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Markets

Crypto Adds Unsavory Footnote to Dreadful 2022: Year of the Rug Pull

Fraudsters deployed over 117,000 scam tokens from January through Dec. 1, a 41% increase over the full 2021, according to study from Solidus Labs.

(Robert Levonyan/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Federal Judge Releases Bankman-Fried on $250M Bond

The bond was secured by his parent's Palo Alto house, where he was told he could stay.

Sam Bankman-Fried sale del tribunal federal en la ciudad de Nueva York. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Popsicle Heats Up as Bitcoin Stays Cold

Top crypto assets hold steady as stocks get pre-holiday bounce.

DeFi project Popsicle’s ICE token tripled in value. (Sheri Silver/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Trades Sideways as Stocks Get Pre-Holiday Bounce

The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has been moving sideways in a range between $16,700 and $16,900 in the past 24 hours as traders grappled with an uncertain market outlook for next year.

Price chart shows bitcoin was trading sideways on Wednesday. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: More FTX Fallout as Traders Turn Defensive

Top assets in the crypto market hold steady.

(Charl Folscher/Unsplash)

Consensus Magazine

4th Quarter Market Outlook: The CoinDesk Digitization Index (DTZ)

Digitization protocols making up the DTZ lost a combined 24% over the period.

CHART: DTZ vs CMIX (CoinDesk Indices)

Consensus Magazine

4th Quarter Market Outlook: The CoinDesk Culture & Entertainment Index (CNE)

Among the constituent indexes making up our main market measure (CMIX), the CNE performed worst, losing 35% over the period.

CHART: CNE vs CMIX (CoinDesk Indices)

Consensus Magazine

4th Quarter Market Outlook: The CoinDesk Computing Index (CPU)

Computing protocols lost a combined 21% over the period, with Mask Network the best performer and JasmyCoin the worst.

CHART: CPU vs CMIX (CoinDesk Indices)

Consensus Magazine

4th Quarter Market Outlook: The CoinDesk DeFi Index (DCF)

DeFi was a big winner and loser following FTX's collapse. The dYdX decentralized exchange was the best performer over the period.

CHART: DCF vs CMIX (CoinDesk Indices)

Consensus Magazine

4th Quarter Market Outlook: The CoinDesk Smart Contract Platform Index (SMT)

Smart contract performance was mixed. Optimism gained 17%. Solana dropped precipitously in the wake of the FTX implosion.

CHART: SMT vs CMIX (CoinDesk Indices)