CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of the leaders and laggards of the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2157.12, up 3.4% (+71.19) since 4 p.m. ET Tuesday. All 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: APT (+5.5%) and ICP (+5.3%). Laggards: XLM (+0.9%) and CRO (+1.9%). The […]
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Crypto exchange Kraken claims to have filed 56 million crypto transaction forms with the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for fiscal year 2025. About 18.5 million of them covered transactions worth less than $1, and more than half covered transactions worth $10 or less. Only 8.5% of newly introduced 1099-DA forms exceeded $600, the
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A Polymarket contract on whether Kelp DAO will spread losses from the weekend’s $292 million exploit beyond those directly affected indicates a clear answer: probably not. Punters give a 14% chance that Kelp will “socialize losses” or implement a mechanism forcing rsETH holders on Ethereum, which was not affected, to share the pain of users
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Bitcoin BTC$78,287.19 pushed above $78,000, lifting the broader crypto market. The move comes as risk sentiment improved after US President Donald Trump extended the ceasefire with Iran. Stock index futures also rose. The cryptocurrency’s rise ended the choppy weeks of trading between $65,000 and $75,000 that defined March and early April, finally giving momentum traders
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The crypto market is poised for a major breakthrough with Bitcoin BTC$78,115.56 trading at $78,000, the level it failed to breach on Friday and a price it has not exceeded since January. A break above this level would trigger bullish momentum up to $80,000, as $180 million in futures positions are expected to be liquidated
More than $10 billion was withdrawn from Aave after the Kelp DAO exploit, but the capital is not all in one place. After the ~$292 million exploit broke rsETH’s cross-chain support, users spread their capital to safer and simpler sites rather than moving to a direct replacement. Aave’s total value locked fell by about 40%,
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Bitcoin BTC$78,092.39 is near a decisive moment as it tests two closely aligned on-chain resistance levels, following about 75 days of sideways consolidation from its Feb. 6 local low at $60,000 as bitcoin climbs above $78,000. The first measure is the true market average, currently at $78,200. This metric, tracked by Checkonchain, reflects the average
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XRP is pushing higher again, and this time the move has volume behind it. The structure looks cleaner than previous attempts, but it still sits just below major resistance, meaning it still has more to prove before this turns into a full breakout. News context • Ripple outlined a four-phase plan to make the XRP
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Another day, another feat. The security crisis of blockchain-based decentralized finance (DeFi), once touted as a challenger to existing infrastructure, is only getting worse. The latest victim is Volo Protocol, a platform built on the Sui blockchain, where users deposit assets into yield-generating “vaults,” which function like pooled investments. Deposited tokens such as bitcoin, stablecoins,
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Tron creator Justin Sun on Tuesday sued World Liberty Financial, the stablecoin and crypto company backed by members of U.S. President Donald Trump’s family, alleging the project unfairly blocked his $WLFI holdings, made fraudulent misrepresentations, and threatened and defamed Sun. The lawsuit filed Tuesday, which includes a line about Sun’s support for Trump himself, alleges
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