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Finance

Institutions don't want more risk—they want bitcoin yield that works like TradFi, says GlobalStake co-founder

Collateralized, market-neutral strategies, not DeFi or smart contracts, are driving renewed institutional interest, says GlobalStake co-founder Thomas Chaffee.

Bitcoin (Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Ether treasury ETHZilla pivots to real estate tokenization with a $4.7 million housing loan deal

ETHZilla’s shift toward tokenization comes after a sharp downturn in its core crypto holdings.

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Finance

Crypto platform Bullish tops Q4 estimates, with Q1 guidance in line with consensus

Shares of the company are sinking in pre-market action as crypto prices continue to plunge.

Crypto exchange Bullish goes public on the New York Stock Exchange. (Aoyon Ashraf/Modified by CoinDesk))
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Markets

Bitcoin, ether slide 7% as market 'fear' increases, liquidations mount

Crypto markets extended losses amid heavy derivatives liquidations and macro headwinds, with traders bracing for further downside if bitcoin breaks key support.

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Policy

Brazil moves to ban algorithmic stablecoins like Ethena’s USDe

New legislation requires all stablecoins to be fully backed by reserve assets and introduces penalties for issuing unbacked stablecoins.

Brazil's flag (Rafaela Biazi/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

'Big Short' Micheal Burry spots 2022 vibes in bitcoin crash

The ‘Big Short’ investor compared the current slide with a one-time past cycle breakdown that saw BTC lose nearly half its value before stabilizing.

Michael Burry attends the "The Big Short" New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on Nov. 23, 2015.

Markets

Bitcoin drops below $70,000 as crypto selloff deepens before U.S. equity market opens

"Extreme fear" grips crypto and metals while U.S. equities show resilience ahead of key earnings.

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Markets

Miners are being squeezed as bitcoin’s $70,000 price fails to cover $87,000 production costs

Bitcoin is now approximately 20% below its estimated average production cost, historically a feature of a bear market.

Average Production Cost (Checkonchain)

Markets

Vitalik Buterin blasts Ethereum 'copypasta' L2 chains, says the rollup excuse is fading

Ethereum’s co-founder says the ecosystem has grown too comfortable shipping lookalike networks, arguing that scaling alone is no longer a compelling reason to exist.

Vitalik Buterin

Markets

Stifel predicts bitcoin crash to $38,000. Yes, you read it right.

Stifel analysts predict bitcoin could fall to $38,000 using an analogy of the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" to explain the bearish forecast.

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Markets

Bitcoin climbs back above $71,000 as tech selloff pauses

Analysts say the move looks driven more by short covering than fresh buying, with spot demand soft and stablecoin balances on exchanges drifting lower.

Price bounce (Getty Images)
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Markets

Justin Sun says 'keep going' on Tron Inc's TRX buys as the token outperforms bitcoin

TRX has outperformed much of the crypto market this year, slipping only about 1.3% versus bitcoin's nearly 19% decline.

Justin Sun speaks at Consensus Hong Kong (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bhutan moves bitcoin to trading firms and exchanges as BTC drops to nearly $70,000

Wallet data shows the Royal Government of Bhutan moving bitcoin to trading firms and exchanges for the first time in months, as markets slide and volatility spikes across crypto and metals.

Buddha point, Thimphu, Bhutan (Passang Tobgay/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin crashes below $70,000 on Bitstamp

During Asian trading hours, BTC hit a low of $69,101 on Bitstamp.

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Policy

House probe targets WLFI after report of $500 Million UAE stake

Congressional investigators seek ownership records, payment trails and stablecoin documents from the Trump-linked crypto firm following reports of Emirati backing and its USD1 token’s role in a $2 Billion Binance transaction

Consensus 2025: Zak Folkman, Eric Trump
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