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Bitcoin nears pre-election floor as ETF flows stall, Citi says

The cryptocurrency is trading below key ETF cost levels and nearing its pre-election price floor as inflows to these vehicles fade and headwinds build, the bank said.

Bitcoin (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

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TRM Labs hits unicorn status in $70 million fund raise with Goldman's participation

The company's software specializes in tracing cryptocurrency transactions across multiple blockchains, catering to increasing demand from law enforcement and financial firms amid rising crypto crime.

Unicorn sculpture (Juliana Araujo the artist/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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WisdomTree, a firm with $150 billion in assets, says crypto is now a core business

WisdomTree’s Jonathan Steinberg says the firm’s tokenization push is nearing profitability, with $750 million in digital assets and long-term plans to modernize financial infrastructure.

Jonathan Steinberg (left), CEO, WisdomTree, and Kevin Reynolds, editor-in-chief, CoinDesk (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry warns bitcoin plunge could trigger $1 billion gold, silver selloff

Burry said crypto losses may have forced institutions to liquidate precious metals as bitcoin slid below $73,000.

(Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

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Digital wallets will hold 'totality' of people's assets, says Franklin Templeton

At the Ondo Summit in New York, top asset managers said tokenization has moved beyond theory but warned that trust, education, and real-world utility are now the biggest hurdles.

A wallet lies on top of a number of dollar bills. (slendersnakewallet/Pixabay)

Finance

'You are not scaling Ethereum': Vitalik Buterin issues a blunt reality check to the biggest crypto networks

The roadmap in place doesn't make as much sense because progress among layer-2s toward later stages of decentralization has been slower and more difficult, and Ethereum itself is now scaling directly on layer-1.

Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk)

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Solana to reach $2,000 by 2030 despite recent plunge to $100, says Standard Chartered

Analyst Geoffrey Kendrick trimmed his 2026 SOL forecast to $250 from $310, but says stablecoin micropayments could drive a longer-term surge as Solana moves beyond memecoins.

The Standard Chartered logo on the outside of an office building.

Finance

MetaMask integrates Ondo to offer 200+ tokenized U.S. stocks inside crypto wallet

The launch marks one of the first times tokenized U.S. equities and ETFs have been made natively available through a major self-custodial wallet.

Joe Lubin speaking at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)

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Bitwise argues crypto is near the end of a brutal winter

Prices have been falling since early 2025, masked by institutional flows, but history suggests the worst may already be behind us, Bitwise said.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan (CoinDesk Archives)

Finance

TeraWulf jumps 11% after buying power-rich Kentucky and Maryland sites

The acquisitions bring TeraWulf’s capacity to 2.8 gigawatts as it targets major infrastructure expansion to supply power-hungry computing demand.

An engineer sits at a bank of crypto mining rigs.