CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 1982.06, down 0.6% (-12.51) since 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday. One of 20 assets is trading higher. Leaders: ICP (+1.5%) and BTC (+0.0%). Laggards: AAVE (-3.6%) and XLM (-2.7%)….
CoreWeave (CRWV) and Meta (META) have broadened their existing partnership, originally valued at up to $14.2 billion, with a new agreement worth around $21 billion. As part of the deal, CoreWeave will supply dedicated cloud capacity to Meta through 2032, helping power the development and rollout of its AI technologies. The infrastructure will span multiple…
The crypto market remains pinned just below its early-February ceiling, with bitcoin BTC$71,307.30 hovering at $71,200 and ether (ETH) trading at $2,185. The sideways crawl comes despite a risk-on boost from the recent US-Iran ceasefire, leaving analysts sharply divided on the next leg. Bloomberg’s Mike McGlone said this week that BTC needs to reclaim $75,000…
Strategy’s (MSTR) perpetual preferred stock “Stretch” (STRC) traded roughly $333 million in volume on Wednesday, marking its seventh highest daily volume since debuting in July 2025. Despite the heavy activity, STRC remained tightly anchored around its $100 par value throughout the session. This stability prompted executive chairman Michael Saylor to remark, “one penny of volatility,…
It’s no surprise that Iran is now accepting cryptocurrency payments from cargo ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Experts in blockchain criminality say this move fits perfectly with Tehran’s existing sanctions‑skirting trade networks. Iran’s crypto tolls have now been confirmed via recent comments from a spokesperson for Iran’s Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters’…
The U.S. government is making its clearest case yet that betting on sports can be regulated as finance, not gambling. In a filing late Tuesday, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Department of Justice asked a federal court to block Arizona from enforcing its gambling laws against prediction market operator Kalshi. The agencies argue that…
XRP dropped back toward $1.33 after failing to hold recent gains, with selling pressure still outweighing buying even as inflows turned slightly positive. The move suggests rallies are being used to exit positions, not build new ones, keeping the broader structure weak. News Background Ripple-linked products saw $3.32M in ETF inflows, marking a shift from…
Bitcoin traded at $70,981 on Thursday, down 0.5% over 24 hours but still up 6.1% on the week, as the two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran that triggered Tuesday’s broad rally began showing cracks less than 48 hours after it was announced. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said three clauses of the ceasefire…
A top Bitcoin developer says he’s built something the community has debated for years but never actually produced: a way to rescue ordinary wallets if the network is ever forced to defend itself against a quantum computer. in the face of quantum adversary, a commonly discussed emergency soft fork for Bitcoin would be to disable…
Pharos Network, a layer 1 blockchain focused on tokenized real-world assets, said it raised $44 million in a Series A round led by a mix of traditional finance and crypto investors. Backers include Sumitomo Corporation’s venture arm, SNZ Holding, Chainlink and Flow Traders, along with unnamed financial institutions the firm described as “giants in global…
