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MetaMask’s Secret ‘Intents’ Project Could Radically Change How Users Interact With Blockchains
MetaMask is quietly testing new tech that uses third parties to route user transactions. It will eventually be made available...
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First Mover Americas: Altcoins Lead, Bitcoin in Stasis Near $42.6K
The latest price moves in bitcoin and crypto markets in context for Jan. 17, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily...
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‘The Dow’ for Crypto Markets? New CoinDesk 20 Index Underpins Futures Contracts at Bullish
Perpetual futures tied to the index at crypto exchange Bullish, which owns CoinDesk, could help the CoinDesk 20 become a...
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ARK Buys $15.9M Worth of Its Own Bitcoin ETF
ARK sold a similar amount - $15.8 million - worth of shares in the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO), the...
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Bitcoin’s ‘De-Dollarization’ Narrative Loses Ground As USD Tightens Its Grip on International Transactions
The crypto market's de-dollarization expectations look premature as the greenback remained the preferred currency in international transactions in 2023. The crypto...
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Fidelity’s Jurrien Timmer Says Bitcoin to Consolidate Recent Gains Amid ETF Hangover
Some have forecasted sharp declines in bitcoin's price as traders 'sell the news' post-ETF approval, but Fidelity's Director of Global...
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Indonesian Crypto Exchanges Blame Dramatic Drop in Trading Volumes Partly on High Taxes
Indonesian crypto exchanges saw a sharp 60% drop in trading volumes in 2023, challenging its reputation as a fast adopter...
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Bitcoin Sees Its First Ever Weekly ‘Golden Cross’
The 50-week simple moving average (SMA) of bitcoin's price has crossed above the 200-week SMA for the first time on...
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Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade Goes Live, But Fails to Finalize on Testnet
Developers said the missed finalization was likely due to an expected lack of participation and older network validators. Developers said the...
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s Parents Ask Court to Dismiss FTX’s Lawsuit Seeking to Recover Funds
Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, the parents of Sam Bankman-Fried, have asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit by the...
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In-depth analysis of the stablecoin depeg from DeFi and the USDX event
Last week's stablecoin depegging once again shook the decentralized finance (DeFi) world, with USDX, a synthetic stablecoin issued by Stable...
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