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Finance

Digital Currency Group’s Barry Silbert Bets Big on AI Blockchain Bittensor

Barry Silbert will be the CEO of Yuma, a new DCG company focused on incubating and building new businesses within Bittensor’s decentralized AI ecosystem.

DCG chief Barry Silbert (DCG)

Policy

Former FTX CTO Gary Wang Won’t Have to Serve Prison Time, Judge Rules

Wang was one of the key cooperating witnesses with U.S. prosecutors in Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial, earning him a “world of credit,” a judge said on Wednesday.

FTX co-founder Gary Wang, center, near the federal courthouse in Manhattan as he was set to testify again on Oct. 10, 2023 (Victor Chen/CoinDesk)

Opinion

DeFi’s Renaissance

Pro-crypto legislation could allow DeFi to potentially connect with mainstream financial systems, says Toe Bautista.

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Policy

Miners Going Nuclear: A Symbiotic Synergy

Beyond the increasing proliferation of bitcoin within investment portfolios, mining operations have become a focus of a new wave of mergers and acquisitions on Wall Street, says Taylor Krystkowiak.

Stack of bitcoin miners

Finance

Juiced USDS Yields Woo Solana Traders to Sky's Stablecoin

Sky's Solana rollout has been a smashing success. Will it last?

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CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: ADA Gains 10.1% as Index Continues Higher

Stellar was also among the top performers, adding 6.5% from Tuesday.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-11-20: leaders

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Hits New Highs as ETF Options Traders Go Degen

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for November 20, 2024.

Bitcoin price on Nov. 20 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Memecoin Launchpad GraFun Expands to Ethereum to Clinch New Users

Expanding to Ethereum will help GraFun capture newer audiences, tap into higher liquidity for meme issuances and increase the platform’s visibility among crypto traders.

(GraFun)

Markets

Bitcoin ETF Options Introduction Marks Milestone, Despite Position Limits

BlackRock’s IBIT was the first U.S. spot bitcoin ETF to launch with options tied to it. The rest of the pack comes later Wednesday.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

Markets

MicroStrategy Upsizes Debt Offering to $2.6B; Breaks Into Top 100 U.S. Public Companies by Market Cap

The company's stock is now up over 500% year-to-date, approaching a $100 billion market cap.

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

Markets

Robinhood Is the Top Crypto Deregulation Trade, Bernstein Says

The broker raised its price target on the stock to $51 from $30 while maintaining its outperform rating on the shares.

Robinhood app on a smartphone (Shutterstock)

Markets

Dogecoin, XRP Trading Volumes Flip Bitcoin’s in South Korea

South Korean traders are known for pushing euphoric rallies on tokens, contributing to buying pressure and possibly influencing prices.

South Korea flag (Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Archax to Offer Tokenized Money Market Funds from State Street, Fidelity International and LGIM

The tokenized assets will initially be made available on Hedera Hashgraph, XRPL and Arbitrum.

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Tech

Mark Zuckerberg Could Teach DAOs Like Compound a Governance Lesson

A $24M "governance attack" led by a whale known as Humpy shows the flaws of a "one token, one vote" system, says security audit firm OpenZeppelin.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 31: Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony from the heads of the largest tech firms on the dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Markets

Pro Crypto Traders Are Leveraging IBIT Options to Bet on BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Doubling to $100: Observers

The bullish sentiment in the IBIT options is consistent with the noticeable activity in the $200,000 bitcoin call trading on Deribit.

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Woo X Adds AI-Powered Trader ‘George AI’ to Its Copy Trade App

Traders can copy “George AI” instead of the best humans on the copy trade leader board, or bet each week on who will win out of man versus machine.

Are human traders becoming obsolete? (Woo X)