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Criminal use of crypto spikes after years of steady decline, TRM report says

While the increasingly professional bad guys' crypto rocketed to $158 billion in 2025, it's still a decreasing share of overall digital assets activity.

Consensus 2025: Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy, TRM Labs

Policy

UK advertising watchdog bans Coinbase ads as 'irresponsible'

The ASA banned Coinbase adverts concluding they imply crypto could ease the country's cost-of-living crisis.

The "eggs now out of budget" Coinbase ad censured by the Advertising Standards Authority. (Photo by Sheldon Reback/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Fidelity Investments starts its own stablecoin in a massive bet that future of banking is on blockchain

The FIDD token will run on Ethereum, serve institutional and retail users, and comply with the new GENIUS Act’s reserve rules.

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Markets

Bullish bitcoin traders grab crash protection as Friday's $8.9B expiry nears

Bitcoin and ether options worth billions of dollars are set to expire this Friday.

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Markets

Long-term bitcoin holders resume selling as price lags behind traditional markets

Long-term bitcoin holders are selling at the fastest pace since August as the cryptocurrency's price lags behind broader financial markets.

BTC: Long-Term Holder Net Position Change (Glassnode)

Finance

Tether is buying up to $1 billion of gold per month and storing it in a 'James Bond' bunker

The company's gold purchases are mostly for its own reserves, but also support its XAUT stablecoin.

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Finance

WisdomTree expands tokenized fund access to Solana in multichain push

Both institutional and retail investors will be able to mint, trade and hold the tokenized funds on Solana through WisdomTree Connect and WisdomTree Prime.

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Markets

Altcoins jump as dollar slides, bitcoin holds steady: Crypto Markets Today

The Dollar Index hit a four-year low, while altcoins surged led by HYPE, JTO and Solana memecoin PIPPIN.

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Finance

Nomura's Laser Digital applies for U.S. national trust bank to offer crypto custody

The proposed bank would offer cryptocurrency custody, spot trading and staking services under direct federal regulatory supervision.

Nomura's name on an exhibition stand.

Finance

Stablecoins seen as ‘the default’ for payments as OKX brings crypto card to Europe

With EU banks exploring stablecoin issuance and regulators laying ground rules, OKX says its card marks a turning point in crypto’s integration into everyday finance.

Markets

HYPE token's 50% surge is a story of crypto-traditional market convergence, treasury firm says

HYPE has surged 50%, outperforming bitcoin, ether and the CoinDesk 20 index by a big margin.

HYPE's price rise in candlestick format. (CoinDesk)
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Markets

Ethereum unveils new rules to make AI agents trustworthy

A new Ethereum standard seeks to give AI agents portable identities and reputations, letting them interact across companies and chains without relying on centralized gatekeepers.

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Markets

BTC, ETH, SOL move higher as markets eye Fed, Mag 7 earnings and weaker dollar

Crypto prices steadied as traders looked past short-term volatility with positioning shifting to the Fed, megacap earnings and a weakening dollar.

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Markets

Here's how China's response to Trump tariffs silently rocks bitcoin

China’s exports remain resilient under U.S. tariffs as the yuan stays tightly managed, sending ripples all the way to the crypto market.

U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping (Thomas Peter-Pool/Getty Images)

Markets

Dogecoin turns lower after failing to hold $0.124

Traders are watching $0.122 as support and $0.1243–$0.1255 as the levels DOGE needs to reclaim.

(CoinDesk Data)
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