Bitcoin, Ether Nurse Losses as Dollar Strengthens Ahead of U.S. Inflation Report
A hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation report would weaken the case for Fed rate cuts.
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Uptrend in Bitcoin’s Dominance Rate Threatened by Fed Rate Cut Cycle, Crypto Asset Manager Says
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Protocol Village: Nexus Launches ‘World’s First Open Prover Network’ in Beta
Protocol Village is CoinDesk’s living column chronicling blockchain tech project updates (CoinDesk)
Bitcoin Dips Below $61K, Ether Slips 3% as Some PlusToken China Ponzi-Related Coins Moved to Exchanges
One observer noted 7,000 PlusToken-related ETH transferred to crypto exchanges on Wednesday, raising concerns about potential selling pressure.
SEC Chair Gary Gensler on Crypto: ‘It’s Unlikely This Stuff Is Gonna Be a Currency’
Gensler also called out fraud in crypto: “With all respect, the leading lights of this field in 202[4] are either in jail or awaiting extradition right now.”
Prosecutors Charge Four Crypto ‘Market Makers,’ Employees With Market Manipulation, Fraud
Gobit and ZM Quant were secretly offering market manipulation services to projects that wanted to artificially inflate their trading volume, prosecutors allege.
The Protocol: Peter Todd Wants to Fix Satoshi’s Bitcoin Bugs
The HBO documentary turned the spotlight on an early Bitcoin contributor who recently has proposed an upgrade to fix all the bugs left in Bitcoin’s original code. PLUS: Criticisms mount after EigenLayer unlocks EIGEN token, as Babylon vaults to top of Bitcoin DeFi leaderboard.
LatAm Bank Littio Ditches Ethereum for Avalanche as Demand for RWA Vaults Grows
Avalanche’s low transaction fees and consistency were cited as reasons for picking that chain.
State Street Works on Tokenized Bond and Money Market Fund; No ‘Current Plans’ for Stablecoin Project
Tokenized collateral could have helped avoid or lessen the 2022 “liability-driven” crisis, Donna Milrod, chief product officer said in the interview with Financial News.
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: APT Drops 2.4%, Leading Index Lower
Chainlink also underperformed, falling 2.1%.