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Michael Saylor Strategy Claims It Can Survive Bitcoin (BTC) Price Drop to $8,000

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Bitcoin BTC$68,945.97 Treasury firm Strategy (MSTR) said it can weather a potential drop in the price of the largest cryptocurrency to $8,000 while still honoring its debt. “The strategy can withstand a drop in the BTC price to $8,000 while still having enough assets to fully cover our debt,” the Michael Saylor-led company said on […]

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Binance Co-Founder CZ Echoes Consensus Panelists on Lack of Privacy Blocking Crypto Adoption

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Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao warns that crypto’s lack of privacy is blocking its everyday adoption, echoing CoinDesk Consensus panelists from Hong Kong who called it a barrier to widespread institutional use. Full blockchain transparency is being touted as the ultimate middle finger to democratization by shady banks and Wall Street fat cats operating in

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OKX Secures European Payments License for Expanding Stablecoins and Crypto Cards

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Cryptocurrency exchange OKX has been granted a payment institution (IP) license in Malta, in line with European Union regulatory requirements which will come into force in March. The license allows OKX to continue offering stablecoin-related payment services across the EU, in full compliance with the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) Regulation and the Second Payment Services

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Crypto Market Drowning in Red as Bitcoin Falls to $68,000, XRP and ETH Slip Over 5%

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Crypto markets are in deep red on Monday, with sector leader Bitcoin sliding lower ahead of a busy week of economic data. At press time, Bitcoin BTC$68,477.67 traded near $68,200, down almost 3% over 24 hours, with XRP XRP$1.4748ether ETH$1,968.18, DOGE$0.1025 recording much greater losses. Losses affected 85 of the top 100 tokens by market

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Wall Street giant Apollo follows BlackRock into DeFi push with Morpho token deal

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Apollo Global Management (APO) is moving deeper into crypto and closing a deal that could make the $938 billion asset manager a major token holder in a decentralized lending platform. The company signed a cooperation agreement with Association Morpho, the French non-profit organization behind the Morpho protocol, which allows Apollo and its subsidiaries to purchase

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Hong Kong tries to tighten its crypto regulations: State of Crypto

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The Hong Kong Consensus ended on a high note as policymakers announced new initiatives aimed at growing the digital assets sector. You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter that examines the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to subscribe to future editions. The story Policymakers at Consensus Hong Kong have announced a series

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Founders admit blockchain transparency is the only defense

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Prediction markets are increasingly being presented not as gaming platforms but as vehicles to monetize information, although the founders acknowledged that the line may blur depending on user intent during the Hong Kong 2026 Consensus. Ding X, founder of Predict.fun, argued that prediction markets are more like insurance underwriting or poker than roulette. “It’s more

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BlackRock’s head of digital assets warns that volatility risks from leverage undermine bitcoin’s institutional narrative

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NEW YORK — While BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) is among the most successful product launches in Wall Street history, the crypto market’s growing reliance on leverage could harm bitcoin in the long term. BTC$70,413.42 institutional appeal, according to Robert Mitchnick, head of digital assets at BlackRock. In a conversation with Anthony Pompliano and investor

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Wall Street remains bullish on Bitcoin (BTC) price while offshore traders retreat

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A Divergence in Global Bitcoin BTC$70,242.45 Market sentiment is broadening as U.S. institutional investors hold steady while offshore traders exit their positions. The gap is most evident in the futures markets. CME, the go-to platform for hedge funds and institutional desks in the United States, shows that traders are still paying a premium to go

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