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Bitcoin Nears K as Trump Calls for Rate Cuts, XRP Gets U.S. Futures After SEC Resolution

Bitcoin Nears $86K as Trump Calls for Rate Cuts, XRP Gets U.S. Futures After SEC Resolution

Bitcoin (BTC) inched toward $86,000 while XRP jumped 10% to lead gains among majors as crypto markets staged a broader recovery in the past 24 hours. BTC rose in...

Bitcoin Traders Seek Topside Option Plays After Powell’s Transitory Inflation Remark, Ether Still Lags in Sentiment

Bitcoin (BTC) punters are looking at topside options bets in a bullish shift in price expectations after the Federal Reserve's (Fed) meeting, but ether (ETH) continues to lag sentiment....

Kraken Close to Buying Futures Platform NinjaTrader for .5B: WSJ

Kraken Close to Buying Futures Platform NinjaTrader for $1.5B: WSJ

Kraken is nearing a $1.5 billion deal for U.S. futures trading platform NinjaTrader, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The deal could be a way for the crypto...

Ripple’s CEO Confident of XRP in U.S. Strategic Reserve, Says IPO is “Possible”

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse sees closely related XRP as part of the White House’s proposed digital asset stockpile and anticipates the launch of an XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) before...

Bitcoin Reclaims K Following Fed and Stocks Rose, but One Analyst Suggests Caution

Bitcoin Reclaims $85K Following Fed and Stocks Rose, but One Analyst Suggests Caution

Crypto markets are experiencing a modest move to the upside following today’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, in which the U.S. central bank left interest rates steady at...

First Solana Futures ETF To Hit Markets This Week

Two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking futures in Solana (SOL) are coming on the market on Thursday. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Volatility Shares...

Fed Holds Rates Steady, Cuts Growth Outlook, Raises Inflation Forecast

As expected, the U.S. Federal Reserve left its benchmark fed funds rate range steady at 4.25%-4.50% on Wednesday, the second consecutive pause since three straight rate cuts to end...

The Protocol: Meet Hoodi, Ethereum’s New Testnet

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I'm Margaux Nijkerk, CoinDesk’s Ethereum Reporter. In this issue: Hello, Hoodi: Ethereum Welcomes...

Dubai Starts Real Estate Tokenization Pilot, Forecasts B Market by 2033

Dubai Starts Real Estate Tokenization Pilot, Forecasts $16B Market by 2033

The Dubai Land Department (DLD), a government agency for the real estate industry, said it started a real estate tokenization pilot program, claiming to be the first property registration...

Wallet Infrastructure Provider Privy Raises M to Develop Crypto Onboarding Rails

Wallet Infrastructure Provider Privy Raises $15M to Develop Crypto Onboarding Rails

Privy, a provider of cryptocurrency wallet infrastructure, raised an estimated $15 million in a funding round led by Ribbit Capital. The company, which announced the funding on Wednesday, offers...