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What’s Better Than CEX? DEX

CoinDesk caught up with CoinGecko’s Bobby Ong to talk about all the good things — but mostly the bad things — about crypto’s centralized exchanges.

CoinGecko co-founder Bobby Ong speaks at Invest: Asia 2019 (Wolfie Zhao/CoinDesk)

Tech

Lido Goes Modular With Vault-Based 'V3' Upgrade

Lido V3 introduces stVaults, a customizable staking system designed for institutions and more complex investment strategies.

Bank vault (Wikipedia)

Markets

Crypto Ecosystem Growth Slowed in January Even as Total Market Cap Rose, JPMorgan Says

Total crypto market cap increased 8% to about $3.4 trillion last month, the report said.

JPMorgan (Shutterstock)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Cardano (ADA) Jumps 13.6%, Leading Index Higher

Litecoin (LTC) was also among the top performers, gaining 6.5% from Monday.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2025-02-11: leaders chart

Tech

Uniswap Labs Officially Launches Layer-2 ‘Unichain’

Powered by Optimism's OP stack, Unichain—like other layer-2s on Ethereum—offers faster and cheaper transactions compared to Ethereum's mainnet.

Uniswap Labs CEO Hayden Adams (Uniswap Labs)

Finance

New Fund Links Crypto Investment to Portuguese Residency

Investors can choose between a minimum investment of €100,000 for non-residency or €500,000 if they aim to gain residency through Portugal’s Golden Visa program.

Portugal's flag (Getty Images)

Finance

TON Blockchain to Use LayerZero to Improve Cross-Chain Functionality

Developers will be able to deploy tokens on TON from any of LayerZero's chains using a single contract.

(Jainath Ponnala/Unsplash)

Markets

KULR Expands Bitcoin Holdings to 610 BTC, Reports 167% BTC Yield

Company strengthens bitcoin treasury strategy with $10 million purchase, emphasizing BTC yield as key performance indicator.

KULR adds more bitcoin to treasury (Shutterstock)

Markets

Elon Musk Changes Profile Name to Harry Bolz, Sparks 127% Surge in HARRYBOLZ Token

A simple change in Musk's profile name on X more than doubled the illiquid token's price.

Gecko Terminal dashboard for HARRYBOLZ token

Policy

Binance and SEC Move to Halt Case, Find an Early Resolution

The newly launched crypto task force could help " facilitate the potential resolution of this case," the court filing said.

Binance ex-CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

Hong Kong Confirms Bitcoin, Ether Can Be Used to Prove Wealth for Investment Visa

Hong Kong's New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme, a visa targeting wealthy migrants, accepts crypto as a means to prove required net worth, a spokesperson confirms.

Hong Kong's skyline (Chris Lam/CoinDesk)

Markets

Solana DEX Volume Tops $60M as It Looks to Extend 4-Month Winning Streak Over Ethereum

Solana's leadership in DEX volume and revenue supports the bull case in the SOL-ETH ratio.

BTC, ETH carry trades lose shine, spurring record ETF outflows. (Pexels/Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Investors Lost Over $500M in Memecoin Rug Pulls and Scams in 2024

The majority of scams involved gaining access to notable people's social media accounts through social engineering.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Finance

OpenSea Denies Airdrop-Related Talk of Enforced Customer Identification

Polymarket odds on OpenSea issuing an airdrop before April spiked from 25% to 45% following the tweets.

OpenSea's Devin Finzer speaking at NFT.NYC in 2019.

Markets

WazirX Offers 85% of Stolen User Funds as Rebalancing Ends

Fund distribution will begin if creditors approve the plan, bringing partial money recovery for victims of the $230 million hack that hit the Indian crypto exchange in July.

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