CoinMarketCap Says Data Glitch Boosted Its Crypto Price Numbers

Since the beginning of Russia’s full scale invasion last year, Ukraine racked up $225 million worth of donations in cryptocurrencies alone, blockchain intelligence firm Crystal Blockchain said in a new report shared exclusively with CoinDesk.This is just a small part of the billions of donations Ukraine has raised in fiat. But the crypto part contributed…

Mar 16, 2020 at 11:30 UTCUpdated Mar 16, 2020 at 11:31 UTCBitcoin Sinks Below $5K Despite Fed Reserve’s Slashing of Interest RatesBitcoin has dropped below $5,000 even as market uncertainty in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak pushed the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to zero. The cryptocurrency slumped below $5,000 as the…

Coinbase Ventures also joined the round.Casa CTO Jameson Lopp speaks at Consensus 2019.(CoinDesk archives)Feb 3, 2021 at 2:40 p.m. UTCBitcoin Startup Casa Raises $4M Led by Fidelity-Linked Avon VenturesBitcoin self-storage startup Casa has raised $4 million in a seed round led by Fidelity Investments’ blockchain-focused Avon Ventures. The investment comes with a board seat for Avon…

Alex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023.Alex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023.Noelle Acheson is the former head of research at CoinDesk and Genesis Trading. This article is excerpted from her…

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Feb 26, 2020 at 11:00 UTCUpdated Feb 26, 2020 at 11:07 UTC View Bitcoin's daily and 12-hour charts indicate the path of least resistance is to the downside. A break below immediate support at $9,074 (Feb. 4 low) would expose the support range of $8,700-$8,600, under which the focus would shift to $8,300 (head-and-shoulders breakdown…

Thailand's new licensing scheme for digital asset companies has seen a flurry of applications from ICO and crypto exchanges.

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest PricesTop StoriesSolana’s SOL outperformed other top crypto assets in October with a 50% gain. SOL is also up over 250% year-to-date. The surge comes after last year’s

SOL and BOME received the most crowd attention over the weekend, according to data tracked by Santiment.Both cryptocurrencies have outperformed ETH, BTC and the broader market in the past seven days.Increased crowd chatter may be a sign of an impending retail investor frenzy.Solana’s SOL and The Book of Meme (BOME), the meme coin built on