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Policy

Eight U.S. Blockchain Lobby Groups Unite Ahead of Trump's Crypto Friendly Regime

The Texas Blockchain Council is optimistic about Trump’s comeback — but miners may face new difficulties in Texas.

Lee Bratcher (Texas Blockchain Council)

Opinion

Good Riddance to Gary Gensler

Passing the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act into law would establish a responsible new regulatory framework that clearly defines the role of the SEC and the CFTC, says Rep. Mike Lawler, a member of the House Financial Services Committee.

Congress

CoinDesk Indices

Still Learning After All These Years

CoinDesk Indices’ Andy Baehr on grass roots crypto adoption and paying forward the “gimmick.”

Markets

MicroStrategy Targeting $2B Perpetual Preferred Stock Offering: Benchmark

Benchmark hosted an investor meeting with MicroStrategy’s executive chairman Michael Saylor.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Credit: CoinDesk/Danny Nelson)

Policy

UK Appoints Emma Reynolds as Economic Secretary to Oversee Crypto

Emma Reynolds was appointed as the new economic secretary following the resignation of Tulip Siddiq.

Emma Reynolds, new Economic Secretary

CoinDesk Indices

How to Ensure Blockchains Are Really Decentralized

Decentralization is fundamental to blockchain technology, offering resilience and resistance to censorship, but is the industry focused on the right incentives to drive decentralization? By Pablo Larguía

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Policy

U.S. Prosecutors Ask Court to Green-Light Return of 95,000 Stolen Bitcoin to Bitfinex

The remaining 25,000 bitcoins stolen in the 2016 hack must be returned through a more complex claims process.

Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty with wife Heather Morgan in the plundering of Bitfinex, is now testifying against the mixer he used. (Alexandria Sheriff's Office)

Markets

Germany's Boerse Stuttgart Says Crypto Accounts for 25% of Its Revenue as Trading Volume Triples

The exchange, which now boasts over one million crypto trading clients, has been expanding its cryptocurrency offerings since 2019.

Stuttgart Stock Exchange, owner of Boerse Stuttgart Digital (Boerse Stuttgart)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

ARC’s Elroy Cheo on How Asia Is Doing Web3 Differently

The co-founder of the exclusive Web3 community argues that Asia is uniquely positioned to lead the next phase of NFT innovation.

ARC co-founder Elroy Cheo

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: XLM Gains 9.8% as All Assets Trade Higher

Hedera (HBAR) joined Stellar (XLM) as a top performer, gaining 7% from Tuesday.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2025-01-15: leaders chart

Markets

Unexpected Decline in Core CPI Sends Bitcoin Price Higher

Bitcoin has been consolidating in a range 10%-15% below record highs as investors largely tempered expectations of further interest rate cuts.

Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation (Maria Lin Kim/Unsplash)

News Analysis

Crypto's U.S. Banking Problem Likely Among the First Things Tackled Under Trump

From the debanking crisis to the SEC's crypto accounting standards, the blockade between the digital assets sector and banks may be an easy target.

SEC GOP contingent

Markets

Bitcoin Caught Up in a Macro-Driven Sell-Off, May Fall Further: Standard Chartered

There is a danger that forced or panic selling could lead to further bitcoin weakness and a break below $90K could lead to a 10% retracement, the report said.

(Getty Images)

Markets

Corporate Bitcoin Adoption Forges Ahead as More Listed Firms Ride the Wave

In the last few weeks, four firms have announced bitcoin purchases, while seven companies announced a strategy, but no acquisition.

Bitcoin Corporate Treasury Adoption (Shutterstock)

Markets

Stalled Stablecoin Supply Casts Doubt on BTC's Bullish Recovery as U.S. Inflation Report Looms

The combined supply of top four stablecoins has stabilized with barely any change over the 30-day period.

Stablecoin inflows have stalled ahead of the CPI report.(sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)