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Markets

Cardano's ADA, DOGE Slide 4% as Bitcoin Traders Await Payrolls

Strong job growth can lead to fears of inflation and increased interest rates, while weak data might signal an economic slowdown.

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Markets

BlackRock Increases Ownership of Strategy to 5%

Strategy’s STRK is up 5% in pre-market trading, building on its 2% gain during its Nasdaq debut.

Larry Fink on Fox News (Fox Business)

Markets

Bitcoin Activity Hits 1-Year Low, but These Metrics Point to Bullish Moves: CryptoQuant

A dip in activity was marked by a sharp decline in the number of transactions and a spike in demand from long-term holders may underpin the bitcoin price.

BULL IN A CHINA SHOP: Ricardo Salinas Pliego became the latest billionaire to come out in support of bitcoin.

Finance

ConsenSys Twice Hit by Operation Chokepoint, CEO Lubin Credits Bank for Fighting Back

The MetaMask creator survived by having redundant backup accounts, said Lubin, who was also personally targeted.

ConsenSys CEO Joseph Lubin (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Riot Platforms Bucks Trend of Weak Bitcoin Production in January

Riot mined 527 bitcoin in January, the highest amount since December 2023.

Mining Stocks YTD Share Price Performance (TradingView)

Markets

Growing Demand for Bitcoin $80K and $90K Puts Signals Caution Ahead of Jobs Data

The demand for puts shows persistent caution ahead of the nonfarm payrolls report.

Computer screens show a security's price graph (PIX1861/Pixabay)

Markets

Ethereum Faces 'Intense' Competition From Other Networks: JPMorgan

The blockchain's native token ether has underperformed bitcoin and other altcoins in recent months, the report noted.

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Policy

Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev Released From Jail to Prepare for Appeal

Last May, Pertsev was sentenced to 64 months in prison for money laundering.

(Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin in a Mire, Gold Eyes 6th Straight Week of Gains as Jobs Data Looms

BTC struggles amid weak on-chain activity while gold shines bright ahead of the pivotal U.S. nonfarm payrolls report.

BTC in stasis ahead of the jobs report (AhmadArdity/Pixabay)

Markets

Solana’s SOL Could Hit $520 by 2025-End, VanEck Says

VanEck predicts M2 money supply will grow to $22.3 trillion by 2025 from the current $21.5 trillion, boosting crypto markets and top tokens such as SOL.

(VanEck)

Finance

SEC Seems Ready to Advance XRP, Litecoin, Solana ETF Applications

The Commission acknowledged several applications for crypto exchange-traded funds on Thursday, a move that ties the regulator to a strict timeline for approval or denial.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Billionaire Winklevoss Twins-Backed Crypto Exchange Gemini Looking to Go Public: Bloomberg

The exchange looking at IPO listing as soon as this year, the report said.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

Markets

Donald Trump Jr Says Crypto Is the 'Future of American Hegemony'

The son of the U.S. president made a surprise appearance at the Ondo Summit in New York City on Thursday.

Donald Trump Junior speaks the Ondo Summit in New York City. (CoinDesk/Krisztian Sandor)

Policy

Crypto's Debanking Worries Hit Another Big Stage in U.S. House

The industry's U.S. banking crisis may be retreating as a second congressional committee sheds light on how crypto businesses have been treated by regulators.

U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Opinyon

How To Fix Ethereum's Fragmentation Problem

With over 50 L2s and more in development, Ethereum has become a maze of isolated chains. Hart Lambur, Co-Founder of Risk Labs explains how a new standard, known as ERC-7683, could help make cross-chain actions easier.

The latest Ethereum upgrade, Pectra, is partly named after Electra, one of the "seven sisters" in the star constellation known as Pleiades (Wikipedia)