Trump Administration Has Already Unlocked ‘New Era’ for U.S. Crypto: JPMorgan
Donald Trump’s victory in the November presidential election is already ushering in a new era for crypto in the U.S., JPMorgan (JPM) said in...
Out With the “Altcoin,” in With the Asset Class
Following the U.S. presidential election, crypto’s headwinds have seemingly dissipated. Since early November bitcoin has reached $100K amid regulatory wins such as the nomination...
Kraken’s Ink Layer-2 Goes Live
Kraken, the seventh-largest crypto exchange, said its layer-2 rollup network, built on top of the Ethereum blockchain, has gone live. The network, called Ink,...
Three Predictions For 2025
No one can argue with 2024 being a breakthrough year for crypto. BTC and ETH ETFs launched, BlackRock spearheaded bitcoin adoption, a pro-crypto president...
Bitcoin Slips to $101K, Altcoins Spiraling on Federal Reserve’s Hawkish Tone
The U.S. Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark fed funds rate by 25 basis points to the 4.25%-4.50% range, its third consecutive easing move this...
Deutsche Bank’s L2 Blockchain to Be ‘Public and Permissioned,’ Says Tech Partner
Banking giant Deutsche Bank is building out a layer-2 rollup network on Ethereum with ZKsync technology developed by Matter Labs. Story continues below Don’t...
The Protocol: Solana’s Allure for Devs; Avalanche’s Big Upgrade
Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Marc Hochstein, CoinDesk’s deputy editor-in-chief for features,...
How Wall Street’s Relationship With Bitcoin Will Transform in 2025: 5 Predictions
When Michael Saylor announced MicroStrategy’s conversion of $250 million in Treasury reserves to bitcoin in August 2020, Wall Street analysts dismissed it as a...
‘DeFi on Bitcoin’ Gets a Boost as BOB L2 Integrates $6B BTC Staking Protocol Babylon
BOB, the “hybrid layer-2” network seeking to make Bitcoin the center of the decentralized finance (DeFi) universe, has taken a step toward that goal...