First Mover Americas: BTC Little Changed as U.S. Election Enters Final Stretch
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CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: UNI Falls 8.6% as All Market Constituents Trade Lower
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently...
Andreessen Horowitz Donates $23M to Crypto Super Pac Fairshake for 2026 Elections
The 2024 U.S. presidential election isn’t over yet, but politically-minded crypto companies have already turned their attention to fundraising for the 2026 midterm elections....
If U.S. Election Is Disputed, Prediction Markets Could Face ‘Hornet’s Nest’
At first blush, it looks redundant. The weekend before the U.S. presidential election, crypto-based prediction market Polymarket spun up a contract betting on who...
The ‘Trump Trade’ Crypto Narrative is Overblown
Bitcoin has been soaring recently, as have Trump’s odds of winning this week’s U.S. presidential election, at least according to prediction markets like PredictIt...
Bitcoin Hits Record High Against BlackRock’s U.S. Treasury ETF as Investors Search for Returns: Van Straten
BlackRock’s long-term U.S. treasury bond ETF, TLT, has dropped 8% year-to-date against bitcoin, which is up 55%. U.S. Treasuries are considered a liquid, global...
First UK Pension Fund Invests in Bitcoin
British pension specialist Cartwright has guided the country’s first pension fund to allocate money into bitcoin. The unnamed fund invested 3% of its total...
U.S. Election Betting: Polymarket ‘Manipulation’ Claims Miss the Mark
Mainstream media reports have speculated that Donald Trump’s odds on Polymarket are being manipulated for political purposes. Experts in prediction markets interviewed by CoinDesk...
‘There’s No Catch’: Bitcoin Mining Startup Promises Free Money to Renewable Energy Companies
Bitcoin mining firm Sangha Renewables aims to help renewable energy companies start their own bitcoin mines. Green power producers often struggle with stranded energy...