Analysis


Markets

Bitcoin, Ether Headed Toward Losing Months in Usually Upbeat July

BTC could suffer its second monthly downturn of 2023, while ether seems headed for its first losing month.

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Finance

Federal Reserve’s ‘FedNow’ Launch Triggers Fresh Speculation Over Digital Dollar

While FedNow is currently not tied to any initiative for a digital U.S. dollar or the crypto space in general, experts warn that the system might end up as a precursor to the infrastructure for a central bank digital currency.

The Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Markets

Initial Jobless Claims Suggest Continued Fed Tightening, but Investors Appear Unfazed

Bitcoin investors have been unmoved by recent macroeconomic data. Muted reactions suggest that they’ve already priced in much of what has occurred

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CoinDesk Indices

Setting Boundaries: Defining Active and Passive Management for Crypto

This article is by Max Freccia, Co-Founder and COO/CFO at Truvius, and was previously published in the Crypto for Advisors newsletter.

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Policy

Proposed Legal Reforms Aid UK Crypto Dreams – but Offer Scant Hope for Bitcoin Developers Sued by Craig Wright

A new Law Commission report doesn’t address legal concerns beyond token ownership, lawyers told CoinDesk.

Craig Wright (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for CoinGeek)

Tech

XRP Blockchain Still Faces Centralization Caveats as Ripple Regulatory Threat Recedes

Ripple scored a partial win against the SEC last week in a summary judgment that was celebrated across the crypto industry. Why does the project itself remain so controversial?

Ripple CTO David Schwartz in 2021. (CoinDesk TV)

Markets

The GBTC Discount Is Narrowing; Here's Why It Matters

The possibility the SEC will approve the conversion of GBTC into an ETF is playing a role, according to analysts.

GBTC discount to NAV (Ycharts)

Markets

Can Bitcoin Break Out of Its Funk? The Answer Appears to Be No

While overall bitcoin and ether price performance have been strong in 2023, it’s largely been a first quarter story

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Markets

Are Bitcoin Miner Sales Preventing Breakout to Higher Prices?

Today’s downside breach below the current low point of Bollinger Band bears watching for even weaker prices in the near future.

Bitcoin miners (Shutterstock)

Markets

XRP Moves Into the Weekly Spotlight, Dwarfing Other Crypto Assets

Along with XRP’s strong week, 172 of 186 CoinDesk Indices assets finished in positive territory

CoinDesk Market Indices weekly performance. (CoinDesk Indices)