Volatility
Can the Trump-Xi Summit send Bitcoin higher?
Bitcoin is holding around $80,000 as President Trump arrives in Beijing for talks with Xi Jinping covering tariffs, rare earths, and the Middle East. Could the outcome lift risk assets? CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
CME is set to let traders bet on bitcoin volatility, not just price
CME Group plans to launch bitcoin volatility futures on June 1 pending regulatory approval bringing a easy way to bet on the degree of price swings.
What's inside Kevin Warsh's crypto portfolio?
The Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh's financial disclosure reveals equity positions in more than a dozen crypto companies including Solana, Compound, dYdX, Polymarket, and the Lightning Network. He's pledged to divest, but the potential next person to oversee stablecoin regulation and bank crypto custody has been deeply invested in the industry. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
Why Jack Dorsey thinks AI will replace middle managers
Block CEO Jack Dorsey argues that his company's decision to cut approximately 40% employees was not a cost reduction but a permanent restructuring to replace middle managers with AI. But current and former Block employees are pushing back, saying that roughly 95% of AI-generated code changes still require human modification. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
Bitcoin may have already bottomed out near $60,000. Here’s why.
Implied volatility indicators DVOL and BVIV suggest peak fear has passed, with crypto leading traditional markets in pricing risk.
Equity, oil and bond markets have freaked out. Bitcoin traders have not.
Bitcoin's implied volatility holds steady as panic hedging drives traditional volatility indexes higher.
Polymarket's Volmex contracts open a new path to trading bitcoin, ether volatility
Polymarket has launched new prediction markets tied to Volmex's bitcoin and ether 30-day implied volatility indices.
Bitcoin rewards aren't worth the risk right now as a key Wall Street metric turns negative
The metric highlights weak risk-adjusted performance during periods of volatility, a feature of drawdowns that can persist for months.
Lack of liquidity is a growing concern in crypto, says Auros' Jason Atkins
Ahead of Consensus Hong Kong, Auros’ Jason Atkins says market depth, not hype, will determine crypto’s next phase.
XRP and solana volatility in 2025 was twice as bumpy as bitcoin's
ETFs tied to altcoins need to pull in deeper liquidity to match BTC's chill.
