Blockfills, a Chicago-based crypto trading company, has filed for bankruptcy, as the crypto winter takes its toll on the industry. On Sunday, BlockFills operator Reliz Ltd. and three affiliated entities filed voluntary petitions for Chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, according to documents viewed by CoinDesk. The court […]
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Leah Callon-Butler recently wrote that the rock-and-roll era of crypto is over, and she’s mostly right about the arc. But I lived in the music industry when rock and roll died, and there’s a lot more to the story. I was a product manager at Universal Music during the torrent days. I sat in the
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Although we still await much of the formal rules and regulatory proposals from federal securities and commodities regulators, last week’s memo is another sign that the SEC and CFTC are at least serious about signaling that these efforts are coming. You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter that examines the intersection of cryptocurrency and
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Bitcoin is on track to close its strongest week since September 2025, up around 8.5% and trading above $71,000. This decision stands out compared to other major assets. Over the past week, Bitcoin has started to deviate slightly from the broader market. Using BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) as a five-day indicator, IBIT is up
Wall Street’s biggest exchanges are embracing digital assets with their sights set on putting the $126 trillion stock market on blockchains – but they’re not doing it alone; rather, they rely on crypto exchanges to achieve this. Over the past week, two of the world’s most powerful stock exchange operators – Nasdaq and Intercontinental Exchange
Bitcoin could eventually reach $1 million per coin if it captures a larger share of the global store of value market currently dominated by gold and government bonds, according to Matt Hougan, CIO of Bitwise Asset Management. In a report released earlier this week, Hougan said bitcoin’s long-term rise depends less on short-term market cycles
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Vienna, Austria-based crypto broker Bitpanda is building on a strategy it has been quietly developing for years: keeping its retail business anchored in Europe while expanding globally by providing crypto infrastructure to banks and financial firms. The company’s next phase of growth will focus less on raw user numbers and more on geographic reach, Vishal
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Your AI just made several payments while you were reading this title. You haven’t approved any of them. Visa has not processed any of them. And if the biggest bulls in the crypto industry are right, it’s not a bug: it’s the entire future of the Internet economy. Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong believes there will
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Prediction markets have long promised to aggregate information about future events. Increasingly, these signals come not only from people, but also from machines. Autonomous AI agents are emerging as powerful tools for trading prediction markets, especially for retail users trying to compete in an increasingly automated environment, according to David Minarsch, CEO and co-founder of
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Bitcoin: Strategy and ETF Demand Provides 6% Weekly Increase Amid Regional Conflict
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