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Markets

Could Bitcoin Become DeFi’s Collateral of Choice? Lombard Finance Says So

Lombard Finance aims to produce a yield-bearing bitcoin token, and potentially unleash a new wave of liquidity into the DeFi ecosystem.

Lombard Finance co-founder Jacob Philips. (Credit: Lombard Finance)

Markets

Bitcoin Dips Below $96K While CoinDesk 20 Plunges 10% Amid Fed-Spurred Rout; SOL Surrenders Post-Election Rally

Fed Chair Jerome Powell's hawkish comments Wednesday on rate cuts have rattled investors across asset classes.

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index on Dec. 19 (CoinDesk)

Opinion

2025 Will Be the Year of Decentralization: 5 Predictions

Bitcoin and other decentralized technologies such as DePIN will really come into their own in 2025, forecasts the COO of Unstoppable Domains.

Crystal Ball, Prediction

Policy

El Salvador to Shut or Sell Chivo Crypto Wallet as Part of $3.5B IMF Deal

The country's concessions include that taxes must be paid in U.S. dollars, not bitcoin, and bitcoin acceptance will be made voluntary in the private sector.

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador (Ulises Rodriguez/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images).

Markets

VIX's Second-Largest Spike in History Indicates a Local Bottom for Bitcoin: Van Straten

The VIX jumped 74% yesterday after a 25bps rate cut and a hawkish outlook from Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

BTC: Price (Glassnode)

Markets

U.S. Listed Spot Bitcoin ETFs on the Verge of Surpassing Gold ETFs

U.S. spot-listed bitcoin ETFs currently have an AUM of $120 billion compared to gold's $125 billion.

(itti ratanakiranaworn/Shutterstock)

Markets

Hawkish Fed Has Bitcoin Market Feeling Most Fearful in 3 Months

Short-term BTC puts are in demand after hawkish Fed dented the bullish sentiment in risk assets.

BTC's call-put skews. (Deribit, Amberdata)

Tech

'DeFi on Bitcoin' Gets a Boost as BOB L2 Integrates $6B BTC Staking Protocol Babylon

The integration allows BOB, a "hybrid L2," to use Bitcoin as its anchor chain where transactions with assets from other chains can be irreversibly recorded.

BOB team (BOB)

Markets

Bitcoin Slips to $101K, Altcoins Spiraling on Federal Reserve's Hawkish Tone

The Federal Reserve cut rates by 25 basis points as expected, but Fed Chair Jerome Powell's hawkish press conference

Fed Chair Jerome Powell (House Financial Services Committee)

Tech

Bitcoin's Memecoin-Like 'Runes' Get a Boost With AMM Launch on Stacks

Bitflow's automated market maker uses Stacks' Nakamoto upgrade with the aim of addressing some shortcomings inhibiting Runes trading.

16:9 Runes (Alex Volodsky/Pixabay)

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