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Coinbase rebounds as altcoins surge with bitcoin holding above $80,000
Tokenization and digital asset-infrastructure stocks climbed as SEC Chair Paul Atkins signaled support for onchain finance rules.
SEC Crypto Task Force Chief Counsel: 'I bought my first Bitcoin in 2013'
Taylor Lindman, chief counsel of the SEC Crypto Task Force, joins CoinDesk Live at Consensus 2026 in Miami to outline the agency's two-bucket approach to crypto regulation, why the CLARITY Act will "supercharge" the SEC, and the open questions around tokenized securities. Plus, the chief counsel's personal crypto origin story: buying Bitcoin in Korea in 2013 and learning self-custody after his exchange went bust.
U.S. added 115K jobs in April, nearly doubling expectations
The data comes ahead of what's expected to be a new Federal Reserve chairman taking the reins at the U.S. central bank later this month.
Bitcoin ending May above $76,000 would confirm new bull market, Tom Lee says
Tokenization and AI agentic finance are the main narratives driving the next bull cycle in crypto, Lee said at Consensus 2026.
Purge of millions of crypto tokens underway, BTC needs it for sustainable bull cycle: Ben Cowen
Researcher and market analyst Ben Cowen says the purge of millions of altcoins is already underway and is necessary for a sustainable bitcoin bull market to be in place.
GameStop's $55B eBay bid could liquidate its bitcoin
GameStop submitted an unsolicited $55.5 billion offer to buy eBay, and CEO Ryan Cohen hasn't ruled out selling the company's $368 million bitcoin treasury to fund it. If the deal closes, eBay's 135 million active buyers would be inside a company that holds bitcoin. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
All eyes on Coinbase after Robinhood's crypto revenue falls 47%
On this episode of Public Keys at the New York Stock Exchange, hosted by Jennifer Sanasie, Tether has proposed merging 21 Capital, Strike, and Elektron Energy into a single publicly listed Bitcoin company spanning accumulation, payments, and mining. Earnings season is here: Robinhood just posted a 47% drop in crypto revenue alongside a 320% surge in events contracts. Dan Dolev, Senior Analyst covering FinTech and Payments at Mizuho, breaks down what those numbers mean and what he's watching when Coinbase reports this week. Latin America's largest Bitcoin treasury company, OranjeBTC, just launched an American Depositary Receipt giving US investors direct access. Chairman Josh Levine explains why Brazil is one of the world's most natural Bitcoin markets. Plus, Visa and WeFi are merging traditional banking and blockchain rails. WeFi co-founder Reeve Collins, who also co-founded Tether, explains what that means for the future of global payments.
Polymarket turns to Chainalysis as insider trading concerns mount
A nonprofit analyzed 435,000 Polymarket contracts and found longshot bets on military outcomes succeed at rates over 50% — five times higher than other political markets. Eight wallets turned $164,000 into $1.8 million in the hours before the June 2025 Iran strike. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
Institutional demand to drive bitcoin market cap to $16 trillion by 2030: Ark Invest
The figure implies a sharp increase in the bitcoin price.
Dogecoin zooms 10%, breaking away from bitcoin as open interest hits a yearly peak
Open interest in DOGE-tracked futures climbed to 15.36 billion tokens, a sign that traders are adding fresh leverage as the memecoin’s price surges.
