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Bitcoin tumbles to 2026 low of $85,200 as gold reverses big gains, Microsoft leads Nasdaq lower

Soaring to $5,600 at one point earlier on Thursday, gold quickly pulled back to below the $5,200 level in U.S. morning trade.

Bitcoin (BTC) price Jan. 29 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Dubai Insurance offers a crypto wallet so you can pay premiums and collect claims in bitcoin

In partnership with Standard Chartered’s Zodia Custody, Dubai Insurance is the first insurer globally to issue a crypto wallet for its policy holders to transact with digital assets.

(Photo by ZQ Lee on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 performance update: index drops 2.3% as all constituents trade lower

Avalanche (AVAX) declined 4.4% and Polkadot (DOT) fell 4.1%, leading index lower.

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Policy

Russia plans to cap retail crypto buys at $4,000 as it brings digital assets into the legal fold

Russian lawmakers plan crypto regulations by midyear, permitting trading for qualified and retail investors while banning anonymous coins and domestic payments.

(Dmitry Ivanov via Wikimedia Commons / Modified by CoinDesk)
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Finance

Robinhood is investing in crypto trading platform Talos at $1.5 billion valuation

The $45 million Series B extension also includes participation from new strategic investors Sony Innovation Fund, IMC, QCP and Karatage.

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Markets

Gold in 'extreme greed' sentiment as it adds entire bitcoin market cap in one day

Bullion ripped past $5,500 and sentiment gauges hit “extreme greed,” while bitcoin stayed pinned below $90K — a split that’s getting harder to ignore.

Gold (Unsplash/Zlataky/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Sygnum’s new bitcoin fund pulls in $65 million from investors looking for steady yield

The fund delivered an 8.9% annualized net return in its first quarter, targeting 8-10% annual returns through systematic arbitrage strategies.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)
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Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Largest tokens decline, with derivatives signaling caution ahead

Even though the Fed's decision to hold interest rates was widely expected, geopolitical tensions and a rotation into haven assets left crypto traders facing a sea of red.

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Markets

Investors accuse Cere Network of $100 million fraud and token-dump scheme in lawsuit

Plaintiffs say insiders sold millions of dollars’ worth of tokens immediately after Cere’s 2021 ICO, sending prices into a near-total collapse.

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Markets

Metaplanet is raising $137 million to pay down debt and buy even more bitcoin

The Tokyo-based bitcoin treasury company secures fresh capital through a share and warrant issuance.

Close up of the red circle at the center of the Japanese flag. (DavidRockDesign/Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto payments firm BCB Group appoints Tim Renew as CEO in leadership reshuffle

Renew will lead the digital asset payments firm, with co-founder Oliver Tonkin moving into a newly created president role.

BCB CEO Tim Renew
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Markets

More than half of bitcoin investors are officially underwater as the $88,000 price level fails to hold

Most invested bitcoin supply sits above current prices, increasing price vulnerability if key support levels fail.

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Finance

Bybit is adding bank accounts to its crypto platform with eye on U.S. expansion: Bloomberg

The exchange is working with local banks like Pave Bank to enable fiat-to-crypto conversions and encourage digital asset adoption.

Bybit app on an iphone (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Markets

Weaker dollar fails to spur bitcoin gains, but there's a reason for that

Gold and other hard assets are rallying on dollar weakness, but bitcoin is lagging as markets continue to treat it as a liquidity-sensitive risk asset.

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Markets

Number of wallets with 1 million XRP is rising again

On-chain data points to underlying demand for XRP as ETFs pull in over $90 million.

XRP symbol on top of dollar bills. (Unsplash/CoinDesk)
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