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Along with stocks in general and crypto markets in particular, it’s been a rough few weeks for Coinbase (COIN), its shares sporting a decline of about 30% since mid-February and a 40% drop since hitting a 52-week high in early December. Investment firm Rosenblatt spies opportunity, saying investors will benefit from buying the dip as…

Bitcoin (BTC) staking layer Core has teamed up with Singapore-based custodian Cobo to expand its institutional reach into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Core, issuer of the liquid-staking token lstBTC, will enable Cobo’s institutional clients to earn a return on BTC holdings while maintaining full control over their assets, according to an emailed announcement shared with…

President Donald Trump’s order to establish a bitcoin (BTC) reserve is meant to set up the original cryptocurrency as a U.S. reserve asset that deserves special treatment apart from other crypto assets, according to a senior White House official. The order’s additional crypto stockpile of other assets will only gather those obtained by the U.S.…

Cryptocurrency markets are likely to remain under pressure in the short term owing to a lack of positive catalysts and skepticism about whether Congress will approve a U.S. strategic crypto reserve, JPMorgan (JPM) said in a research report Wednesday. “Not only is there skepticism about congressional approval for such a strategic crypto reserve, but also…

Coworking summits at the mtnDAO hacker house come and go. But mtnCapital trades forever. The monthlong Solana developer meetup will launch its token ($MTN) at the end of March, co-founders Barrett and Edgar Pavlovsky exclusively told CoinDesk. That much was always expected from a famously pro-token team. More intriguing is what the token does. STORY…

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2918.27, down 0.2% (-6.41) since 4 p.m. ET on Thursday. STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don’t miss another story.Subscribe to the Crypto for Advisors Newsletter today. See all newsletters Sign me…

Solid strength in the U.S. employment market continued in February, though the unemployment rate ticked higher. Nonfarm payrolls rose 151,000 last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday morning. Economist forecasts had been for a gain of 160,000. January payroll growth was revised lower to 125,000 versus an originally reported 143,000. STORY CONTINUES BELOW…

Fold Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLD) has increased its bitcoin (BTC) treasury by 475 BTC, bringing its total holdings to over 1,485 BTC. This move secures Fold’s position among the top ten U.S. public companies with the largest bitcoin treasuries. STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don’t miss another story.Subscribe to the Crypto for Advisors Newsletter today. See all…

The DXY Index, has experienced one of its sharpest one-week declines since 2013. The index measures the strength of the U.S. dollar against a basket of major currencies. According to Bloomberg data from Global Macro Investor, the index’s one-week percentage drop has exceeded a negative four standard deviation move—a rare event that has only occurred…

Shaurya Malwa Shaurya is the Co-Leader of the CoinDesk tokens and data team in Asia with a focus on crypto derivatives, DeFi, market microstructure, and protocol analysis. Shaurya holds over $1,000 in BTC, ETH, SOL, AVAX, SUSHI, CRV, NEAR, YFI, YFII, SHIB, DOGE, USDT, USDC, BNB, MANA, MLN, LINK, XMR, ALGO, VET, CAKE, AAVE, COMP,…