Jocelyn Yang

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Consensus Magazine

4th Quarter Market Outlook: The CoinDesk Culture & Entertainment Index (CNE)

Among the constituent indexes making up our main market measure (CMIX), the CNE performed worst, losing 35% over the period.

CHART: CNE vs CMIX (CoinDesk Indices)

Consensus Magazine

4th Quarter Market Outlook: The CoinDesk Computing Index (CPU)

Computing protocols lost a combined 21% over the period, with Mask Network the best performer and JasmyCoin the worst.

CHART: CPU vs CMIX (CoinDesk Indices)

Consensus Magazine

4th Quarter Market Outlook: The CoinDesk DeFi Index (DCF)

DeFi was a big winner and loser following FTX's collapse. The dYdX decentralized exchange was the best performer over the period.

CHART: DCF vs CMIX (CoinDesk Indices)

Consensus Magazine

4th Quarter Market Outlook: The CoinDesk Smart Contract Platform Index (SMT)

Smart contract performance was mixed. Optimism gained 17%. Solana dropped precipitously in the wake of the FTX implosion.

CHART: SMT vs CMIX (CoinDesk Indices)

Consensus Magazine

4th Quarter Market Outlook: The CoinDesk Currency Index, Excluding Stablecoins

Helped by the performance of bitcoin, the CCX outperformed our wider market index (CCX) in Q4 2022. Dogecoin was the best performer.

CHART: CCX vs CMIX (CoinDesk Indices)

Consensus Magazine

CoinDesk Market Outlook: 4Q Crypto Gloom Spills Into 2023

A comprehensive fourth-quarter review and outlook of crypto markets, based on the CoinDesk Market Ex Stablecoins Index (CMIX) and sector indices.

4q cdi report

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: US Regulation Heats Up; Bitcoin Rises, Then Falls

Top cryptocurrencies lost earlier gains after the Federal Reserve signals interest rates to keep rising well into 2023.

The new Congress will arrive for work at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 3. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Sam Bankman-Fried Hearing Tops Another Troubling Day

But prices rose on U.S. inflation data that was more favorable than expected.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Market’s Near-Apocalypse in 2022 Turns Zombie Tokens Into Dead Coins

The number of cryptocurrencies has dropped by about 1,000 since February, the biggest-ever decline, according to Statista. Often tokens are removed from pricing sites like CoinGecko because they're no longer trading – even if they still technically exist on the blockchain.

When a zombie token gets removed from a crypto pricing site like CoinGecko, it's considered dead, even if it still technically exists on the blockchain. (Sergey Nikolaev/Unsplash)