Daniel Cawrey

Daniel Cawrey has been a contributor to CoinDesk since 2013. He has written two books on the crypto space, including 2020’s “Mastering Blockchain” from O'Reilly Media. His new book, “Understanding Crypto,” arrives in 2023.

Daniel Cawrey

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Plunges to $30.3K as Options Traders Bet on Sub-$800 Ether

Bitcoin’s huge sell-off by over $8,000 in the past 24 hours while options traders clearly are betting that ether is overvalued.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Crosses $41.9K as Ether Futures Interest Grows 85% So Far in 2021

Bitcoin hit a brand-new all-time high as traders are piling into ether futures.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Reaches $40.3K While DeFi Value Locked Inflates to Over $22B

Bitcoin’s price crested an all-time high $40,000 mark while DeFi total value locked hits a new record on market fervor.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Blows Past $36.1K While Traders Clamor for Ether Options

Bitcoin hit another all-time high today while ether traders are paying royally to get in on the options action.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Breaks $34K as Ether Futures Interest Jumps $350M in a Day

Bitcoin breaks $34K while ether futures continue to gain steam.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Briefly Drops Close to $28K as Ether Futures Heat Up

Profit-taking helped lead bitcoin lower Monday while more investors are eyeing ether with great interest.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hovers Around $27K While ETH/BTC Pair Goes Bullish

Bitcoin takes a break after record price-setting Sunday while some traders are plowing BTC into ETH.

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SEC Disapproves BOX Security's Request to Report Stock Trading Data on Ethereum Blockchain

BOX proposed a rule change to the SEC for using the Ethereum blockchain to record and publishing end-of-day securities ownership balances.

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Whale Sightings Become Scarce, Removing Downward Pressure on Bitcoin: Analyst

Big bitcoin balance holders, or "whales," are moving less crypto onto exchanges, signaling some reduction of sell-side pressure, according to CryptoQuant.

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XRP Is a Crypto Asset in Japan, Not a Security, Ripple Partner SBI Claims

The SBI Holdings statement refers to a research article by Sadakazu Osaki of the Nomura Research Institute indicating that under Japanese law XRP is a "cryptocurrency asset" and not a security.

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