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Finance

IMF confirms El Salvador’s bitcoin growth was funded by private donations, not public money

The IMF confirmed that all bitcoin added to official holdings since June 2025 was sourced from private donations, with no public funds used for accumulation.

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Markets

One full bitcoin now buys a little more than 18 ounces of gold, the most since January

Bitcoin is pulling ahead of gold even as both hard assets rally together, driven by fears that governments will inflate away their debt rather than by bond yields.

BTC-gold ratio. (TradingView)

Finance

Standard Chartered brings spot crypto trading to Dubai FX platform

The bank is now offering institutional crypto spot trading in the region, bringing BTC and ETH onto the same eFX rails that institutions use to trade dollars and euros.

The Standard Chartered logo on the outside of an office building (Corporate Locations/Unsplash)

Markets

The yen is surging and it’s helping bitcoin, for now

Yen's rise has led to a broad-based USD weakness, driving the Dollar Index lower. BTC and gold are loving it, for now.

USDJPY (TradingView)

Markets

Bitcoin’s fabled golden cross is coming. And USDT may be the real signal this time

BTC is nearing a bullish golden cross, a widely tracked signal with a mixed record of success in crypto markets. But this time, USDT is supporting the bullish read.

BTC's golden cross history. (CoinDesk, TradingView)

Markets

Dogecoin becomes only losing bet for Japan-listed firm as it sells altcoins for bitcoin

Remixpoint booked gains on ether, solana and XRP, but sold DOGE below its fiscal-year opening value as it concentrated its crypto holdings in bitcoin.

Only dogecoin lost money in Remixpoint's selloff. (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)

Videos

Coinbase tokenized stocks hit $100M in volume; first Zcash ETF and Strategy yield goes DeFi

On this episode of CoinDesk's Public Keys from the New York Stock Exchange, host Jennifer Sanasie is joined by Ben Spiegelman, Head of Institutional at Base, to break down Coinbase's newly launched tokenized stocks. Zach Pandl, Head of Research at Grayscale, unpacks the debut of the first-ever Zcash ETF. Plus, Solstice CEO Ben Nadareski explains strcUSX, a Solana-based product that splits the economics of Strategy's STRC preferred into senior and junior tranches. - Learn more at bullish.com. - Register now for CoinDesk's Policy and Regulation event on September 22, 2026: policy-regulation.coindesk.com. - To get market-moving news delivered daily, download CoinDesk's mobile app: linktr.ee/coindeskapp.

Coinbase tokenized stocks hit $100M in volume; first Zcash ETF and Strategy yield goes DeFi

Markets

The bearish 'Bart Simpson' pattern is back as bitcoin and XRP prices pull back

Analysts discuss the cartoon-themed price action as prices for major cryptocurrencies wilt.

Bitcoin's "Bart Simpson" pattern. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss says bond rout could force emergency spending cuts

The former prime minister said U.K. is among the worst examples of rising debt and warns the situation may have gone too far.

Head and shoulders photo of Liz Truss

Markets

A China indicator that supports risk-taking in stocks and bitcoin is flashing red

China's "credit impulse" is flashing red for risk assets. So far, bitcoin has mostly shrugged it off.

China flag (Unsplash)