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First Mover Americas: BlackRock Received $100K Seed Funding for Its Spot BTC ETF

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Dec. 5, 2023.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

Markets

Coinbase's Rally Still Has Legs, Chart Analyst Says

Shares in the cryptocurrency exchange have rallied nearly 300% this year, and the latest chart pattern suggests further gains could still be in the offing.

CEO Brian Armstrong posted 10 crypto startup ideas to Twitter he wishes someone would build. Why not Coinbase? (Coinbase, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

BlackRock Received $100K Seed Funding for Spot Bitcoin ETF

The unknown seed investor agreed to purchase $100,000 shares on October 27, 2023, BlackRock’s latest filing reveals.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Bitcoin Rally to $42K Fueled by 'Panic Buying,' Pushes Crypto Market Cap Over $1.5T

The combined market value of cryptocurrencies is the highest since May 2022, when Terra's collapse marked the beginning of the crypto winter.

Bitcoin price is up almost 6% over the past 24 hours (CoinDesk)

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Markets

Michael Saylor's Bitcoin Bet Profit Tops $2B

MicroStrategy held nearly 175,000 bitcoins in its treasury as of the end of November.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Getty Images)

Videos

Bitcoin Extends Rally as $1B in BTC Withdrawals Suggests Bullish Mood

The case for a continued rally in bitcoin (BTC) has strengthened, with centralized exchanges recently witnessing a sizeable exodus of coins. Data from Glassnode shows just over 37,000 BTC, worth $1.4 billion, has been withdrawn from exchanges since Nov. 17 in a sign of investors taking direct custody of their coins. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Hits $42K for First Time in Over a Year

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Dec. 4, 2023.

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Consensus Magazine

Lisa Neigut: Reinventing Lightning to Reinvent Bitcoin

The Blockstream developer has been working on what she calls “Lightning v2” since 2019, and it’s poised to launch by year’s end.

Lisa Neigut (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Casey Rodarmor: The Bitcoin Artist

His "Ordinals Theory," allowing data inscription on Bitcoin, generated a backlash from Bitcoiners who said it will ruin the network. But Rodarmor remains undeterred.

Casey Rodarmor, who shook up Bitcoin with Ordinals (Rhett Mankind)

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