The European Central Bank (ECB) said it was looking for experts to help it draft rules for how a digital euro would work in everyday payments, ahead of legislation approving a central bank digital currency (CBDC) and a decision by the bank’s board to issue one. The ECB has opened applications for experts to help […]
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Prediction market provider Kalshi could be hit with a temporary restraining order from the state of Nevada after a federal appeals court declined to block such a request Thursday. The Nevada Gaming Control Board sent Kalshi a cease and desist order in March 2025, ordering him to stop offering sports-related prediction market contracts. However, Kalshi
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Negotiations to move a crypto market structure bill through its next steps in the Senate have hovered at near status for weeks, and Republican lawmakers met Thursday to determine how to close the remaining gaps. The White House was expected to obtain updated legislation on Thursday, reflecting ongoing work on the Digital Asset Market Clarity
Gauntlet, a leading provider of decentralized finance (DeFi) risk management tools, saw its total value locked (TVL), a measure of assets deposited in its vaults, fall sharply over the past seven days, falling 22.84% to $1.325 billion. That wiped out about $380 million in dollar-denominated value from the high of about $1.72 billion a week
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The asset management arm of exchange giant Coinbase (COIN) is bringing its Bitcoin Yield Fund online, creating a tokenized share class of the fund with $3.5 trillion fund administrator Apex Group. The Coinbase Bitcoin Yield Fund, managed by Coinbase Asset Management (CBAM), will be accessible to investors on the Base network, Coinbase’s blockchain built on
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Wall Street financial services firm Cantor is among the investment banks offering cryptocurrency trading platform FalconX for its possible IPO, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. The company held is talking with possible advisers, but FalconX has not yet formally named bankers for its IPO, said the sources, who spoke on condition
Dutch market maker IMC Trading has hired Alex Casimo as chief commercial officer of its cryptocurrency business, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. Casimo started his new role this week and is based in London, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the matter is private. The hire
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On Friday, global markets will face a multi-billion dollar quarterly derivatives event known as quadruple witchcraft. The event takes place on the third Friday of March, June, September and December, when four main types of derivatives expire simultaneously. These include stock index futures, stock index options, single stock options and single stock futures. Because traders
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Bitcoin BTC$69,173.03 drifted toward $69,000 on Thursday as the worsening conflict in Iran intensifies across the Middle East, hitting energy infrastructure and reverberating through global markets. Oil remained in focus as investors retreated from risk amid new headlines about attacks on energy infrastructure. Prices returned to $100 a barrel after a Politico report said the
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As AI agents become a bigger topic in crypto, Pranav Ramesh told CoinDesk that Nasdaq is already using them across several areas of its business and has significantly expanded that use over the last 18 months or so. Ramesh, head of options research at Nasdaq and co-founder and CTO of Leadpoet, said the most significant
