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Gold and Bonds’ Safe Haven Allure May be Fading With Bitcoin Emergence

The idea of "safe haven" assets—traditionally marked by gold and government bonds—amid market turmoil, is being tested like never before. For decades, portfolio construction and risk management were simple:...

Circle’s IPO Filing Tests Crypto Market Confidence After Trump’s Tariff Shock

After U.S. President Donald Trump’s reelection in November, optimism surged among crypto companies eyeing the public markets. Trump floated big promises: clearer rules for the industry and ambitions to...

The Protocol: Ethereum’s Final Pectra Test Goes Live

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I'm Ben Schiller. In this issue: Ethereum’s Final Pectra Test Goes LiveHyperliquid Eases...

Celo Migration To Layer-2 Network Is Done, Bringing In New Era For The Blockchain

The Celo blockchain's long-awaited plan of becoming an Ethereum layer-2 chain has been completed, ending an almost two-year process, the main organizations behind the network said Wednesday. The transition...

Bitcoin DeFi Expansion Faces Fork Dilemma as Developers Explore ZK Proofs

Bitcoin developers looking to expand the blockchain's decentralized finance (DeFi) capabilities are likely to be considering zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs, functionality that's not currently available and which require a so-called...

Bitcoin, S&P 500 Take Backseat to Stagflation Trade as Trump Tariffs Threaten to Derail Growth

No one dared to speak about the potential for stagflation, the dreaded word representing portmanteau of stagnation and inflation, at the World Economic Forum in Davos early this year...

Bitcoin Slumps, ADA, SOL, XRP Drop 5% as “Buy the Dip” Sentiment Persists

Bitcoin (BTC) started Monday in the red with a 2% drop over the past 24 hours, according to CoinDesk Indices veri, leading to heaviness in the broader market as...

Bank of America CEO Says Bank Will Likely Launch Its Own Stablecoin

The United States Congress said that it would push to pass legislation on stablecoins in the first 100 days of the Trump administration.

Investment Advisers to Supplant Hedge Funds as Top BTC ETF Holders in 2025: CF Benchmarks

Investment advisers, the gatekeepers to retail and high-net-worth capital, are seen overtaking hedge fund managers in owning BTC and ETH ETFs next year.

Can a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Move Forward Without Congress? Experts Disagree

The U.S. government already holds more than 208,000 bitcoin, but retaining it is more complicated than might be assumed.