Cryptocurrency News

Bitcoin’s value briefly slipped below the $26K threshold at 5:50 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday before swiftly rebounding past the $26,000 benchmark. Concurrently, the expansive crypto landscape experienced an 8% tumble...

In an email dated August 17, Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange, revealed its decision to halt trading of Tether USDT, Dai DAI, and RAI stablecoins for Canadian users starting August 31. This surprising development come...

The highly-anticipated launch of Shibarium has been big news this week, after a huge influx of transactions overwhelmed the new main-net bridge on Wednesday - igniting a -28% tumble in SHIB price....

Elon Musk's SpaceX is among many alleged culprits behind a seismic crypto market crash on Thursday, which has triggered over $1 billion in liquidations over the past 24 hours. Here's the latest. Bitcoin (BTC)'s sudden co...

The liquidation event saw one trader lose $55.9 million, while another saw $10 million worth of hedged positions get liquidated.

Funding rates tanked on several exchanges, indicating a steep discount in bitcoin perpetual futures.

According to a legal filing on August 16, FTX, the bankrupted cryptocurrency exchange, and its CEO, John J. Ray III, have submitted a motion to settle with Genesis entities for $176 million. With motion hearing scheduled...

Bitcoin (BTC), the largest cryptocurrency globally, has experienced a downward trajectory in recent months, with its price sliding from $28,000 to approximately $26,220 today. This decline can be attributed in part to Te...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asked for permission to appeal a federal judge's ruling that XRP sales through exchanges didn't violate securities law, a day after the judge said the SEC could present i...

The newly listed cryptocurrency SEI took a substantial hit after its debut, plummeting over 65% from its peak value in just three days. The coin's latest 13% tumble mirrored a decline in the broader crypto market in the ...

A weekly digest of articles, reports and analyses about tokenized RWAs, the fast-growing financial instruments that merge traditional finance to the blockchain.

A massive amount of traders were liquidated as the BTC price dropped to $25,300, but was it primarily retail traders that were washed out?

JPEG'd DAO voters are deciding how to account for a $1 million bounty.

BTC slipped below $26,000 amid the crypto market mayhem.

With a nod to Sam Bankman-Fried, CoinDesk staff crowdsource their fears, anxieties and disappointments -- for your enjoyment!

Bitcoin and most major altcoins are reeling under intense selling, and charts suggest that the market sell-off is not complete.

For the first time in months, the entire list of top ten stablecoin assets has experienced supply shrinkage in the last 30 days. The stablecoin market now stands at $124 billion, following notable reductions across sever...

The major non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea has implemented changes that makes creator fees optional for new collections. Specifically, the OpenSea said it would retire the Operator Filter, which functioned as...

Payments giant Mastercard has established a forum to facilitate discussions and collaboration among industry players in the cryptocurrency sphere regarding central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). In a Thursday blog post...

While XRP is trading more than 16% up from Thursday's lows and is back to the north of its 200DMA and the psychologically important $0.50 level, the world's fifth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization continues...

A new report from blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs noted that North Korean hackers have stolen more than $2 billion in cryptocurrencies in the past five years. It estimated around $200 million in crypto heists this yea...

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