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The stablecoin queue: 20 banks and tech giants are waiting to issue tokens with Anchorage Digital

Since the Genius Act passed, Anchorage has won every single large stablecoin issuance mandate across the landscape, according to the firm’s CEO Nathan McCauley.

Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley

Finance

The great derivatives disconnect: Why 'negative' funding is actually a bullish signal for Bitcoin

Panelists are split on the four-year cycle's relevance, with year-end price targets varying widely from potentially not reaching a new high to possible targets of $150k or $250k.

(CoinDesk)

Markets

Ripple-linked XRP slips 25% below $1.42 as traders watch breakout

XRP pulled back even as Ripple and JPMorgan completed a cross-border tokenized Treasury settlement on XRPL, with price now testing whether the recent breakout structure can hold.

(CoinDesk Data)

CoinDesk Indices

Crypto for Advisors: beneath the crypto surface

Beneath the stalled market, advisors and long-term investors are quietly building durable crypto allocations and are becoming more comfortable investing in this asset class.

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Finance

The $700 million migration: Why Solv Protocol is ditching LayerZero for Chainlink

The combined migrations by Solv and Kelp shift nearly $1 billion in assets to Chainlink's CCIP, reflecting an industry "flight to quality."

Birds migrating (Nick Fewing/Unsplash)

Finance

Kalshi confirms $1 billion raise at $22 billion valuation amid prediction market boom

Institutional trading volume surged 800% over the past six months on the platform, while annualized trading activity reached $178 billion despite growing regulatory scrutiny.

Kalshi co-founders Luana Lopes Lara and Tarek Mansour (Kalshi)

Finance

Aave to overhaul collateral and listing standards after KelpDAO exploit

The lending giant is expanding its asset listing criteria beyond financial risk to include cybersecurity and architecture, and wants the rest of DeFi to follow.

(Consensus Miami 2026)

Markets

Bitcoin tests Bollinger Bands breakout as creator flips bullish on BTC

A related MVRV indicator hit overheated levels last seen before bitcoin's late-2024 push to $100,000.

(Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)
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Tech

'JaredfromSubway' bot front runs Vitalik Buterin's $4 token swap with $1 million in volume

The Ethereum co-founder, who has spent months campaigning against toxic MEV with proposals for encrypted mempools, just had one of his own swaps front-run and back-run by the network's most notorious sandwich bot.

Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk Archives)

Markets

Consensus Miami Day 3: Real-time coverage and highlights from on the ground

It's day three of Consensus Miami 2026 on Thursday. Stay tuned for updates throughout the day.

Eric Trump, Asher Genoot, and Michael Lau on Consensus Miami 2026's Mainstage.

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) drops 1.2%, leading index lower

Near Protocol (NEAR), down 1% from Wednesday, was also an underperformer.

CoinDesk

Markets

Bitwise enters tokenization in takeover of Superstate’s $267 million 'carry fund'

The crypto asset manager will take over Superstate’s $267 million USCC fund as tokenized investment products gain traction with institutions.

Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley and Anchorage Digital co-founder Diogo Monica @ NEARCON 2026 (Margaux Nijkerk/ CoinDesk)
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Finance

Kraken to buy stablecoin payments firm Reap in $600 million deal: Bloomberg

Kraken owner Payward will acquire Hong Kong-based Reap Technologies as the crypto exchange expands its stablecoin and payments infrastructure business in Asia.

Payward and Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi. (CoinDesk)

Finance

SoFi’s crypto relaunch brought in $121.6 million in Q1. Almost all of it went to costs

The company launched the SoFiUSD stablecoin for enterprise payments in December and partnered with Mastercard for settlement capabilities.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin treasury firms outline $3 trillion opportunity in BTC-backed digital credit at Consensus

Bitcoin-backed “digital credit” is scaling fast, with executives pointing to a $3 trillion long-term opportunity.

Consensus Miama 2026 Panelists. (CoinDesk)
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