Bitcoin Futures Smash Through $100K Barrier on Deribit
Deribit’s BTC futures expiring in March, June and September 2025 trade above $100,000. BTC call option at the $100,000 strike now boasts an open...
BitGo Launches Singapore Services, Eyes Other Crypto-Friendly Regions in Asia
US digital asset infrastructure provider BitGo has officially launched BitGo Singapore. Although the company has operated in the city for several years, it will...
Chillguy Creator Threatens Legal Action as Crypto Trenches Scour TikTok
Phillip Banks, the creator of the “Chill Guy” meme, said he’s copyrighted the character and plans to issue takedown notices for any for-profit use....
Futures Open Interest on CME Surpasses 215K Bitcoin for the First Time as BTC Eyes $100K
Bitcoin futures open interest on the CME exchange has hit 218,000 BTC ($21.3 billion). The cryptocurrency’s market cap is closing in on a historic...
Miners Going Nuclear: A Symbiotic Synergy
Spurred by the recent Republican electoral trifecta earlier this month and the prospect of federal policy facilitating further and more widespread adoption, bitcoin notched...
DeFi’s Renaissance
The repercussions of historically stringent cryptocurrency oversight are well-documented, but the ensuing sea change is perhaps not fully appreciated. With pro-crypto legislators likely to...
Former FTX CTO Gary Wang Won’t Have To Serve Prison Time, Judge Rules
Gary Wang, the former chief technology officer at FTX, was spared prison time by a judge on Wednesday. Wang immediately met with prosecutors after...
Digital Currency Group’s Barry Silbert Bets Big on AI Blockchain Bittensor
DCG chief and Yuma CEO Barry Silbert said he believes Bittensor could be as transformative as bitcoin. Yuma will operate as an accelerator for...
The Protocol: ENS on Bitcoin; Worldcoin, Without the Eyeballs
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,...