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Markets

Bitcoin trims losses after core CPI rises less than feared 0.2% in May

Headline inflation rose an expected 0.5% in May, but the beat on the core rate — which cuts out food and energy costs — is pleasing markets.

Shopping trolley The latest inflation data is due on Thursday morning (Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images)

Tech

A 'Bitcoin DeFi' project just shut down with a brutal post-mortem: Users just didn't care

"It did not work," Botanix said. "At least not in this market and not in this timeline."

BitMEX and Bitmart shutting down.  (Tim Mossholder/Unsplashed)

Markets

Bitcoin ETFs are no bigger today than when Trump won the election

Net assets of U.S.-listed spot ETFs have fallen to levels last seen just after Trump won the election in early November 2024.

Hands on a laptop keyboard with a screen showing charts and prices (Unsplash, Kanchanara)

Markets

Come back after the summer, says one analyst on crypto markets

Bitcoin's growing divergence from tech stocks raises concerns as AI spending surges, says Quinn Thompson.

DeFi Summer has cooled.

Markets

Bitcoin inflows slow sharply in 2026 as investors chase AI, Bernstein says

Bernstein said bitcoin's increasingly diversified ownership base supports its long-term store-of-value thesis.

Digital representation of a physical bitcoin.

Markets

BlackRock warns of energy shock as May CPI is set to show acceleration in inflation

BlackRock is closely watching Wednesday's CPI as an early test of how U.S.-Iran tensions are feeding into already elevated prices in the economy.

Wooden block tiles spell out the word "inflation." (Markus Winkler/Unsplash)

Tech

Live updates: Bitcoin narrows early losses, returns to $62,000 as Nasdaq bounces to close down 1%

Crypto prices rose on Monday following last week's crash, but the bears still appear to be in control.

Bitcoin  (getty Images)

Finance

Circle debuts cirBTC on Ethereum to challenge Coinbase in the wrapped bitcoin market

Circle unveiled cirBTC, a token backed 1:1 by the world's largest cryptocurrency, to allow traders to use their bitcoin wealth in DeFi protocols.

Circle's logo and name (Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

Markets

Saylor blamed AI for bitcoin crash. Arca has one word for that: Nonsense

Arca is blaming Strategy's sale of 32 BTC for last week's BTC crash, not AI capital rotation, as Strategy's Saylor claimed.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Videos

Why Strategy sold Bitcoin, VanEck’s BNB bet and a $1.7B ETF exodus

On this episode of CoinDesk's Public Keys from the New York Stock Exchange, host Jennifer Sanasie is joined by Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Research Analyst James Seyffart to break down the SpaceX IPO's pull on crypto capital, four consecutive weeks of Bitcoin ETF outflows topping $1.7 billion, and the Zcash counterfeiting bug. VanEck Director of Digital Assets Product Kyle DaCruz unpacks VBNB, the first US spot BNB ETF, the rise of "revenue chains," and what staking rewards will mean for the product. 100X Capital CIO Joy Pathak — also known as the Wizard of SoHo — shares his top conviction trade in the 10X segment. Plus, Benchmark-StoneX Managing Director Mark Palmer breaks down why the market overreacted to Strategy's first publicized Bitcoin sale, his $570 price target on the company, and his Buy rating with a $32 target on Strive.

Why Strategy sold Bitcoin, VanEck’s BNB bet and a $1.7B ETF exodus