The Ethereum ecosystem underwent something of a short revival in 2025. Early in the year, as many major cryptocurrencies surged to fresh all-time highs, ether lagged behind. Some in the community pointed fingers at Ethereum Foundation’s (EF) leadership, claiming the organization hadn’t done enough to reinvigorate the network’s momentum. This feature is a part of…
Jurien Timmer, Director of Global Macro at Fidelity and a long time bitcoin bull, has become one of the latest financial strategists to turn more bearish on bitcoin BTC$87,853.38, citing the asset’s four year cycle. Bitcoin has historically followed a repeatable pattern, and from both an analog and time-based perspective, the current cycle appears to…
North Korean hackers stole at least $2 billion in cryptocurrency this year, the most on record, pushing the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) all-time haul to $6.75 billion, according to a new Chainalysis report. The figure represents a 51% increase over 2024 from fewer confirmed incidents. The numbers underscore a shift toward fewer, dramatically…
Uniform Labs, a blockchain infrastructure company founded by former Standard Chartered, UniCredit and other digital banking executives, has put its institutional liquidity protocol Multiliquid into production following build, audit and testing phases, the company said in a press release Wednesday. Multiliquid is designed to allow institutions to swap instantly, around the clock, between blue-chip tokenized…
By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Crypto traders, brace for potential volatility because the pivotal U.S. nonfarm payroll report for November is set to be released later today alongside October retail sales. The employment data will offer further insight into the extent of cooling in the U.S. labor market, shaping expectations for the Fed’s rate-cutting trajectory….
Ripple, the payments-focused blockchain firm closely related to the XRP Ledger (XRP), is taking its U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin RLUSD$0.9998 to Ethereum layer-2 (L2) blockchains including Optimism, Coinbase’s Base, Kraken’s Ink and Uniswap’s Unichain in a push to embed the $1.3 billion token deeper into the multichain ecosystem. The company, announcing the move Monday, said it…
Artificial intelligence-focused stocks are coming under pressure on Friday, dragging tech-related equities and bitcoin BTC$88,906.74 lower during the early U.S. session. Chipmaker Broadcom (AVGO), the ninth largest asset by market cap, tumbled 10% despite strong earnings as its outlook disappointed investors’ lofty expectations. The Nasdaq index was down over 1% in the first hour of…
After stepping down as CEO of Binance in 2023 and serving a brief prison sentence for violating the federal Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) in the U.S., Changpeng “CZ” Zhao remains one of the most closely watched figures in crypto. This feature is a part of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2025 list. His formal exit from the exchange…
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) and crypto-friendly bank Standard Chartered (STAN) said they expanded a partnership on digital assets to explore the development of trading, prime services, custody, staking and lending products for institutional clients. The deal builds on the existing tie-up between the two companies in Singapore, where Standard Chartered provides banking connectivity that enables…
As financial capitals worldwide from London to Singapore race to introduce regulations to introduce digital assets into their banking systems, Mexico’s central bank announced a far more cautious stance. In its year-end report, boasting the stability of the country’s economy, the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) said it will “maintain a healthy distance between virtual assets…