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Finance

Brazilian Stock Exchange B3 Reportedly Launching Bitcoin Options, ETH and SOL Futures

The move builds on its successful bitcoin futures trading and is set to strengthen Brazil’s cryptocurrency market.

Brazil flag (Shutterstock)

Markets

Why Is Ether Down Today? Market Fears and Growing Supply Help Fuel 5% Slide

Despite the bearish performance, analysts note a potential setup for a price bounce as bearish sentiment impacts ETH.

Ether bears have an upper hand following the trendline break (Shutterstock)

Policy

As One State Gets Closer on a Crypto Reserve, Others Jump Into the Fray

Utah cleared its digital assets bill through the state house, and Kentucky and Maryland introduced their own efforts, making it 18 states working on such bills.

Maryland Welcome sign

Finance

Decentralized AI Opportunity Is 'Bigger than Bitcoin,' Says DCG's Barry Silbert

Barry Silbert thinks deAI is a generational opportunity. DCG's betting on it.

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Opinion

Democratized, Depoliticized and Decentralized AI, by the People, for the People

Access to AI intelligence should be equal to all. That means building collaborative systems of learning, like the Thames Network, a new decentralized AI network launching at Oxford today.

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Markets

Startup Founded by Citi Alumni to Launch XRP-Backed Securities

Receipts Depositary Corp. already offers bitcoin and ether-backed securities and is now looking to expand its product suite by adding XRP.

Opinion

RWA Tokenization Is Going to Trillions Much Faster Than You Think

A new report from Security Token Market forecasts $30 trillion in asset tokenization by 2030, led by stocks, real estate, bonds and gold.

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Coindesk News

Weekly Recap: Crypto Debanking in the Spotlight

Plus: news on stablecoin legislation, Ondo, Berachain, (Micro)Strategy and Ethereum’s future.

Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley testifies in the Senate

Policy

U.S. Regulator Pursuing Tokenization Pilot to Tap Stablecoins as Collateral

Caroline Pham, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission chief tapped by President Donald Trump, is hosting a CEO summit on one of her longstanding policy aims.

Caroline Pham, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Markets

Ether May Be Ready for a Bull Run as Price Action Mirrors August Bottom

Ether's price action mirrors the August bottom amid signs of strong dip demand for the second-largest cryptocurrency.

BTC options flip bullish. (ArtTower/Pixabay)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: LTC Gains 4.9% as All Assets Trade Higher

Polkadot (DOT) joined Litecoin (LTC) as a top performer, gaining 4.8%.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2025-02-07: leaders chart

Markets

KBW Starts Strategy Coverage With Outperform, Says Firm Offers Leveraged Bitcoin Exposure

The stock could be eligible for S&P 500 index inclusion once it adopts updated FASB accounting standards, the report said.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor.

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $100K After U.S. Added Fewer Than Forecast Jobs in January

The unemployment rate fell to 4%, rather than holding steady at 4.1%.

The U.S. released January jobs numbers Friday morning (Ernie Journeys/Unsplash)

Markets

Cardano's ADA, DOGE Slide 4% as Bitcoin Traders Await Payrolls

Strong job growth can lead to fears of inflation and increased interest rates, while weak data might signal an economic slowdown.

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Markets

BlackRock Increases Ownership of Strategy to 5%

Strategy’s STRK is up 5% in pre-market trading, building on its 2% gain during its Nasdaq debut.

Larry Fink on Fox News (Fox Business)