Analysis

Is This Finally an Atomic Bomb From the SEC?
The warning to Coinbase that it’s breaking securities laws may signal the long-awaited attack on crypto’s foundations, but also may set up a court fight that finally answers questions.

Bitcoin, Ether Diverging Paths Show Resilience and Opportunity
Bitcoin’s outperformance relative to ether highlights a flight to safety. The assets’ normally tight correlation has decoupled periodically in recent weeks.

Dreams of Rebooting FTX Face Cold Reality That Its Technology Wasn’t Well-Regarded
Woefully high latency, bugs in the API traders use to interface with FTX and coding mishaps plagued the exchange, according to several former clients who spoke to CoinDesk.

Short-Term BTC Holders, Stablecoin Supplies Could Indicate Cryptos' Future Price Direction
The two data points may show whether bitcoin moves higher or declines further in the aftermath of the U.S. central bank's 25 basis point rate increase Wednesday.

Rapid Bank Runs Reveal Deposits Are Now Magic Internet Money, Too
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the speed of the Silicon Valley Bank run was “very different from what we’ve seen in the past.” However, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she is not considering a "blanket" deposit guarantee.

Hacker vs. Hacker: North Koreans Attempt to Phish Euler Exploiter of $200M in Crypto, Experts Say
An unlikely exchange played out on the Ethereum blockchain, sparking confusion and alarm.

On-Chain Indicator Suggests Bitcoin, Ether Are Trading at a Discount
Traditionally, higher NVT ratios indicate that an asset is becoming more expensive, while lower NVT ratios indicate the opposite.

Bitcoin, Ether Trade Lower After Breaching Technical Indicator
The proximity of the breach to the upcoming Federal Reser ve rate decision could stymie activity in the short term. BTC is also showing an increasingly inverse relationship to the U.S. dollar ahead of the announcement

Bitcoin, Ether Swing From Cold to Hot in Event-Filled Week
The two largest cryptocurrencies have risen 31% and 26%, respectively, even as bank failures, inflation concerns and ETH selling pressure have roiled traditional asset markets.

Bitcoin, Ether Shrug Off U.S. Jobs Data
The two largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization also recently appear to have decoupled from equity indexes.

