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Markets

Bitcoin Rewards App Fold Volatile in Wall Street Debut

The firm, which holds 1,000 BTC, went public on the Nasdaq Wednesday via a SPAC merger.

Fold bitcoin reward app (Fold)

Markets

U.S. Crypto Investors Are Still Piling Into Memecoins Despite the Huge Risks: Kraken

A survey by the crypto exchange showed that 85% of digital asset holders in the U.S. invested in memecoins.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/ Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Eyes U.S. Expansion: Bloomberg

The expansion is driven by optimism about potential regulatory changes under the Trump administration.

Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Binance.US Restores US Dollar Deposits and Withdrawals After Surviving Chokepoint 2.0

Access to fiat services begins Wednesday, and will be gradually rolled out to all eligible customers over the coming days, Binance.US said.

Binance.US Chief Operating Officer Christopher Blodgett (Binance.US)

Markets

Bitcoin Not to Be 'Lumped Together' With Crypto: Czech Central Bank Chief Michl

Ales Michl had previously proposed the Czech National Bank consider bitcoin as a reserve asset.

Czech National Bank's Ales Michl

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Aptos (APT) Surges 16.6% as All Assets Trade Higher

Litecoin (LTC) was also among the top performers, gaining 7.3%.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2025-02-19:

Policy

Private Jets, Political Cash Among $1B in Sam Bankman-Fried's Forfeited Assets: Court

A federal court confirmed the final tally of SBF assets the government staked a claim to, including $606 million in Robinhood stock sales and two private jets.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Wingbits to Launch Satellite to Boost Flight Tracking Accuracy

The Swedish DePIN startup is taking on incumbents like FlightAware and Flightradar24 with a decentralized approach that rewards hobbyist data collectors.

Rocket taking off. (NASA, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Franklin Templeton Brings Tokenized U.S. Treasury Fund to European Investors

The asset manager's U.S.-registered version of the fund Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund has attracted $580 million in assets.

Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton President and CEO, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S.-Sanctioned Countries Such as Iran Leaning Heavily Into Crypto: Chainalysis

A new report from the analytics firm says that sanctioned jurisdictions and groups were responsible for 39% of illicit crypto transactions last year.

Iran

Policy

DeFi Platform MANTRA Secures Dubai License, Expanding Global Reach

The platform recently added Google as a primary validator and infrastructure to its blockchain.

John Patrick Mullin, CEO & Co-Founder of MANTRA, and Richard Widmann, Global Head of Crypto Strategy at Google Cloud, speak at Consensus Hong Kong 2025 by CoinDesk. (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

WisdomTree Launches ETP Based on CoinDesk 20

WisdomTree's new product offers exposure to the largest digital assets

Dovile Silenskyte, Director of Digital Assets Research at WisdomTree, and Alan Campbell, President of CoinDesk Indices, speak at Consensus Hong Kong 2025 by CoinDesk. (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Finance

Donald Trump Shares CoinDesk's XRP Article on Truth Social, Spurring Bullish Sentiment

Trading volume for XRP is up by 26% to $5.5 billion in the past 24 hours.

Bitcoin price could be tied to the outcome of the U.S. election, Jefferies said. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Founder of Trump's World Liberty Financial Credits Justin Sun for Project's Success

Folkman claims WLFI's success came despite "no VC backing and no special treatment to anybody who purchased the token."

Justin Sun of TRON and Zak Folkman of World Liberty Financial speak at Consensus Hong Kong 2025 by CoinDesk (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Finance

Will Argentinian President Milei's Crypto 'Fiasco' Be a Deathblow for Memecoin Craze?

"At this point, memecoins are synonymous with 'pump and dump' schemes," says FRNT Financial.

Argentina presidential candidate Javier Milei (Getty images)