Asia Morning Briefing: ETH’s Bullrun Meets Early Signs of Selling Pressure
Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves…
Scott Bessent Suggests Government Bitcoin Purchases Remain a Possibility
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent began Thursday by dashing the hopes of at least some bitcoiners, saying the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve would be made up of the $15 billion to $20…
Watch Out Below: Bitcoin’s Weekend Surge Leaves CME Gap
Bitcoin (BTC) may find itself fighting gravity after a surge over the weekend took it to within striking distance of its $123,000 all-time high while leaving a gap in the…
GSR, DigiFT Brings OTC Trading to $13.4B Tokenized Real-World Asset Market
Crypto market maker GSR has partnered with regulated tokenized asset exchange DigiFT to launch secondary over-the-counter (OTC) trading for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). The move comes as the real-world asset…
Corporate America’s Recession Fears Plummet Despite the Highest Average Tariff Rate Since 1910
Corporate America’s fears of a looming economic recession have evaporated as quickly as they emerged early this year. The number of S&P 500 companies that mentioned the word “recession” during…
$200M Whale Purchases Propel DOGE 3% Higher in Breakout Session
Technical Analysis Overview DOGE gains 3% in the 24-hour period ending August 11, rallying from $0.23 to $0.24 between August 10 05:00 and August 11 04:00. The most aggressive move…
LayerZero Proposes $110M Stargate Token Merger in Consolidation Play
The LayerZero Foundation has proposed acquiring the closely-related Stargate (STG) and merging its token economy into the LayerZero (ZRO) ecosystem, a move that would consolidate the two protocols’ cross-chain infrastructure…
Bitcoin Trails Gold in 2025 but Dominates Long-Term Returns Across Major Asset Classes
Bitcoin slipped 0.11% in the past 24 hours to $116,702, according to CoinDesk Data, but remains up 25% year to date; this year-to-date (YTD) performance is second only to gold’s…
XRP Charts Signal Caution to Bulls as Bitcoin Awaits Breakout and Ether Goes Bonkers
This is a technical analysis post by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. XRP: Not out of the woods yet XRP (XRP), the payments-focused cryptocurrency, surged 11% on…
Pendle’s TVL Hits Record $8.3B After Yield-Trading Platform Debut
Pendle’s total value locked (TVL) has surged to a record $8.27 billion, while its native token PENDLE climbed 45% over the past week to $5.6 on the back of the…