)

Yesterday at 4:00 PM UTC

Crypto Custody for Advisors

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Yesterday at 3:26 PM UTC

Crypto Community Voices Outrage at Tornado Cash Developer Verdict

Free Alex Pertsev poster spotted outside the courthouse (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

Yesterday at 3:05 PM UTC

Bitcoin Mining Cost Drops to $45K as Inefficient Miners Exit: JPMorgan

Bitcoin Mining Cost Estimate Drops to $45K as Inefficient Miners Exit: JPMorgan. (Shutterstock)

Yesterday at 2:20 PM UTC

As a Pension Embraces Bitcoin, Hope Grows for Cryptocurrency's Long-Term Prospects Even Among Conservative Pros

(Leland Bobbe/Getty)

Yesterday at 1:31 PM UTC

Miner Hut 8’s Bitcoin Stack Gives it Capital to Pursue Upcoming Projects, Upgrade to Buy: Craig-Hallum

HUT 8 Mining Upgraded to Buy at Craig-Hallum. (hut8.io)

Yesterday at 1:14 PM UTC

Telegram-Based Notcoin Debuts at $1B FDV on Ton Blockchain

Coins (Micheile Henderson/Unsplash)

Yesterday at 1:00 PM UTC

Crypto and DeFi Wallet Firm Fordefi Gets Cover from Insurance Giant Munich Re

The Fordefi team (Fordefi)

Yesterday at 1:00 PM UTC

Leading Crypto-Policy Academic in Washington to Open Disclosure Firm Bluprynt

Christopher Brummer (right) , a professor known for running a prominent financial policy conference in Washington, is starting a crypto disclosure company. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

May 16, 2024

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Tops $66K as Interest-Rate Cuts Loom

BTC price, FMA May 16 2024 (CoinDesk)

May 16, 2024

India's Market Regulator Suggests Shared Crypto Oversight Even as RBI Seeks Stablecoin Ban: Reuters

May 16, 2024

Ether-Bitcoin Ratio Slides to Lowest Since April 2021. Here's Why

ETH/BTC hits a three-year low. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

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May 16, 2024

Crypto Custody for Advisors

May 16, 2024

What the DOJ’s First MEV Lawsuit Means for Ethereum

May 15, 2024

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DePIN’s Solution to AI’s Biggest Blind Spot

May 15, 2024

Halving Impact and Macro Shifts Create Tailwinds for Bitcoin

May 15, 2024

The Ethereum Staking Opportunity

May 15, 2024

Crypto Old-Head Otoh Talks Casascius Bitcoins, Tax Havens and Old Friends

The pseudonymous investor – early to both Ethereum and Litecoin – has lived large. He is a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival in Austin, Texas, May 29-31.

May 15, 2024

Consensus Magazine

'What Are We Waiting for'? SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Discusses Moving Crypto Regulation Forward

Known for her fiery dissenting opinions, "Crypto Mom" discusses how the SEC operates, why she wants to see crypto thrive and her "Safe Harbor" proposal to allow projects to de...

Apr 10, 2024

Consensus Magazine

Irthu Suresh: Using Blockchain Tech to Reduce Water Shortages

The founder of the Atlantis water exchange is a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival in Austin, Texas, May 29-31.

May 14, 2024

DeFi Gigabrain Tarun Chitra on ETH Staking, Restaking and Why ‘Financial Nihilism' Is a Real Consumer Product

The Gauntlet founder talks about the state of crypto ahead of Consensus 2024.

May 13, 2024

Consensus Magazine

Sergey Nazarov: The Crypto Oracle

Chainlink is where digital assets meet the real world, and Nazarov is predicting TradFi and crypto will become intertwined.

Dec 4, 2023

Consensus Magazine

Ryan Selkis Goes to Washington

Ryan Selkis built a political fundraising machine for crypto that's ready to sway elections in 2024. That's why the Messari founder is one of CoinDesk's Most Influential peopl...

Dec 4, 2023

Markets

BTC price, FMA May 17 2024 (CoinDesk)

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Regains $66K Following Bullish ETF Data

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for May 17, 2024.

May 17, 2024

Bitcoin Traders Target $74K Next Week as BTC Spot ETFs Log Four Days of Inflows

May 17, 2024

Ether Bears Hit a Brick Wall as Price Collides With Bull-Market Trendline

May 17, 2024

Ether Could Surprise to the Upside in the Coming Months, Coinbase Says

May 17, 2024

Finance

Dolce & Gabbana Sued for Messing Up Delivery of Its NFTs: Bloomberg

The company promoted the NFTs telling customers that buying the DGFamily NFTs would grant them access to various digital rewards, the complaint alleges.

May 17, 2024

Coinbase Shares Sink 9% on Report CME to Consider Listing Spot Bitcoin

May 16, 2024

Solana Meme Coin Factory Pump.Fun Compromised by 'Bonding Curve' Exploit

May 16, 2024

DTCC, Chainlink Complete Pilot to Accelerate Fund Tokenization with JPMorgan, Templeton, BNY Mellon Participating; LINK Gains 7%

May 16, 2024

Technology

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Protocol Village: FLock.io to Merge Decentralized AI Training With Morpheus 'Smart Agents'

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 16-22.

May 16, 2024

How MIT Brothers Allegedly Cheated a Noxious-But-Accepted Ethereum Practice for $25M

May 16, 2024

The Protocol: Lido Backers vs EigenLayer

May 15, 2024

Protocol Village: Cyber, Formerly CyberConnect, Unveils Social-Focused Layer 2 on OP Stack

May 15, 2024

Turkey Tables Crypto Bill in Parliament, Aims to Bring Crypto Licensing to the Country

The bill aims to introduce a licensing scheme for crypto firms, which will be handled by the CMB and bring the firms under the regulator's scope.

May 17, 2024

Hong Kong Expands Cross-Border Digital Yuan Trial, Allows Residents to Set Up E-CNY Wallets

The pilot will also allow e-CNY wallets to pay retailers, but not person-to-person transfers.

May 17, 2024

Biden Order to Halt China-Tied Bitcoin Mine Beside Nuke Base Came as U.S. Firm Just Bought it

President Biden's emergency order to halt the Chinese-tied mining on the doorstep of a nuclear-missile base hit days after mining giant CleanSpark struck a deal to buy the pro...

May 16, 2024

U.S. Senate Votes to Kill SEC's Crypto Accounting Policy, Testing Biden's Veto Threat

A dozen Democrats joined 48 Republicans in voting to repeal SAB 121.

May 16, 2024

French Securities Regulator Warns Investors Against Crypto Exchange Bybit

The exchange has been blacklisted by the AMF since May 2022 for non-compliance with French regulations.

May 16, 2024

U.S. Treasury Says It Wants to Better Money Laundering Regulations Around Crypto, Other Illicit Finance

The Department released its 2024 strategy for addressing illicit financing on Thursday.

May 16, 2024