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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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Back Over $19K as ECB Goes for Record Interest-Rate Hike

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 8, 2022.

Sep 8, 2022

European Central Bank officials laid out objectives for its retail digital euro as its two-year CBDC experiment continues. (Raimund Linke/ Getty)

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Now Below $19K as Merge-Fueled Ethereum Classic Hype Unwinds

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 7, 2022.

Sep 7, 2022

Ethereum classic(Shutterstock)

First Mover Americas: Ether Outshines Bitcoin as Ethereum Merge Nears

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 6, 2022.

Sep 6, 2022

ETH was up 7% over the last 24 hours, outperforming BTC. (Chris Gorman/Getty Images)

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Languishes Below $20K as Energy Crisis in Europe Worsens

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 5, 2022.

Sep 5, 2022

Bitcoin's future direction looks cloudy. (David Lucas via Metropolitan Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk)

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Inches Up After Report Shows Slowing US Jobs Growth

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 2, 2022.

Sep 2, 2022

Bitcoin inched back up over $20,000 on Friday. (Ag PIC/Unsplash)

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Drops Below $20K, Michael Saylor Sued for Tax Fraud

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 1, 2022.

Sep 1, 2022

Executive Chairman MicroStrategy, Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

First Mover Americas: A Bleak Month for Crypto as Bitcoin Slides, Ether Stalls and Solana Tanks

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Aug. 31, 2022.

Aug 31, 2022

August was bleak for the crypto markets. (George Rose/Getty Images)

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Holds $20K Level; Altcoins Recover as Market Sentiment Improves

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Aug. 30, 2022.

Aug 30, 2022

(Michel Porro/Getty Images)

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Gains Stall at $22K as Markets Await Powell at Jackson Hole

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Aug. 25, 2022.

Aug 25, 2022

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will speak Friday at the Fed's annual meeting here. (Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

First Mover Americas: Ether Outperforms Bitcoin; CME BTC Futures Hit a Huge Discount to Spot Prices

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Aug. 24, 2022.

Aug 24, 2022

(John Gress/Getty Images)

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