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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Thetan Arena Battles Axie Infinity in ‘Play-to-Earn’

The games are completely different, but Thetan Arena is joining Axie Infinity in the hunt for crypto-friendly players when there are still scant offerings in the “play-to-earn” space.

Image pulled from Thetan Arena's website. (Thetan Arena, modified by CoinDesk)

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Digital Asset Funds Hit by Record $142M of Outflows

Investors pulled money out of funds focused on bitcoin and the currencies of Ethereum, Solana and Polkadot, as crypto markets retreated.

Digital asset investment products saw outflows totalling $142 million (CoinShares)

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Hedera, a Distributed Network Targeting Businesses, Jumps Into Metaverse Fray

The Hedera partnership comes at a time when sales of virtual NFT land on metaverse projects such as Decentraland and The Sandbox totaled over $100 million in the last week of November.

An illustration of the Avocado Guild metaverse. (Avocado Guild)

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Bitcoin Struggles to Break $47K as Fed Meeting Looms

Cryptocurrency investors may be moving to take risk off the table, with the Federal Reserve expected to accelerate withdrawal of its unprecedented monetary stimulus in the face of fast-rising inflation.

Gráfico de precios de 7 días (CoinDesk)

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Crypto Fund Inflows Slow to $88M as Market Retreats

Bitcoin’s price is down 26% in the past 30 days, suggesting investors continue to see the price weakness as a buying opportunity, albeit at a slower pace.

Crypto fund inflows have slowed in recent weeks. (CoinShares)

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US Inflation Jumps to 39-Year High of 6.8% in November; Bitcoin Falls

Prices for bitcoin, seen by a growing number of investors as a hedge against inflation, jumped 2% after the CPI report from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Consumer Price Index Report (CPI report) data shows fast rise in inflation. (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

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Bitcoin Struggles Below $50K After Crypto CEOs Take Center Stage

Bitcoin’s price popped briefly above $50,000 after Wednesday’s congressional hearing in Washington, but the momentum has faded.

Bitcoin price chart over the past week shows how the cryptocurrency has struggled to regain momentum above $50,000. (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Drops 5%, Slipping Below $50K on Leverage Washouts

Some $187 million of crypto trading positions were liquidated over the past 24 hours.

24-hour Bitcoin Chart (Messari)

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Crypto Hedge Fund Three Arrows Capital Snaps Up $400M in ETH

The move comes mere weeks after co-founder Su Zhu “abandoned” Ethereum over its prohibitively high fees for new users.

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Why Metaverse Tokens Are Getting Hammered in Crypto’s Market Sell-Off

While the future of metaverse and gaming tokens looks bright, there’s little real adoption in the present, according to one analyst.

Un distrito comercial en el metaverso de Decentraland (Republic Realm)