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Opinion

Trusted Autonomy: Why Human-Machine Teams Will Run on Crypto Networks

Blockchains and smart contracts enable autonomous machines to team with humans in healthcare, education, manufacturing, and defense. Those teams will require secure communications, mutual trust, transparent rules, and crypto-economic incentives to set and complete tasks, says Jan Liphardt, founder of OpenMind.

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Policy

Coinbase Granted Significant Advance in Court Clash With Gensler's SEC

A U.S. judge halted the case in which the exchange and SEC are duking it out over an enforcement matter, and will let Coinbase chase a higher-court appeal.

Coinbase CEO Brian Amstrong and SEC Chair Gary Gensler

Tech

Arbitrum Deepens Ties with South Korea's Lotte Group

Lotte’s Caliverse, an AI-driven entertainment experience, is coming to the layer-2 network, allowing web3 users to pay for services with crypto.

The co-founders of Offchain Labs, the firm behind Arbitrum. (Offchain Labs)

Finance

AI Tokens Fail to Mirror 2024's Epic Surge Despite Bullish Nvidia Conference

AI tokens are struggling to perform despite bullish sentiment around AI stocks in traditional markets.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (BagoGames/Flickr)

Markets

Bitcoin’s Potential 'Head and Shoulders' Pattern Points to a Sell-Off to $75K: Godbole

BTC’s latest price drop might be setting the stage for a major bearish reversal pattern.

Ether bears have an upper hand following the trendline break (Shutterstock)

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Agora’s Nick van Eck Is All-In on Stablecoins

The man behind AUSD is a true believer in the critical role that stablecoins can play in emerging markets.

Agora CEO Nick van Eck

Markets

Bitcoin Dips Below $98K as Strong U.S. Economic Data Leads to $300M of Crypto Liquidations

Stronger-than-expected job openings and ISM Services PMI rolled back investor expectations for further rate cuts for this year.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on 01 07 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Correlation Between Bitcoin and U.S. Stocks Reemerges: Van Straten

The renewed correlation poses a short-term risk for bitcoin prices, according to an analyst.

BTCUSD vs SPX (TradingView)

Policy

U.S. CFTC Chair Behnam Makes Departure Official, Stepping Down on Inauguration Day

Like Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, CFTC chief Rostin Behnam will exit his job on the day that Donald Trump takes the oath of office.

Rostin Behnam

Opinion

Why Ether Could Outperform Bitcoin in 2025

There are growing signs that ether is poised to lead its more well-established rival in the new year.

Ethereum Abstract Crystal

Finance

How Ethiopia’s Low Energy Costs Allow BIT Mining to Recycle its Bitcoin Machines

BIT Mining says that its Ethiopia operations create a positive feedback loop with its business in Ohio.

Ethiopian flag (Wesley Tingey, Unsplash)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: POL and LINK Each Fall 3.1% as Index Declines

Bitcoin (BTC) was also among the underperformers, dipping 1.4%.

Tech

Ripple Aims to Boost RLUSD Stablecoin's DeFi Utility with Chainlink Standard

Chainlink will provide crucial pricing data for Ripple's U.S. dollar stablecoin on the Ethereum blockchain.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock)

Policy

Gemini Agrees to Pay $5M Settlement in CFTC Case

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Gemini in 2022 for making misleading statements.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

Markets

The Next Wave of Corporate Bitcoin Adoption Seems to Be on Its Way

Multiple public companies have announced a bitcoin strategy, but there has been no acquisition yet.

The next wave of bitcoin corporate adoption is here. (dimitrisvetsikas1969/Pixabay)