Trump's Top Crypto Guys: U.S. DeFi Will Thrive, Assures Bitcoin Reserve Is Coming

President Donald Trump's crypto working group finally issued its massive report and its pages of U.S. policy recommendations, and two of the people behind that effort told CoinDesk that decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols should fare just fine in the administration's vision of the U.S. sector. “Decentralized protocols can definitely meet the rules of the road,” … Read more

Apple’s iPhone Shift Turns India Into World’s Top Maker of US Smartphones

India has overtaken China to become the top source of smartphones sold in the US, after Apple shifted to assemble more of its iPhones in the South Asian country. In the quarter through June, India was the largest manufacturer of smartphones shipped to the US for the first time, accounting for 44 percent of the … Read more

HBAR Surges 12% Following Robinhood Listing, Making it Top Daily Gainer Among Top 20

Hedera’s HBAR token surged nearly 12% on Friday, climbing to $0.2657 and outperforming every other top-20 cryptocurrency by daily percentage gain, according to CoinDesk Data. The rally followed an announcement by popular trading platform Robinhood that it had added support for the asset, increasing its exposure to a broad base of U.S. retail investors. The … Read more

Volmex's Bitcoin and Ether Volatility Futures Top $10M Volume Since Debut as Traders Look Beyond Price

Futures tied to Volmex's bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) implied volatility indices, BVIV and EVIV, have registered a cumulative trading volume of over $10 million since their debut on decentralized leveraged trading platform gTrade. The quick rise to over $10 million shows that traders are increasingly engaging with sophisticated derivatives linked to volatility for risk … Read more

Fartcoin Jumps to Top Ten Based on Derivatives Open Interest, Signals Speculative Frenzy in the Solana-Based Memecoin

Need evidence of speculator fervor. Look no further than Coinglass' crypto derivatives leaderboard, which shows that fartcoin (FARTCOIN), the Solana-based memecoin, is now the 10th largest token based on derivatives open interest. As of writing, notional open interest in futures tied to fartcoin totaled over $1 billion, placing the joke cryptocurrency ahead of well-established coins, … Read more

Global Smartphone Shipments Surged 1.5 Percent YoY in Q1 2025; Samsung, Apple Retain Top Positions: IDC

The global smartphone market has started on a positive note in 2025, according to a preliminary report by market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC). Worldwide smartphone shipments grew 1.5 percent year-over-year (YoY) to 304.9 million units in the first quarter of 2025. Samsung remained the market leader, followed by Apple. The iPhone maker clocked the … Read more

India Smartphone Shipments Rise 7 Percent YoY in Q2, Vivo Secures Top Spot: Canalys

India’s smartphone shipments grew 7 percent year-over-year (YoY) in the April-June period (Q2) in 2025, according to Canalys. The rebound was driven by a wave of new launches, following a cautious first quarter where vendors held back due to elevated inventory levels. Vivo grabbed the top spot in domestic smartphone shipments with 21 percent market … Read more

India Smartphone Shipments Rise 7 Percent YoY in Q2, Vivo Secures Top Spot: Canalys

India’s smartphone shipments grew 7 percent year-over-year (YoY) in the April-June period (Q2) in 2025, according to Canalys. The rebound was driven by a wave of new launches, following a cautious first quarter where vendors held back due to elevated inventory levels. Vivo grabbed the top spot in domestic smartphone shipments with 21 percent market … Read more

Amazon Prime Day: Top Deals on iPhone 15, iPhone 14, iPhone 13, and Other Models

Amazon Prime Day 2024 kicked off yesterday (July 20), bringing big discounts on a wide variety of products across categories such as smartphones, tablets, PCs, home appliances and more. The sale is exclusively available to Amazon Prime users and will continue through today (July 21). It also happens to be one of the best times … Read more

‘Growing Strong in India’: Shiba Inu Said to Be Top Traded Memecoin on WazirX in March

The month of March proved to be quite the lucrative period for the overall cryptocurrency sector. While Bitcoin attained its new all-time high and Ether came close to creating its own, several altcoins also recorded a notable upswing in their respective trajectories. Indian crypto exchange WazirX, on April 2, released a list of the five … Read more