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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 StoriesBitcoin recovered slightly as its halving event approaches, adding 5% over 24 hours. Ether also rose, rising 4% to $3,000. According to Laurent Kssis, a crypto

Cardano’s ADA tokens surged 33% in the past 24 hours, outperforming bitcoin and other majors, as founder Charles Hoskinson revealed plans to help shape U.S. crypto policy under the Trump administration — boosting speculative bets on the token. ADA rose above 58 cents for the first time since April, extending 7-day gains to over 77%

The outlet compared Bitcoin and Visa's energy use, reaching several highly misleading conclusions, our columnist says. (Akos Stiller/Bloomberg)Feb 8, 2021 at 1:37 p.m. UTCUpdated Feb 8, 2021 at 1:39 p.m. UTCWhat Bloomberg Gets Wrong About Bitcoin’s Climate FootprintRecently, Bloomberg published a piece calling Bitcoin an “incredibly dirty business.” It’s undeniable that Bitcoin has a carbon…

markets View Bitcoin has dropped more than 25 percent in the third quarter, neutralizing the bullish setup on the monthly chart. With the weekly and the three-day charts biased bearish, the cryptocurrency risks falling to $7,500 in the short-term. A violation there would expose the next major support, currently at $7,070. A corrective bounce may…

The outflow last week totaled $942 million, according to a CoinShares report.Altcoins fared better last week, with $16 million of net inflows – notably into polkadot, avalanche and litecoin.Digital asset investment products witnessed record weekly outflows last week after billions piled into the vehicles over the past few months.Led by $2 billion in exits from

U.S. regulators ordered a Los Angeles-based company that issued non-fungible tokens to compensate investors who bought the NFTs, arguing that the transactions were illegal unregistered securities offerings. It was the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s first NFT-related enforcement action.The SEC’s findings do not suggest regulators consider all NFTs to be securities, limiting the potential consequences…

Thursday, Oct. 3 Polyhedra's ZK Prover, Expander, Tops Speed Rankings in First Results From 'Proof Arena' Polyhedra Network, a blockchain project specializing in zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs, released the first set of data from its new Proof Arena, a benchmarking platform designed to evaluate and compare different ZK provers. According to the team, "The data includes

Dec 1, 2020 at 9:50 p.m. UTCCoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Falls to $18.1K as Correlation to Ether Picks UpThe price of bitcoin took a bit of a dip, though overall market sentiment remains bullish. Ether’s correlation to bitcoin is going up despite differences in value propositions.Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $19,077 as of…

Feb 19, 2020 at 22:55 UTCUpdated Feb 19, 2020 at 23:06 UTCUS Court Tells Telegram and SEC to Focus on ‘Economic Realities’ of Gram Token SaleA U.S. federal judge says the SEC shouldn't get hung up on "labels" in determining whether messaging platform Telegram conducted an illegal securities offering.In his first public remarks on the…