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The Next Bridge.xyz? BlindPay's CEO Wants to Revolutionize Global Payments

Bernardo Moura is looking to upend SWIFT’s dominance of the massive international payments industry, starting with Latin America.

BlindPay CEO Bernardo Simonassi Moura

Finance

Circle Unveils Paymaster to Allow USDC to Be Used for Transaction Fees

The product allows users to interact with decentralized applications using USDC only, ditching the need for native tokens.

Circle set up its own "house" on the Promenade. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: SOL Falls 8.8% as Nearly All Assets Trade Lower

Avalanche (AVAX) joined Solana (SOL) as an underperformer, declining 5.7%.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2025-01-23: laggards chart

Finance

NFT Project Azuki's Animecoin Debuts at $1.2B FDV Amid Airdrop

Users reported that the claims website was down moments after launch.

Azuki release native token (Azuki)

Markets

Here Are Two Reasons Why XRP Price May Slide: Godbole

CME's denial of XRP futures contradicts the optimism seen earlier this month, as technicals point to weakening of the uptrend.

Slide. (GuentherDillingen/Pixabay)

Finance

Trump-Linked World Liberty Financial Buys $2.6M TRX and $10M WBTC

The project now holds $352 million worth of crypto tokens, Arkham shows.

President Donald Trump (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Finance

Restaking Protocol Puffer Finance Reveals Upcoming Airdrop Details

The protocol has launched CARROT, a token that can be accrued via staking and governance activity.

Puffer fish (Stelio Puccinelli/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Phemex Investigating Hack Reports as $29M Drained From Hot Wallets

The company's CEO has confirmed that Phemex is "looking into reports" of the hot wallet withdrawals

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Markets

Bitcoin's Outlook Is Bullish With Prices Expected to Remain Elevated: Deutsche Bank

Ongoing presidential backing for digital assets is a key determinant for the continuation of 'crypto's golden era,' the report said.

Deutsche Bank logo (Shutterstock)

Markets

Ethereum Layer-2 Protocols Achieve Record Transaction Throughput

Layer 2 protocols are faster than ever in processing transactions, according to data source growthepie.xyz.

Layer 2s process transactions at a record speed. (Boskampi/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin May Hit Record Highs on More Than 70 Days This Year: Van Straten

The largest cryptocurrency seems to be tracking the 2017 price performance, when it posted all-time highs on 77 days.

Bitcoin Bulls (Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Is Like Coiled Spring Nearing Burst of Price Volatility, Key Indicator Suggests

Volatility bulls might want to pull up the 60-day price range indicator on their screens as it's hinting at heightened BTC price turbulence.

BTC above $100K is like a coiled spring. (analogicus/Pixabay)

Markets

Dogecoin ETF Registered as Elon Musk’s D.O.G.E Gains Traction

Bitwise has registered for an ETF product tracking the world’s largest memecoin as the crypto subsector becomes more prominent within the market.

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Markets

CME Says XRP, SOL Futures Leak Was an Error, No Decisions Are Made

A screenshot of a beta page for XRP (XRP) and Solana (SOL) futures contracts was posted on X earlier on Wednesday.

CME Group Headquarters (CoinDesk Archives)

Policy

Trump's CFTC Pick Clears Top Ranks of Key US Crypto Regulator

Caroline Pham, the CFTC's interim chief elevated by President Donald Trump, has cleared the decks of the derivatives regulator's senior officials.

Acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham (Cheyenne Ligon/CoinDesk)