BNB Chain to Slash Fees as Aster Spurs On-Chain Exchange Wars

Validators on BNB Chain have proposed lowering the minimum gas price from 0.1 Gwei to 0.05 Gwei while reducing block intervals from 750 milliseconds to 450 milliseconds. The goal is to drive average transaction costs down to around $0.005, making the network competitive with low-cost chains such as Solana and Base. The proposal follows a … Read more

DOGE ETF Spurs 6% Rally Ahead of Launch, What Next for Dogecoin?

Dogecoin surged nearly 6% to $0.261 in the past 24 hours as traders positioned for the scheduled debut of the first U.S. Dogecoin ETF on September 12. Anticipation of the “DOJE” product, coupled with whale accumulation exceeding 280 million DOGE, fueled heavy late-session flows with volume topping 1.1 billion. Analysts now focus on whether the … Read more

Search for Yield Spurs DeFi Rally Before U.S. Jobs Revisions: Crypto Daybook Americas

By Omkar Godbole (all times ET unless stated otherwise) DeFi coins are in the spotlight as bitcoin BTC$112,640.82 and ether (ETH) notch modest gains ahead of Tuesday’s big jobs revisions data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which are expected to reveal a much weaker job market in the year ended March 2025. Usually, weak … Read more

Gains 4% as Ripple-SEC Settlement Spurs Institutional Buying

Shaurya is the Co-Leader of the CoinDesk tokens and data team in Asia with a focus on crypto derivatives, DeFi, market microstructure, and protocol analysis. Shaurya holds over $1,000 in BTC, ETH, SOL, AVAX, SUSHI, CRV, NEAR, YFI, YFII, SHIB, DOGE, USDT, USDC, BNB, MANA, MLN, LINK, XMR, ALGO, VET, CAKE, AAVE, COMP, ROOK, TRX, … Read more

Crypto Price Today: Bitcoin Price Rises Alongside Several Altcoins as Inflation Data Spurs Speculation on Interest Rate Cut

Bitcoin price on Friday rose by 5.56 percent and the digital asset is currently trading at around $69,196 (roughly Rs. 57.7 lakh) on Indian cryptocurrency exchanges like WazirX and CoinSwitch and $66,155 (roughly Rs. 55.2 lakh) on foreign exchanges like Binance. Earlier this week, the US Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics released the consumer … Read more

SHIB Gains 3% as Explosive Burn Rate Spurs Bullish Predictions

Shiba inu , the world’s second-largest meme token by market value, has gained over 3% in the past 24 hours, hitting a nearly seven-week high of $0.00001416 at one point, according to CoinDesk data. The move happened as market leader bitcoin topped $122,000 to set new lifetime highs, which galvanized momentum in the broader crypto … Read more

Bitcoin Near All-Time Highs Spurs Record Long-Term Holder Supply Increase

Key points: Bitcoin long-term holder supply has increased by a record 800,000 coins over the past 30 days. Data shows that even a 750,000 BTC increase has only occurred six times in Bitcoin’s history. BTC price support hinges on supply with a cost basis above $93,000. Bitcoin (BTC) long-term holders are making history as they … Read more