White House adviser Patrick Witt said it’s possible the Clarity Act becomes law by July 4 while Senator Kirsten Gillibrand pushed for an ethics provision in the market structure bill. Consensus Miami 2026 wrapped up with a fiery debate on the role of prediction markets, and a lot otherwise happened at our first conference in…
Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), has fallen more than 35% against Bitcoin (BTC) over the past year, and the downtrend may still have further to go. Key takeaways: ETH may plunge another 40% as it mirrors the 2025 bear trend setup. Rising Ether reserves on Binance, even as Bitcoin reserves decline, add to the case…
Bitcoin (BTC) eyed $81,000 into Sunday’s weekly close as traders saw a fresh support retest next. Key points: Bitcoin preserves $80,000 over the weekend, but traders are waiting for a dip to retest a familiar chart feature. Continuation higher remains the overall consensus for what happens afterward. US CPI data is due out, with Bitcoin…
Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible tokens are surging again, fueling hopes of a broader revival in the battered NFT market as speculative appetite returns across crypto. Floor prices, or the lowest value for the flagship Yuga Labs collection, have climbed from around 5 ETH to 10 ETH over the past month, while apecoin (APE),…
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Senior figures from Google Cloud and PayPal told CoinDesk’s Consensus Miami conference on Thursday that the next wave of internet commerce will run on crypto rails because AI agents structurally cannot use traditional financial accounts. Richard Widmann, global head of Web3 strategy at Google Cloud, said the existing internet user experience…
Bitcoin (BTC) may head into next week’s US inflation report with less support than it had during the last two CPI releases, raising the risk of a pullback toward $70,000. Key takeaways: Cleveland Federal Reserve nowcast projects April headline CPI to rise to 3.56% year over year. BTC’s rising wedge pattern could trigger a decline…
The value of cryptocurrency held by South Korean investors more than halved over the past year, falling from 121.8 trillion won ($83.3 billion) at the end of January 2025 to 60.6 trillion won ($41.4 billion) by the end of February 2026. Daily trading volumes across the country’s five major exchanges, including Upbit, Bithumb, Korbit, Coinone…
Trump Media & Technology Group posted a $405.9 million net loss in the first quarter of 2026, up from $31.7 million a year earlier, amid growing unrealized losses on its crypto holdings. The parent company of Truth Social booked $244 million in unrealized losses on its Bitcoin position and a further $108.2 million in investment…
Passing the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, also known as CLARITY, will help to reshore the crypto industry in the United States, according to Bill Hughes, the senior counsel and director of global regulatory matters at Consensys, a crypto infrastructure company. “The US dollar is the world’s largest fiat on-ramp for cryptocurrency, accounting…
Phong Le, the CEO of Bitcoin treasury company Strategy, outlined conditions in a Friday interview under which the company would sell some of its Bitcoin holdings. The company will sell Bitcoin to pay the dividend on its Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (STRC), a corporate credit instrument that pays an 11.5% dividend to holders,…
