Lyllah Ledesma

Lyllah Ledesma is a CoinDesk Markets reporter currently based in Europe. She holds a master's degree from New York University in Business and Economics and an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of East Anglia. Lyllah holds bitcoin, ether and small amounts of other crypto assets.

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Drops as FTX Fallout Spreads

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 22, 2022.

FTX's collapse is having ripple effects across the crypto universe. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Markets

First Mover Americas: FTX Faces Whopping Claims, Ackman's Hot for Helium

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 21, 2022.

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman says he likes the Helium Network. (AJ Bell/YouTube)

Markets

‘Grayscale Discount’ Widens to Record 43% as FTX Contagion Spreads

The added pressure comes after Genesis Global Capital – a corporate sibling to bitcoin trust manager Grayscale Investments – halted customer withdrawals from its lending unit this week.

GBTC has reached a record discount of 43% relative to the price of bitcoin. (Ycharts)

Markets

La capitalización del mercado cripto cae por debajo de US$800B tras el colapso de FTX

El desastre que involucra al exchange FTX desencadenó descenso en los precios del segmento cripto, que este mes ya perdió US$183.000 millones en valor de activos digitales.

Capitalización total de mercado de criptomonedas por mes. (TradingView)

Markets

First Mover Americas: FTX's Troubles in Paradise

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 18, 2022.

Regulators in the Bahamas ordered the contents in FTX wallets to be transferred to government wallets. (Dorgie Productions/Getty Images)

Markets

FTX Collapse Leaves Total Crypto Market Cap Under $800B, Close to 2022 Low

The debacle involving Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto empire has triggered a slide in cryptocurrency prices that wiped out some $183 billion of value from digital assets this month.

Capitalización total de mercado de criptomonedas por mes. (TradingView)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Binance.US Makes Another Run at Voyager Digital

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 17, 2022.

Changpeng Zhao's Binance.US had made a bid to acquire bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

Finance

Helium, Building Out Mobile Network, Plans to Give Free Trials to Solana Phone Users

Under the agreement, Saga phones sold in the U.S. will get a 30-day free subscription to Helium Mobile.

(Peter Cade/Getty Images)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Higher After Jobs Report and Arweave's Meta Effect

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 4, 2022.

Traders de bitcoin permanecen atentos a los informes de empleo de noviembre. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)