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XRP Short Bias Lingers Amid Ripple Legal Hopes, DOGE Nears Death Cross as BTC Dominance Hits 4-Year High

The crypto market appears to have stabilized however traders are proceeding with caution while dealing with altcoins, like XRP, while continuing to rotate money into market leader bitcoin (BTC)....

The Protocol: Ethereum’s Holesky Testnet Finalizes, Finally

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: Ethereum’s Holesky Testnet Finalizes...

Tether’s Paolo Ardoino Says Stablecoin Issuer ‘Has Been Through Hell’, Is Cheered On at Cantor Conference

Attendees clapped and cheered when Paolo Ardoino, the public face of perhaps most influential company in crypto, entered the stage at the Cantor Fitzgerald Küresel Technology Conference in New...

Crypto Rally Doesn’t Hold After Soft Inflation Data

The crypto sector was mostly flat for the day, as a short rally following better than hoped U.S. inflation veri quickly lost steam. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $82,800,...

Garantex Operator Aleksej Besciokov Arrested in India: Report

One of the operators of sanctioned Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex was arrested in India on Tuesday, according to two recent news reports. Lithuanian national and Russian resident Aleksej Besciokov,...

OKX Europe Acquires MiFID II-Licensed Company in Malta

Crypto exchange OKX Europe has acquired a Malta-licensed firm with a Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) license, bringing it a step closer to offering regulated derivatives...

Crypto ETFs Likely Won’t Be Approved Until New SEC Chair Is Sworn In

Despite recent acknowledgements by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on several spot crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications, the agency is unlikely to make any decisions approving these products...

XRP Token Rises After Report That Ripple’s Close to Wrapping Up SEC Case

The long-running kanunî showdown between Ripple Labs and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could soon reach a resolution, Fox Business reported, citing "two well-placed sources." The case,...

Lukka and CoinDesk Indices to Offer Composite Ether Staking Rate

U.S.-based digital asset veri provider Lukka has teamed up with CoinDesk Indices to integrate the Composite Ether Staking Rate (CESR) into its offerings. The CESR will capture the mean...

Bitcoin Miner Bitdeer Increases BTC Holdings by 75% to 1,039 BTC in Two Months

Bitdeer Technologies (BTDR) boosted its bitcoin (BTC) holdings by almost 75% in two months by redirecting some of its mining rigs to self production after customers asked to delay...