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Finance

Michael Saylor’s $200 Trillion Bitcoin Strategy: U.S. BTC Domination and Immortality

Strategy Executive Chair Michael Saylor discusses a U.S. Bitcoin strategic reserve, why securities holders keep him sleepless, and his own economic immortality.

Strategy Chair Michael Saylor portrait

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Falls 1.9%, Leading Index Lower

Aave (AAVE) was also among the underperformers, declining 1.9%.

Finance

Derivatives Trading Giant CME Group to Test Tokenization with Google Cloud

The company aims to modernize financial markets through asset tokenization using Google Cloud Universal Ledger.

CME Group Headquarters (CoinDesk Archives)

Tech

Hyperliquid Eases Token Transfers for DeFi With Integration Between HyperCore and HyperEVM

Moving assets between blockchains or within their layer 2 services isn’t always seamless, but Hyperliquid’s update makes the process easy for users and developers.

Liquid.  (smoms_photography/Pixabay)

Opinion

If You’re in Crypto, Pivot to AI Now

Let’s face it: artificial intelligence is the real change-agent in the world. We can cling to the idea that speculative tokens are retail products, or embrace crypto's supporting role as excellent technology in service of AI, says Steven Waterhouse.

(Steven Waterhouse)

Markets

BlackRock, Securitize Expand $1.7B Tokenized Money Market Fund BUIDL to Solana

The fund now has $1.7 billion in assets and is spread across seven different blockchains as BlackRock expands its presence in the crypto space.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin's $12B Quarterly Options Expiry Unlikely to Cause Major Market Reaction, Deribit Says

Key indicators such as BTC's implied volatility index and funding rates point to subdued volatility expectations.

Deribit: BTC's quarterly options expiry. (Deribit Metrics)

Finance

Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Confirms Dollar Stablecoin Plans With BitGo

The USD1 token will be fully backed by U.S. government securities and cash, with BitGo providing custody services for the reserves.

President Donald Trump (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Markets

KULR Technology Buys Another 56 Bitcoin for $5M, Takes Holdings to 668 BTC

The company's average acquisition cost is now roughly $97,300 per bitcoin.

KULR expands bitcoin holdings to 510 BTC (Jacco Rienks, Unsplash)

Markets

EToro Files for IPO After Crypto Drives 2024 Revenue Surge

The trading platform is aiming to raise up to $400 million at a valuation of roughly $4.5 billion.

A magnifying glass over Etoro logo

Markets

Custodia, Vantage Bank Tokenize U.S. Dollar Demand Deposits on Ethereum

They conducted a series of eight regulated test transactions, involving minting, transferring, and redeeming Avit tokens under full U.S. banking compliance.

CDCROP: Custodia Bank CEO Caitlin Long on CoinDesk TV's "All About Bitcoin." (CoinDesk TV)

Markets

XRP's Bull Run May Be Finished. $3 Is the Level for Bulls to Beat: Technical Analysis

XRP's price struggles to build momentum on the SEC news, with key indicators warning of a bearish shift in trend.

XRP's momentum indicators have taken a turn for the worse. (Aperture/Pixabay)

Markets

Binance Offboards Market Maker That It Said Made $38M Profit on MOVE Listing

The entity was offboarded on March 18, and Movement Labs and Movement Foundation teams were informed of the “irregularities with their market maker.”

A pair of hands resting on a keyboard with an iPad showing graphs and price quotes. (Kanchanara/Unsplash)

Markets

STRF or STRK? Comparing Strategy’s Preferred Stock Offerings

The STRF sale is scheduled to close later on Tuesday, with Strategy raising approximately $711 million in net proceeds.

Strategy CEO Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

Markets

BlackRock to List Bitcoin ETP in Europe in First Crypto Foray Outside U.S.

BlackRock's IBIT is by far the largest of the 12 spot bitcoin ETFs listed in the U.S., with net assets of over $50 billion.

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)