Vivek: Unsurprisingly, The Bitcoin Price Follows Global Liquidity
What We’re Reading: Bitcoin: A Global Liquidity Barometer I have been intrigued by the significant increase in global liquidity during 2024, driven by extensive money...
This $1,000 Faraday Backpack Will Protect Your Bitcoin
WHERE WE’RE SHOPPING: SLNT If you’re like me (and you’ve been stacking Bitcoin relentlessly), you’ve probably looked for ways to improve your privacy. I’ll admit,...
SHINOBI: OFF-CHAIN PROTOCOLS WILL ALWAYS BE A BALANCING ACT
Rene Pickhardt recently kicked off a thread discussing the differences between two party and multiparty (more than two participants) payment channels as it relates...
The Spectre of Sam Bankman-Fried Overshadowed Caroline Ellison’s Sentencing
Caroline Ellison, flanked by her attorneys, was sentenced to two years in prison and three years of supervised release for her role in propping...
Bitcoin Regains $61K in Worst Start to Most Bullish Month as Israel-Iran Tensions Rage On
Tensions in the Middle East pushed down BTC during the first half of Asia trading hours Wednesday. The CoinDesk 20, a measure of the...
Bitcoin Plunge Causes $450M in Bullish Crypto Bets Liquidated
Nearly half a billion in bullish crypto bets were liquidated as the market buckled under geopolitical pressure. Data from CoinGlass shows that 86% of...
Tokenization Allows More Efficient Collateral Transfers, Digital Asset, Euroclear and World Gold Council Found in Pilot Project
The project demonstrated that tokenized assets could be used to meet intraday margin calls instantaneously, regardless of traditional settlement cycles, processing times and time...
Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $242.6M, Biggest Outflow Since Sept. 3
Bitcoin ETFs saw outflows of $242.6 million on Tuesday amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. BTC fell to a low of $60,300, erasing...
How North Korea Infiltrated the Crypto Industry
CoinDesk identified more than a dozen crypto companies that unknowingly hired IT workers from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), including such well-established...