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Opinion

How decentralized AI training will create a new asset class for digital intelligence

Tokenized AI will democratize access to the world’s most valuable resource, argues Brukhman.

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Markets

Bitcoin falls out of global top 10 assets by market capitalization after price dumps below $80,000

Ether also declined significantly, dropping to 56th place with a market cap just above $300 billion and losing 14.5% of its value.

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Markets

Bitcoin breaks key support level as Glassnode warns of further price breakdown

Long-term bitcoin holders are selling at the fastest pace since August, while some industry observers suggest the market may be approaching a bear-market bottom.

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Finance

The market for tokenized equities has exploded by almost 3,000% in a single year

Tokenized stocks grew nearly 3,000% in 2025 as new SEC rules and a DTCC pilot pushed the asset class toward the $1 billion milestone, led by Ondo and Securitize.

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Markets

XRP slides 7% as rapid selling breaks major $1.79 support

Traders are watching $1.74 as near-term support, with $1.79–$1.82 now the key resistance zone.

(CoinDesk Data)

Markets

ETH, SOL and DOGE slide 7% as $850 million bullish bets end up liquidated

Ether, solana and XRP led losses across crypto as a wave of long liquidations swept futures markets, showing stress spreading beyond bitcoin during weekend trading.

Liquidity void in crypto persists (Simon Hurry/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin 'fear' sentiment hits a 2026 high as price downtrends toward $80,000

Social chatter around bitcoin has turned sharply negative after the token slid to its lowest level since Nov. 21, a setup Santiment says often appears near capitulation, even if near term trading stays messy.

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Markets

Bitcoin plunges near $78,000 as geopolitical risks deepens amid U.S-Iran tension

Bitcoin slid under $80,000 on Saturday as thin weekend liquidity magnified selling pressure, with traders pointing to Middle East tensions, U.S. political risk and lingering crypto-specific uncertainty.

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Policy

U.S. imposes sanctions on crypto exchanges tied to Iran for the first time

The exchanges were accused of facilitating transactions for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and are linked to an Iranian businessman convicted of embezzlement.

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Finance

NYSE's 24/7 plan could fix key problem for stock tokens, Ondo's de Bode says

NYSE and Nasdaq introducing 24/7 trading with tokenized stock would be a "godsend," solving thin weekend liquidity, Ondo Finance President Ian de Bode told CoinDesk in an interview.

Ian de Bode, chief strategy officer at Ondo Finance (Ondo Finance)

Markets

Founder of OKX, one of the biggest crypto exchanges, blames bitcoin’s October crash on Binance

Months after Oct. 10’s flash crash and liquidation cascade, a fresh spat has opened between exchange executives and market watchers over whether a leveraged yield loop, thin liquidity, or busted market plumbing did the real damage.

OKX founder Star Xu (OKX)

Markets

Binance pins crypto's worst-ever liquidation day on macro risks, not exchange failure

Binance says October 10’s crypto flash crash was driven by a macro risk-off shock, cascading liquidations, and thin liquidity, while acknowledging two platform-specific issues that occurred after most losses had already been incurred.

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Markets

Silver's 35% plunge ends up beating bitcoin in a rare crypto liquidation shock

Tokenized silver futures recorded the largest liquidations across crypto markets over the past 24 hours, overtaking bitcoin and ether as a sharp pullback in metals collided with leverage-heavy trading on crypto venues.

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Markets

Bitcoin, ether fall as shutdown clock hits and markets brace for a messy Monday

Bitcoin fell toward $83,000 as the U.S. entered a partial shutdown, with traders leaning defensive ahead of a House vote expected Monday.

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Policy

Polymarket, Kalshi contract limits demonstrated in latest U.S. government shutdown fight

The U.S. government is likely to shut down Saturday morning until the House votes on a funding package, raising the importance of specificity in prediction market bets.

Shayne Coplan, founder and CEO of Polymarket (CoinDesk/Jesse Hamilton)

Finance

Tether's gold holdings top $17 billion as net profits surpassed $10 billion for 2025

The stablecoin giant saw sharp growth in its USDT token's supply, and was one of the world's largest U.S. government debt holder with $141 billion Treasury exposure.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at White House
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