First Mover Americas: BTC Post-Halving – Remember the Macroeconomy: Goldman Sachs
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 17, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
P2 Ventures Commits $50M Via Hadron FC to Startup Founders in Polygon Ecosystem
P2 was spun out out of Polygon Labs last year and now is allocating funds and mentorship to support project founders, including those focused on the Polygon blockchain ecosystem. A Hadron FC contribut...
Ether Options Show Bias for Weakness Over 3 Months
Ether's 90-day puts trade more expensive than calls on Deribit for the first time since January, according to Amberdata.
Buy Bitcoin Miners Ahead of the Halving, Bernstein Says
Bitcoin’s bullish trajectory is expected to resume after the halving once mining hashrates have adjusted to the lower rewards and ETF inflows resume, the report said.
UK Lawmakers Call for Govt to Develop Crypto, Blockchain Skills Pipeline
Member of Parliament Lisa Cameron called for the government to ensure that all stages of education and the workplace develop digital skills.
The Solution for Stablecoin Regulation
U.S. Senators Lummis, Gillibrand Take on Stablecoin Legislation With New Bill
U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) are taking another swing at crypto-specific legislation, with a narrowly tailored bill seeking to define how stablecoins – cryptoc...
Goldman Cautions Against Extrapolating Previous Bitcoin Halving Cycles for Price Predictions
Bitcoin's fourth mining reward halving is just two days away.
Runes, Casey Rodarmor's Protocol for 'Sh!tcoins' on Bitcoin, Set to Go Live at Halving
Rodarmor created last year's breakout Ordinals protocol, which is used to create non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on Bitcoin. Now, he says the relevance of protocols like his new Runes, used to create fungi...
Looking at Sam Bankman-Fried's Appeals Process
As expected, Sam Bankman-Fried's legal team filed a notice of his intent to appeal his conviction on fraud and conspiracy charges. So far all we have is just the notice – the actual brief won't come f...
Ether Prices in Downtrend as Bitcoin Challenges $64K
Some other catalyst needs to happen before bullish sentiment returns, says one trader.
PSG Fan Token Jumps 25% as Football Club Triumphs Over Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain's fan token is one of several issued for sports clubs by the crypto company Socios.
Crypto-Skeptic Sen. Sherrod Brown Is Open to Advancing Stablecoin Legislation, Bloomberg Reports
OKX 'OG' Execs Tim Byun and Wei Lan Leave Crypto Exchange
Spot Bitcoin ETF Hype Dies Down, Normalcy Sets In
The initial euphoria for the spot bitcoin ETFs has seemingly dampened and reality is slowly kicking in with inflows recently unable to keep up with the still speedy pace of exits from Grayscale's Bitc...
What Bitcoiners Are Saying About the Upcoming Bitcoin Halving
Is the halving priced in or not? Will it tank the bitcoin mining industry? Or accelerate adoption? Here's what experts and community members are saying about the fourth and perhaps most anticipated ha...
Is the Bitcoin Rally Over? Reasons to Stay Bullish on BTC Despite Correction
Bitcoin has pulled back more than 15% since hitting an all-time high one month ago, with some major altcoins nosediving 40%-50%, but "few understand how normal corrections like these are in bull marke...
'DePIN' Is Venture Capitalists' Latest Crypto Obsession. Can It Match the Hype?
Already a multi-billion-dollar sector of the crypto industry, the DePIN narrative is a promising one, according to experts.
Bitcoin and Ethereum Show Relative Resilience Amid Widespread Losses: CoinDesk Indices Market Update
What the History of Linux Says About the Long Road to Decentralized Storage Adoption
Decentralized cloud is the stable end state for computing.