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The establishment of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR) in the U.S. is a “monumental endorsement” of the world’s largest cryptocurrency, broker H.C. Wainwright said in a research report Monday. The move mints bitcoin’s “legitimacy in the mold of humanity’s most historically prized asset: gold,” analysts Kevin Dede and Michael Donovan wrote. STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don’t…

Bitwise Invest has launched the Bitwise Bitcoin Standard Corporations ETF (OWNB), an exchange-traded fund designed to track publicly traded companies that hold at least 1,000 bitcoin (BTC). The index follows specific rules: companies must hold a minimum of 1,000 BTC, with holdings weighted based on the amount of bitcoin owned. The largest holding is capped…

An Ethereum user saved several MakerDAO positions from the brink of a $360 million liquidation cascade on Tuesday, adding collateral at the final hour as the price of ETH tumbled. One of the positions had a liquidation price of $1,928, this was triggered alongside a market plunge during U.S. trading hours. The ETH was less…

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…