Analysis


Markets

Ether Flashes Bullish 'DeMark' Signal, Technical Analysis Suggests

DeMark indicators help market participants gauge potential inflection points in market trends and are quite popular among traders.

Ether's price chart (CoinDesk/TradingView)

Policy

U.S. Shutdown, Assuming It Doesn’t Run Long, Will Slow, Not Cripple Crypto Efforts

Experts suggest that the courts and the SEC will keep rolling if the government is shuttered, but an already sluggish interaction with federal officials may be slowed even further.

Sheila Warren writes Sam Bankman-Fried's case is a "tale as old as fraud." (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether Prices to Stabilize as Options Market Makers Hedge Their Books, Analyst Says

Ether options dealers have built a net positive or long gamma exposure and are likely to buy low and sell high, arresting the price volatility ahead of next Friday's derivatives expiry.

Balancing (Michaela J/Unsplash)

Markets

Volatility in $25 Trillion U.S. Treasury Market Slides. Here's Why It Matters to Crypto

The MOVE index, an options-based measure of turbulence in Treasury notes, dropped to an 18-month low last week.

line chart of the MOVE index

Policy

UK Crime Bill Lets Cops Freeze Crypto Faster, Channels Tainted Assets to Public Funding

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill set to become law later this year removes some legislative hurdles that slow local cops from freezing crypto linked to crime, CoinDesk was told.

Police (King's Church International / Unsplash)

Markets

These 4 Charts on Households' Finances Explain Bitcoin's Lull

Mainstream interest in the crypto market remains low as key economic indicators show continued decline in the disposable income of the U.S. households.

Financial analytics (6689062/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Short Squeeze Lifts Prices Back to $26K

A short squeeze refers to a price rally driven by an unwinding of bearish bets.

Bitcoin's price chart (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

Tech

‘Sequencers’ Are Blockchain’s Air Traffic Control. Here’s Why They’re Misunderstood

Leading rollup operators are criticized for using "centralized sequencers" to package transactions and pass them down to Ethereum, but the real risks may lie elsewhere.

Air traffic controller (Beckett P/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Ethereum Handled Friend.tech Frenzy Without 'Gas Fee' Spike. Why That’s a Big Deal

Friend.tech, Crypto's latest fad, didn't drive up congestion and fees on Ethereum the way frenzies have in the past – possibly a sign that the blockchain's efforts to scale by fostering supplemental "layer-2" networks, like Coinbase's new Base, are bearing fruit.

Even as ETFs capture attention, Jan van Eck is focused on gas fees. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk.)

Markets

It's a Bullish Double Whammy for Bitcoin, but Caution Still Warranted

Grayscale's legal victory over the SEC and disappointing U.S. labor market data support upside in bitcoin. But the bullish scenario is not without risks.

BTCUSD chart (TradingView)