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Wall Street asset management firm Cantor Fitzgerald has tapped Copper and Anchorage Digital as custodians for its new bitcoin (BTC) financing business, which aims to provide institutional investors with leverage on their bitcoin holdings, the firm said on Tuesday. “We are launching with $2 billion in initial financing and expect to substantially grow the operation…

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 2525.03, up 3.6% (+87.07) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday. STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don’t miss another story.Subscribe to the Crypto Long & Short Newsletter today. See all newsletters Sign…

Circle has launched on Tuesday the upgraded version of its Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP V2), a tool that facilitates USDC transfers across blockchains. The company said that the upgrade significantly cuts down transaction times to seconds from the typical 13-19 minutes on Ethereum and its Layer 2 networks. CCTP, introduced in 2023, is designed to…

Draconian crypto regulation that stopped U.S. citizens from benefiting from airdrops — a way of rewarding communities of users by distributing free tokens — has cost Americans as much as $2.6 billion in potential revenue and the government as much as $1.4 billion in lost tax income in the past four years, according to venture…

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,…

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,…

The recent crypto market downturn has caused the once-popular $120,000 bitcoin (BTC) options bet to lose its crown to the $100,000 bet in a sign that traders are reassessing their bullish expectations. At press time, the $100,000 call was the most popular BTC options contract on the exchange, boasting a notional open interest of $1.55…

VanEck has registered an Avalanche exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the U.S. state of Delaware as investment manager continue to apply for various altcoin-based product despite the clawback in the crypto market. The New York-headquartered company registered the “VanEck Avalanche ETF” on March 10, according to a filing on Delaware’s Department of State website. STORY CONTINUES…

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The crypto market is looking to regain poise, with bitcoin bouncing above $81,000 ahead of tomorrow’s U.S. inflation report. Broadly speaking, the recovery from overnight lows is led by layer-1 and layer-2 coins, with gaming tokens also rising. STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don’t miss another story.Subscribe to…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) price on CME futures dropped to a low of around $76,700 on Monday, officially filling the CME futures gap that was created on Nov. 5, when President Trump won the U.S. election. At the end of February, bitcoin (BTC) briefly fell to approximately $78,500, partially filling the gap, as the lowest point of…