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Payments-focused cryptocurrency XRP, which failed to reach new highs during the 2020-21 bull run due to regulatory challenges, is seeing its fastest rise in years, token experiencing record activity. The cryptocurrency’s price jumped 50% to a seven-year high above $3 this month, extending last quarter’s 240% rise, according to data source CoinDesk. Prices have increased […]

Indian telecom and technology company Jio Platforms (JPL) is taking significant steps to improve the digital experience of its more than 450 million users. Jio Platforms is a wholly owned subsidiary of energy giant Reliance Industries. Reliance is run by one of Asia’s richest men, Mukesh Ambani, and his family. Jio has partnered with Polygon

PK Press Club – EOS was trading at $0.8748 at 6:47 p.m. (11:47 p.m. GMT) on the PK Press Club index on Wednesday, up 10.07% on the day. This is the largest one-day percentage increase since January 15. This increase pushed the market capitalization of EOS up to $1.3428 billion, or 0.04% of the total

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 3607.26, up 3.6% (+125.91) since 4 p.m. ET Tuesday. All 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: XLM (+9.8%) and HBAR (+7.0%). Laggards: ETC (+0.8%) and POL (+1.3%). The

PK Press Club – Litecoin was trading at $113.876 as of 5:56 p.m. (10:56 p.m. GMT) on the PK Press Club index on Wednesday, up 11.09% on the day. This is the largest one-day percentage increase since January 15. This rise pushed Litecoin’s market capitalization up to $8 trillion, or 0.23% of the total cryptocurrency

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly roundup of the most important stories in cryptocurrency technology development. I’m Ben Schiller, CoinDesk Opinions and Features Editor. In this issue: Sony blockchain faces memecoin controversy Bubblemaps prepares the BMT and the new Intel desktop Babylon Improves Bitcoin Interoperability Prosecutors seek return of 95,000 BTC Bitfinex This article is

XRP, the native token of the XRP Ledger network closely linked to Ripple, hit a six-year high on Wednesday as bitcoin (BTC) hit $100,000, with traders encouraged by the highly anticipated global inflation report. US CPI this morning. The token briefly rose above $3 early in the US trading session for the first time since

With just days until the second inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump, crypto policy groups are preparing to shift into high gear. Blockchain associations from eight U.S. states announced Tuesday the creation of the North American Blockchain Association (NABA), an organization aimed at providing consistent crypto policy recommendations to the federal government. “A few years

PK Press Club – The United States reported a higher-than-expected Consumer Price Index (CPI) for December, showing a monthly increase of 0.4% after seasonal adjustment, beating the forecast of 0.3%. The annual CPI rate rose to 2.9%, the highest since July 2024, marking its third consecutive monthly increase. Markets, both traditional and cryptocurrency markets, welcomed

US prosecutors have asked a federal judge to allow the return of nearly 80% of the 119,754 bitcoins stolen in the 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex. In a court filing filed Tuesday, prosecutors said the 94,643 bitcoins recovered by the government from the original wallet used by the hacker, Ilya Lichtenstein, could be paid