Analysis


Markten

Bitcoin, Ether Remain Resilient After Binance, Coinbase Suits, and Amid Long-Running Crypto Industry Turmoil

The two largest cryptos by market value have shown a remarkable ability to weather crypto turmoil and macroeconomic events over the past year.

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Markten

SEC’s Binance, Coinbase Suits Create Uncertain Future for Listed Tokens: Legal Experts

The tokens listed in the lawsuits have plummeted in price since the news, but the future of the tokens remains unclear.

Photo of the SEC logo on a building wall

Markten

Bitcoin Dominance Surges, Accounting For Nearly Half of The $1T Crypto Market, Amid Altcoin Selloff

Bitcoin's dominance rate neared the 50% mark early Saturday as altcoin crash triggered a flight to safety.

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Beleid

Free Promotional NFTs, Crypto Airdrops Would Be Banned Under New UK Rules, Official Says

Crypto airdrops and NFTs themselves will not be banned, but using such incentives alongside promotions that encourage people to invest would be, said FCA's Matthew Long.

Matthew Long, director of payments and digital assets at the FCA. (FCA)

Markten

Jobs Data Offers Faint Hope for Digital Assets Even as Investors Fret Over Binance, Coinbase Suits

Initial jobless claims reached their highest levels since October 2021, ahead of next week’s rate decision

BTC regional supply change (Glassnode)

Technologie

Optimism Says Ether Now Treated as Native Cryptocurrency Alongside OP Token

Representatives of the layer-2 network atop Ethereum confirmed the change in the treatment of ETH after CoinDesk observed a $550 million transfer in blockchain data. The change occurred in conjunction with Optimism's “Bedrock” upgrade this week.

Attackers trying to exploit Near Protocol’s Rainbow bridge lost some 5 ether after automated security processes kicked in. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Beleid

UK Lawmakers Clash Over Government Plans to Regulate Crypto as Financial Services

While some lawmakers have aligned with the government’s proposal, others want the volatile assets to be treated as gambling.

U.K. lawmakers appear to disagree on how to treat crypto. (Jorge Villalba/GettyImages)

Markten

Funding Rates for Bitcoin, Ether Remain Positive, Indicating Bullish Sentiment

Investors remain bullish about crypto in derivatives markets, as the CoinDesk Indices Ether Trend Indicator signals “significant uptrend”

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Web3

NFT Lending Is Trending, Raising Concerns of ‘Predatory’ Platform Behavior

Amid an extended crypto winter that has cooled NFT trading, platforms like Blur, Binance and Astaria have introduced new lending options to boost liquidity. While some traders support NFTfi, others say the trend is risky.

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