Bitcoin’s BTC$92,067.73 drop to just above $91,000 may be encountering technical gravity as an unfilled CME gap remains just below current prices. The gap was created over the weekend after CME bitcoin futures closed on Friday near $90,600 and reopened on Sunday evening around $91,600. CME bitcoin futures are cash-settled contracts designed to track the…
Digital asset treasury company Metaplanet (3350) rose 4% in Tokyo on Wednesday after index provider MSCI decided not to exclude firms building cryptocurrency stockpiles from its global indexes. Metaplanet is now up 20% since the start of the year. The rally means company is valued at a premium to its bitcoin holdings, with a multiple…
Binance Futures, the derivatives arm of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, will launch silver perpetual contracts on Wednesday, enabling crypto traders to place leveraged bets on 2025’s standout precious metal. Perpetual futures contracts, or “perps,” are derivative instruments that let traders bet on an asset’s price without owning it and without expiration…
Bitcoin BTC$92,549.18 traders may want to add the Japanese yen (JPY) to their list of related markets, moving beyond the dollar index, as the connection between the cryptocurrency and the yen has hit a record high over the last 90 days. The 90-day correlation coefficient between BTC and Pepperstone’s JPY index has risen to 0.86,…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company’s next-generation Vera Rubin platform is already in “full production,” unveiling fresh details at the CES tech event in Las Vegas about hardware that he says can deliver five times the artificial-intelligence computing of Nvidia’s previous systems. Rubin is expected to arrive later this year and is aimed squarely…
XRP slid to $2.27 after breaking below $2.32 support, but a high-volume flush into $2.21 drew bids and stabilized the move — leaving traders focused on whether the bounce can reclaim $2.31-$2.32 or if the market remains stuck in a descending channel. News background XRP traders are weighing a short-term breakdown in spot price against…
For much of 2025, a simple rule held: if a new token hit the market, its price probably went down. Data from Memento Research, which tracked 118 token generation events last year, shows that roughly 85% are now trading below their initial valuations. The median token is down more than 70% from where it started….
Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas. Crypto markets are starting the year in recalibration mode rather than retreat,…
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee is inching closer to agreement on a bipartisan crypto market structure bill, with a vote next week, its chairman said, as industry insiders prepare for a blitz of the Senate offices on Thursday. Republicans on the committee are exhibiting wide confidence that their finish line is near on the lengthy…
Shares of Strategy (MSTR) rose nearly 6% in post-market trading on Tuesday after MSCI said it would not move forward—for now—with plans to exclude digital asset treasury firms from its indexes. The move eases immediate pressure on companies like Strategy, which hold large amounts of bitcoin BTC$93,378.26 on their balance sheets but don’t directly operate…
