The crypto market extended its narrow trading range into Tuesday, restricted by a low volume and a low-liquidity environment. Daily trading volume for bitcoin BTC$87,798.45 fell by 25% to $35 billion over the past 24 hours and ether ETH$2,904.78 volume shrank 21% to $24.6 billion. A decline in volatility can be attributed to general crypto…
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 2688.53, down 1.8% (-47.97) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday. Two of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: LTC (+1.3%) and APT (+0.3%). Laggards: POL (-4.0%) and ICP (-3.9%)….
Bitcoin BTC$88,117.95 traded under the $88,500 level in early-week trading as crypto markets softened heading into a pivotal stretch for global risk assets, marked by Federal Reserve policy decision and a heavy slate of Big Tech earnings. The largest cryptocurrency traded around $88,400 during Asian hours, modestly lower on the day and down roughly 4%…
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), an independent government body acting as the national corporate regulator, has identified regulatory gaps in fast-growing fintech areas, especially digital assets. The regulator’s new report titled “Key issues outlook 2026” released Tuesday expressed concerns that consumers are exposed to the rapidly expanding and unlicensed crypto, payments and artificial…
Decentralized betting platform Polymarket has listed contracts tied to Volmex’s bitcoin BTC$88,275.03 and ether ETH$2,926.79 volatility indices, opening the door for anyone to wager on market swings this year. The two contracts, “What will the Bitcoin Volatility Index hit in 2026?’ and “What will the Ethereum Volatility Index hit in 2026?” went live on Monday…
BlackRock (BLK) is moving deeper into the cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF) market with a plan to offer income from bitcoin BTC$88,420.53 exposure. The world’s largest asset manager, with an estimated $12.5 trillion in assets under management, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a Form S-1 to list the iShares Bitcoin Premium Income…
The Senate Agriculture Committee postponed the markup hearing for its crypto market structure bill, previously planned for Tuesday afternoon, by two days. The committee intended to let lawmakers debate amendments and vote on its version of the bill, which aims to define how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission can oversee crypto markets, but a once-in-a-decade…
Silver is now a front-page asset on Hyperliquid, highlighting a subtle shift in how crypto derivatives venues are being used as bitcoin struggles to find direction. The SILVER-USDC contract has become one of Hyperliquid’s most active markets, trading around $110 during Asia hours and posting roughly $994 Million in 24-hour volume. Open interest sits near…
ARK Invest, the asset management firm led by Cathie Wood, has filed with U.S. regulators to launch two new cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that would track the CoinDesk 20 — a benchmark of the most liquid digital assets, including bitcoin, ether, solana, XRP and cardano. Rather than holding crypto directly, the proposed ETFs would rely…
Jefferies, a Wall Street investment bank, said maturing blockchain infrastructure and incremental regulatory progress are laying the groundwork for a new wave of tokenization by institutions in traditional finance (TradFi). Broad adoption, however, depends on having clear U.S. market structure rules, it said. The bank pointed to the draft Digital Asset Market Clarity Act as…
