The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Monday launched a pilot program allowing select digital assets — bitcoin BTC$91,022.50, ether ETH$3,134.39 and USD Coin (USDC) or other payment stablecoins — to be used as collateral in U.S. derivatives markets. The program, announced by Acting Chairman… Read More
By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Move over crypto-USD pairs. As bitcoin BTC$93,190.55 and the broader market consolidate on recent gains, this may be the ideal time to focus on cross pairs, especially the ether-bitcoin (ETH/BTC) ratio. Ether ETH$3,184.82 has gained more… Read More
This is a technical analysis post by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. Bitcoin Bitcoin’s BTC$93,006.37 30-day implied volatility index (BVIV) has contracted sharply to 48, decisively breaking below the bullish trendline established since the September lows. This breakdown signals a dissipation of… Read More
BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the Ethereum-centric crypto treasury firm helmed by Fundstrat’s Thomas Lee, said on Monday it acquired 96,798 in ether ETH$2,818.32 through last week continuing its buying spree while digital asset treasuries remain under pressure due to falling crypto prices. The latest purchase… Read More
Latin American cryptocurrency exchange Ripio has revealed it holds a crypto treasury valued at over $100 million, making it the second-largest publicly known such firm in Latin America behind OranjeBTC. The company’s CEO Sebastian Serrano confirmed the figure in an interview with CoinDesk during DevConnect… Read More
Ether ETH$3,097.40 traded below $3,100 on Sunday during a broader pullback in digital assets. The token was recently near $3,066 at 9:36 p.m. UTC, down 3.4% over the past 24 hours. It briefly fell through the $3,100 level on Bitstamp at about 4 p.m. UTC,… Read More
