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Markets

Crypto stocks pare gains as bitcoin retreats from $90,000 rally

Crypto-linked stocks pulled back, with miners like MARA Holdings (MARA) down 4.8% and Core Scientific (CORZ) down 6%.

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Policy

Crypto industry insiders meet with key senators on market structure bill negotiation

Executives and lobbyists are attending a meeting today with Senator Tim Scott and others to hash out the ongoing talks over crypto's most important policy effort.

Senator Tim Scott (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Tech

The Protocol: Bug that can drain all your tokens impacting 'thousands' of sites

Also: Ripple news, Aave protocol debate, and pudgy penguins takeover

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Markets

Bitcoin tumbles back below $88,000 as gains evaporate as quickly as they formed

It was a blink and you missed it rally as continued deflation in the AI trade sent the Nasdaq sharply lower, dragging crypto along with it.

Bitcoin (BTC) price (CoinDesk)
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Markets

Robinhood looks better placed than Coinbase for prediction-market upside, Mizuho says

Robinhood stands to gain more from prediction markets than Coinbase as users plan to deploy fresh capital rather than sell existing crypto, the bank said.

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Policy

Macquarie sees U.S. Senate near crypto deal as market structure, GENIUS rules advance

The bank said bipartisan Senate talks on market structure legislation and parallel GENIUS Act rulemaking could deliver a workable U.S. crypto framework by early 2026.

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Markets

Bitcoin shorts scramble for the exits as BTC climbs

Bitcoin surged from an intraday low near $86,200 to reclaim $90,000, driven by aggressive spot buying and a wave of short liquidations.

Bear overlooking woodland (Pixabay)

Markets

Hut 8 and Coinbase outperform as Crypto stocks jump on bitcoin's sudden rally

Mining stocks, trading platforms, and cryptocurrency infrastructure firms saw significant gains, including Hut 8, Riot Platforms, and Coinbase.

Price and depth chart on laptop (Austin Distel/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)
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Markets

Bitcoin re-takes $90,000 as price spikes early in U.S. session

Surging metals prices and dovish comments from leading Fed chair contender Chris Waller were among the news items possibly boosting crypto prices.

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CoinDesk News

Most Influential: Vlad Tenev

Robinhood has acquired Bitstamp, launched staking services for ether and solana, and added new tokens for US users, including XRP, SOL, and BNB.

Vlad Tenev

Policy

Most Influential: Paul Atkins

Under Atkins’ leadership, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has undergone a near-complete reversal of the way it regulates crypto.

Paul Atkins

Policy

Most Influential: Caroline Pham

As an acting chairman at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Caroline Pham pulled no punches in pursuing crypto-friendly policy aims.

Caroline Pham
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Finance

Most Influential: Carlos Domingo

The Securitize CEO ground through the uncool years of tokenization while NFTs, FTX and memecoins soaked up the hype. With billions in tokenized assets, a SPAC listing in the works and BlackRock as a flagship client and backer, Carlos Domingo’s early bet is finally paying off.

Carlos Domingo, Securitize CEO

Finance

Most Influential: Jeremy Allaire

Allaire spent 2025 pushing regulated digital dollars into the mainstream, shaping U.S. policy and unveiling Arc as the foundation for institutional blockchain finance.

Jeremy Allaire

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: NEAR Protocol Falls 4.1%, Leading Index Lower

Sui (SUI) was also an underperformer, declining 2.4% from Tuesday.

CoinDesk

Opinion

The Deepfake Reckoning: Why Crypto’s Next Security Battle Will Be Against Synthetic Humans

Crypto platforms must adopt proactive, multi-layered verification architectures that don’t stop at onboarding but continuously validate identity, intent, and transaction integrity throughout the user journey, argues Ilya Broven, chief growth officer at Sumsub.

Robots (Unsplash/Sumaid pal Singh Bakshi/Modified by CoinDesk)
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