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Markets

Bitcoin Miner Riot Adds New Board Member to Push AI Pivot

Riot also announced it has hired investment banks Evercore and Northland Capital Markets to lead discussions with potential AI and HPC partners.

mining rig. (Taylor Vick/Unsplash)

Tech

The Protocol: Can Based Rollups Solve Ethereum’s Layer-2 Problem?

Also: Lido goes modular; Uniswap finally launches Unichain

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Finance

Robinhood's Big Earnings Beat Could Bode Well for Coinbase

The popular trading platform said revenue for fourth quarter rose 115% from last year, mainly driven by crypto.

Robinhood shares could benefit from SEC dropping Coinbase case. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Circle's USDC Hits Record Market Cap Over $56B as Stablecoin Demand Soars

USDC and USDT minting accelerated in the past weeks, providing a bullish signal for crypto markets despite declining token prices.

USDC market capitalization (CoinDesk Data)

Policy

SEC’s Peirce Says ‘Many’ Memecoins Likely Fall Outside Regulator’s Jurisdiction

Peirce is spearheading the SEC’s newly-created Crypto Task Force.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce.

Markets

Bitcoin Turns Higher, Reversing CPI-Related Tumble

The shorts have mostly been in control since the Trump inauguration and perhaps decided to book profits.

Bitcoin saw a small weekend bounce. (Sally Anscombe/Getty Images)

Policy

Trump Has Made His Major Decisions on His Crypto Regulation Team, Now Also OCC

With picks at the banking agency and consumer watchdog, the field of major nominees is mostly complete, showing a deep roster of finance and federal know-how.

President Donald Trump

CoinDesk Indices

Size Matters

Crypto mid-caps are struggling, offering investors less reward and more risk. CoinDesk Indice’s Andy Baehr wonders if a large-cap tilt in digital asset investing will deliver excess returns to investors.

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CoinDesk Indices

Stablecoin Revolution: Challenging Risk-Free Rates With On-Chain Money Markets

DeFi’s base rate for lending stablecoins is a structural shift that challenges traditional finance by demonstrating the sustainability of high-yield, low-risk on-chain money markets, says Index Coop’s Crews Enochs.

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Finance

Franklin Templeton Expands $594M Market Money Fund to Solana

The move comes after Securitize linked to Solana to bring tokenized real-world assets to the network.

Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton president and CEO, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

US to Release Jailed BTC-e Operator Vinnik in Russia Prisoner Swap

Alexander Vinnik previously pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Alexander Vinnik (Shutterstock)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Litecoin (LTC) Falls 4.7% as Index Inches Lower

Hedera (HBAR) was also among the underperformers, dipping 3.9%.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2025-02-12: laggards chart

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Adam Back Wants CBDCs Dead

The OG cypherpunk and founder of Blockstream talks about building a bitcoin-based financial system and why state-issued digital currency is nothing like BTC. Back is a speaker at Consensus Hong Kong Feb. 18-20.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back

Markets

Coinbase Q4 Earnings Expected to Show Best Volume Since 2021

The crypto exchange reports fourth quarter results after the close on Thursday.

Coinbase app opening screen on mobile phone (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Markets

Goldman Sachs Disclosed Ownership of Bitcoin ETFs. Here's Why It Doesn't Mean Much

The bank's clients are likely involved in the basis trade, rather than making a directional bet, said an analyst.

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Tech

Could 'Based Rollups' Solve Ethereum's Layer-2 Problem?

As layer-2 chains continue to proliferate, some Ethereum developers are pushing rollup tech that takes a new approach to interoperability: “based rollups.”

Los rollups no tienen la seguridad de Ethereum. (Luigi Pozzoli/Unsplash)