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Could Bitcoin Become DeFi’s Collateral of Choice? Lombard Finance Says So

Lombard Finance aims to produce a yield-bearing bitcoin token, and potentially unleash a new wave of liquidity into the DeFi ecosystem.

Lombard Finance co-founder Jacob Philips. (Credit: Lombard Finance)

Finance

Aptos Labs CEO Mo Shaikh Quits; Avery Ching to Take His Place

The Aptos co-founder is sticking around as a strategic adviser, though.

Mo Shaikh (Aptos Labs)

Opinion

AI Agents Could Form Nation on Crypto Rails

Agentic experiments this year mean that an AI network state may not be far away, says Youbi Capital’s Ivo Entchev.

(Project 89)

Markets

Bitcoin Dips Below $96K While CoinDesk 20 Plunges 10% Amid Fed-Spurred Rout; SOL Surrenders Post-Election Rally

Fed Chair Jerome Powell's hawkish comments Wednesday on rate cuts have rattled investors across asset classes.

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index on Dec. 19 (CoinDesk)

Opinion

The Ownership Paradox: Why Blockchain Games Have Betrayed Digital Property Rights

Digital asset ownership is both a defining feature of blockchain games and a significant barrier, reflecting the complexities of blockchain gaming’s evolution.

Mavis Marketplace (Emfarsis)

Opinion

2025 Will Be the Year of Decentralization: 5 Predictions

Bitcoin and other decentralized technologies such as DePIN will really come into their own in 2025, forecasts the COO of Unstoppable Domains.

Crystal Ball, Prediction

Opinion

Bitcoin in Bhutan: Charting Its Own Course of Economic Development

Bhutan is one of the largest sovereign holders of bitcoin. Hyla Fund’s Paola Origel visits and finds a small landlocked country punching above its weight.

(Brick Visual, Atchain, BIG)

Policy

El Salvador to Shut or Sell Chivo Crypto Wallet as Part of $3.5B IMF Deal

The country's concessions include that taxes must be paid in U.S. dollars, not bitcoin, and bitcoin acceptance will be made voluntary in the private sector.

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador (Ulises Rodriguez/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images).

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: AVAX Declines 3.7% as Index Trades Lower

Internet Computer also fell 3.7%, joining Avalanche as a top underperformer.

Finance

More Than Half of Crypto Tokens Debuted in 2024 Were Malicious: Blockaid

As much as $1.4 billion was lost to crypto scams and fraud in 2024, said the security firm.

(Unsplash+)

Finance

Founder of DeFi Giant Curve Gets Liquidated Again as CRV Slumps

Curve founder Michael Egorov played down the $882,000 liquidation on X.

Curve founder Michael Egorov was liquidated, again. (Michael Egorov, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Razzlekhan's Husband, the Bitfinex Hacker, Makes First Public Statement Since Arrest

In a video posted to X, Ilya Lichtenstein reiterates he acted alone in stealing 120,000 bitcoin, denying a Netflix documentary's speculation.

Ilya Lichtenstein (Alexandria Sheriff's Office)

Markets

VIX's Second-Largest Spike in History Indicates a Local Bottom for Bitcoin: Van Straten

The VIX jumped 74% yesterday after a 25bps rate cut and a hawkish outlook from Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

BTC: Price (Glassnode)

Policy

Craig Wright Receives Suspended Jail Sentence for Contempt of Court

Wright's suit for intellectual property rights related to bitcoin violated a court order imposed after his claim to be bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto was ruled to be false.

Craig Wright heading to COPA trial on March 1  (Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 Buys $100M BTC Boosting Total Total Stash to $1B

The miner bought about 990 bitcoin for average price of around $101,710 each.

Mining rig. (Shutterstock)