Bitcoin’s ‘Estimated Leverage Ratio’ Hits Lowest Since December 2021

The crypto industry's least favorite U.S. lawmaker, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, has a Republican opponent in the November election, John Deaton, who carries heavy digital asset credentials. Lawyer Deaton says if he can get enough name recognition in the state, the people there are unhappy enough with Warren's performance to give him a shot. Defeating U.S.

Oct 1, 2020 at 13:00 UTCUpdated Oct 1, 2020 at 13:07 UTCCipherTrace Outlines Regulatory Gray Zones Plaguing Booming DeFi SectorThe exploding decentralized finance (DeFi) space is now firmly on the radar of regulators and concerns are growing that it could become a magnet for criminal or nefarious activity, according to blockchain analytics provider CipherTrace.DeFi has…

As bitcoin begins another ascent upwards, competition among existing crypto lenders will continue apace. That means more innovation in lending products and offerings, as new market entrants from traditional finance and crypto look to take a piece of this high-demand industry as well as risks. Much of the market turmoil during the last bear market

Xend Finance will allow credit unions and cooperatives to earn interest on deposits by converting them to stablecoins.Feb 9, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTCBinance-Backed DeFi Credit Union Platform Secures Partners, Funding Before LaunchXend Finance, a Nigeria-based decentralized finance (DeFi) platform for credit unions and cooperatives, has secured new partners and funding as it prepares for…

Ripple’s XRP outperformed most cryptocurrencies Tuesday as the initial market-wide rally following last Thursday’s lawsuit ruling has seemingly fizzled out.The native token of the Ripple payment system was the best performer among the top 25 crypto assets over the last 24 hours, gaining 3.6%. XRP retook its place as the fourth largest digital asset by…

news The Chinese central bank is promoting the use of blockchain in trade finance, soon after the nation’s president made a call to adopt the tech across multiple industries. In a joint statement with Shanghai’s commerce commission Thursday, the city’s branch of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) said blockchain can solve asymmetries in trade…

The U.S. jobs market continues to exhibit strength with the government reporting the addition of 303,000 jobs last month. That's the strongest headline number since May 2023 and easily topped economist forecasts for 200,000 and February's 270,000 additions (revised from a previously reported 275,000).The unemployment rate in March dipped to 3.8% against expectations for 3.9%

news Kosala Hemachandra is the founder of MEW (MyEtherWallet), an open-source, client-side interface for generating ethereum wallets and interacting with the ethereum blockchain. The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2018 Year in Review.  For the most part, Bitcoin and Ethereum have held the title of the top two cryptocurrencies with the largest market capitalization.…

A panel of judges grilled attorneys for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and prediction-betting platform Kalshi over the company's efforts to launch political prediction markets in the U.S., without indicating whether they'd allow Kalshi to offer these products while reviewing a lower court's ruling on the products. CFTC General Counsel Rob Schwartz and Jones