Crypto exchange-traded funds on U.S. exchanges recorded their strongest month ever in July, attracting $12.8 billion in net inflows as investor enthusiasm surged alongside rising token prices and optimism around regulation. The data, reported by Bloomberg Intelligence’s Eric Balchunas, marks a new monthly record for the sector. The only month that came close was November … Read more
Polkadot’s DOT encountered substantial bearish momentum over the last 24 hours, retreating from $3.76 to $3.56, or more than 5%, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model showed that DOT initially demonstrated resilience, achieving an intraday high of $3.87 on July 31, yet subsequently confronted relentless selling pressure accompanied by pronounced volume surges … Read more
Assetera, a regulated trading platform based in Austria, introduced an API that allows cryptocurrency exchanges to offer tokenized financial products like stocks and government bonds without applying for their own MiFID license. The tool is designed to plug a gap in the European market, where strict financial rules have made it difficult for crypto platforms … Read more
It's become more expensive to use derivatives to insure against a decline in ether (ETH) than in bitcoin (BTC), indicating that market sentiment has shifted against the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, data from Deribit shows. The sentiment shift comes after weeks of big money favoring ether over its larger peer. According to data from … Read more
Grayscale has launched a new investment vehicle that gives accredited investors exposure to Story, a blockchain protocol designed to turn intellectual property (IP) into programmable digital assets. The Grayscale Story Trust will focus exclusively on IP, the native token of the Story network, according to an announcement. The protocol aims to modernize the way digital … Read more
As shares in Nasdaq-listed MicroStrategy (MSTR) continue to lose ground, demand for downside protection in the bitcoin-holding company has reached its strongest in months. On Wednesday, the one-year put-call skew —the difference in implied volatility between call and put options expiring in 12 months —rose to 3.6%, the highest since April 17, according to data … Read more
Crypto markets saw a rise in volatility on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s hawkish remarks rattled leveraged traders. Liquidations spiked to over $200 million in an hour across all digital assets as bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $116,000 while Powell spoke, CoinGlass data shows. The central bank left interest rates unchanged, with Powell insisting … Read more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval on Tuesday of in-kind creations and redemptions for spot bitcoin and ether ETFs aligns them more closely with traditional exchange-traded funds and is set to unlock new market efficiencies and smoother trading. The decision replaces the existing system, which requires ETF issuers to switch between cash and … Read more
SUI, the native token of the Sui blockchain, is down nearly 6% over the past 24 hours, retreating to $4.04 after briefly jumping to $4.44 overnight. The move came on the back of a 32.37 million token volume spike, well above daily norms, before selling intensified and dragged prices lower, CoinDesk Analytics data shows. Bulls … Read more
Clearmatics, one of the first startups to explore how financial instruments can live on blockchains, is unveiling an entirely new class of decentralized futures products, which it is calling forecast markets. These fully on-chain instruments take the form of dated futures contracts that can track any public time series data, whether it's crypto indexes, inflation … Read more