Coin Desk
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Bitcoin 'Call Writing' Back in Vogue as Cash And Carry Strategy Loses Shine
Recently, traders have sold $80,000 BTC call options expiring at the end of May to generate additional yield, one observer said.
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Rabotnik, Affiliate of Ransomware Group REvil, Sentenced to 13 Years in Jail
Ukrainian national, Yaroslav Vasinskyi, also known as Rabotnik, has been sentenced 13 years and seven months in prison for his role in conducting...
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Restaking 'Gold Rush' Spreads to Solana From Ethereum, With Jito and Others Joining In
Restaking has taken hold of the Ethereum ecosystem. With Jito and a handful of other companies building for Solana, can the trend spread?
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The Protocol: EigenLayer's 'Intersubjective Forking' Is Objectively Not Done
Much-hyped restaking project EigenLayer's 43-page whitepaper about its now-revealed EIGEN token has raised lots of questions. They may not matter...
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Federal Reserve Holds Policy Steady, Says Progress on Inflation Has Stalled
Hopes for a series of interest rate cuts in 2024 have been quickly vanishing over the past few weeks as both the economy and inflation exhibit...
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Bitcoin Could Drop Further to as Low as $50K, Standard Chartered Says
The cryptocurrency is now trading below the average spot ETF purchase price of about $58K, and this could trigger liquidations, the report said.
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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Sinks Below $58K in Run-Up to Fed Decision
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for May 1, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that...
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Bitcoin Sinks Below $57K, Crypto Market Drops 9% in Run-Up to Fed Decision
BTC is down nearly 9% in the last 24 hours having dropped below the $60,000 support level late on Tuesday.
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How Changpeng Zhao's 'Good Guy' Reputation Secured a 4-Month Prison Sentence
Judge Richard Jones said he spent the weekend pouring over the voluminous letters of support for the ex-CEO of Binance until the book they were...
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Binance Founder CZ Gets 4 Months in Prison
Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao will learn how much time, if any, he'll spend in prison Tuesday.
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Crypto’s Transition: Bringing Capital Onshore
Today, offshore firms dominate the list of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges. Expect the center of gravity to come onshore going forward, says...
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Web3 in the Middle East: Do All Roads Lead to Riyadh?
With a young population, enormous government funding and the hope of favorable regulation, expectations are high that Saudi Arabia will become a...
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Liquid Restaking Protocol Renzo Airdrops REZ Token, Debuts at $289M Market Cap
The token has $75 million in trading volume in the hour after claims went live.
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Bitcoin Slips Under $62K as Hong Kong ETFs Disappoint
Asia's first spot bitcoin and ether ETFs debuted in Hong Kong with dismal trading volumes.