Stablecoins have had their ups and downs, but it is clear that they are one of the biggest success stories in crypto so far. While Bitcoin may grab more headlines thanks to its constant ups and downs, stablecoins have become the main workhorse of the decentralized finance ecosystem, helping to move more than $275 trillion […]
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Crypto asset management firm CoinShares (CS) said the digital asset treasury (DAT) bubble has largely burst, with some companies that traded between 3 and 10 times their market net asset value (mNAV) in the summer of 2025 now back to around 1x or less, in a sharp reset for a trade that once valued tokenized
Has the DAT bubble already burst? CoinShares says in many ways, yes. Read More »
US federal prosecutors are seeking a 12-year prison sentence for Do Kwon, the founder of Terraform Labs, the company behind the algorithmic stablecoin UST that spectacularly imploded more than three years ago. The request, filed Thursday with the Southern District of New York judge, comes after Kwon pleaded guilty earlier this year. He admitted to
HBAR fell 2.2% during Thursday’s session as technical selling overwhelmed speculation in emerging ETFs. The token decisively moved below the $0.1380 support on volume that peaked 47% above the daily average of 35.5 million tokens. The outage accelerated around 09:00 GMT when 52.21 million tokens changed hands. The bears pushed prices towards session lows near
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Amid growing international attention to stablecoins, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released a 56-page report detailing what it sees as the main risks of their adoption. The report draws parallels with claims by many other central banks and international financial organizations regarding the threat that stablecoins pose to government monetary control, ultimately making the
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The White House’s recently unveiled national security strategy reads less like a traditional diplomatic model than a call for global fiscal expansion. For the crypto market, addicted to the idea of rapid interest rate cuts in the United States and around the world, this seems like a cold shower that no one ordered. The core
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The two largest publicly traded companies holding bitcoin, Strategy (MSTR) and MARA Holdings (MARA), are each down about 40% over the past six weeks. CoinDesk Research has covered the MSTR correction extensively, but MARA, which is down 55% year-over-year, is also drawing attention because some investors view it as inexpensive at current levels. Matthew Sigel,
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Paribu, one of Turkey’s largest digital assets platforms, has acquired crypto exchange CoinMENA for up to $240 million, marking the country’s largest fintech acquisition and its first cross-border crypto deal, the company announced on Friday. CoinMENA, based in Bahrain and operating with licenses in Bahrain and Dubai, is one of the leading local exchanges in
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Without waiting for what has become its usual Sunday evening drop time, Bitcoin BTC$91,116.48 The weekend is off to an early start this holiday season, continuing its overnight slide and slipping below $90,000 in the early hours of US trading. The move undoes much of the rebound since last Sunday night’s panic drop that pushed
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The Blockchain Association has hired Lindsay Fraser of Uniswap Labs to lead its policy operations as the crypto industry pushes for near-term action from the US Congress on a bill aimed at setting the regulatory playing field for digital asset markets. Fraser, who worked on policy issues for Uniswap as the industry grappled with how
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