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Bitcoin
Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy Acquires 11.9K More Bitcoin for $786M
The company held 214,400 bitcoins as of the end of April, which at current prices would be worth about $14 billion.
First Mover Americas: Crypto Assets Rally With BTC Returning to $66K
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for June 20, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
VanEck’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Goes Live on Australia’s Biggest Stock Exchange
The VanEck Bitcoin ETF, the first spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), debuted on Thursday.
AI Tokens Led by FET, AGIX Surge as Nvidia Zooms to Become World’s Most Valuable Company
The AI-linked token sector has risen 14% in the past 24 hours, data shows, outperforming other sectors.
German Government Agency Moves $425M Bitcoin, Some to Crypto Exchanges
Arkham has identified the entity as an address belonging to the German Federal Criminal Police Office, which had seized almost 50,000 BTC from a piracy site.
Marathon’s Layer-2 Chain, Anduro, Plugs In ‘Portal to Bitcoin’ for Atomic Swaps
The publicly-traded bitcoin miner Marathon began incubating Anduro in February as a “platform built on the Bitcoin network that allows for the creation of multiple sidechains.”
First Mover Americas: Ether, Meme Coins Lead Recovery While Bitcoin Remains Subdued
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for June 19, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Bitcoin Whales Sold Over $1B BTC in Past Two Weeks: CryptoQuant
The selling coincides with net outflows from U.S.-listed bitcoin ETFs in the same period, data shows.
Elevated Ether Volatility Expectations May Be Unfounded
The excitement surrounding the impending debut of spot ether ETFs in the U.S. has investors anticipating higher ether price swings relative to bitcoin.