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The S&P 500 has now entered correction territory, defined as a 10% decline from its all-time high. A further 10% drop would signal a bear market. But is it time to panic? Since Bitcoin’s creation in 2009, the S&P 500 has experienced multiple 20% corrections. Following the 2008 global financial crisis the index had plunged…

By James Van Straten (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The recent market turmoil might have given gold the bragging rights of being the “store of value” while “digital gold” struggles, at least for now. STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don’t miss another story.Subscribe to the Crypto Daybook Americas Newsletter today. See all newsletters Sign me up…

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the Donald Trump-backed crypto project, has closed its token sale after raising approximately $590 million. (World Liberty Financial) STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don’t miss another story.Subscribe to the Crypto for Advisors Newsletter today. See all newsletters Sign me up By signing up, you will receive emails about CoinDesk products and you agree…

Crypto venture funding in the U.S. clocked in at approximately $861 million for the first three months of 2025, but was dwarfed by artificial intelligence’s nearly $20 billion haul, according to data provided by Pitchbook, showing how investors continue to show preference to AI. Data shows that investors closed 795 deals in the U.S in…

Solana’s high staking rewards will live to inflate SOL another day. A contentious effort to reform the blockchain network’s generous inflation regime flopped on Thursday after supporters of SIMD-0228 failed to garner the supermajority they needed to implement the major economic change. STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don’t miss another story.Subscribe to the Crypto Long & Short…

Global asset manager BlackRock’s BUIDL token, issued in partnership Securitize and backed by U.S. Treasuries, crossed the $1 billion milestone in assets on Thursday, Securitize said. Pushing the fund’s size above the threshold was a $200 million allocation this afternoon by crypto protocol Ethena, a Securitize spokesperson told CoinDesk. Ethereum blockchain data by Arkham Intelligence…

As cryptocurrencies have been battered in a broad-market correction over the past weeks, digital asset investors sought refuge in tokenized U.S. Treasury products. STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don’t miss another story.Subscribe to the Crypto for Advisors Newsletter today. See all newsletters Sign me up By signing up, you will receive emails about CoinDesk products and you…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) role in decentralized finance (DeFi) is growing as the world’s largest cryptocurrency evolves from more than just a store of value, Binance Research said in a report Thursday. The Bitcoin network is “evolving into a broader decentralized finance ecosystem with the emergence of Bitcoin DeFi,” analyst Moulik Nagesh wrote. STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don’t…

A federal jury in the Northern District of California on Wednesday convicted cryptocurrency entrepreneur Rowland Marcus Andrade of wire fraud and money laundering connected to the sale of a token called AML Bitcoin. STORY CONTINUES BELOW The charges stemmed from an initial coin offering Andrade conducted for AML Bitcoin in 2017 and 2018. Early court…