Citrea Launches Mainnet, Bringing Lending, Trading, and USD Settlement to Bitcoin Citrea, a Bitcoin application platform backed by Founders Fund and Galaxy Ventures, announced today the launch of its mainnet, in hopes to unlock lending, trading, and other capital market activity directly on the Bitcoin network. Alongside the mainnet debut, Citrea introduced ctUSD, a U.S.
Neither buyers nor sellers are dominating on the market today, according to CoinStats. BTC/USD The rate of Bitcoin (BTC) is almost unchanged since yesterday’s bar’s closure. On the hourly chart, the price of BTC is going down after a false breakout of the local resistance at $88,772. If a breakout of the local support occurs,
Financial institutions may be returning to South Korea’s crypto market and privacy-focused blockchain project Miden is trying to get ahead of the curve. Miden has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korea Digital Asset (KODA), South Korea’s largest institutional digital-asset custodian, to collaborate on infrastructure and standards for regulated digital-asset adoption in the
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2682.58, down 0.3% (-7.53) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday. Three of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: BCH (+2.0%) and AAVE (+0.7%). Laggards: POL (-3.1%) and ICP (-3.0%).
Tokenization is supposed to make markets faster and more accessible. But many onchain versions of real-world assets have fallen short of that promise, offering thin liquidity, slow settlement and prices that drift from reality, argues Yuki Yuminaga, co-founder and CEO of Tenbin Labs. His New York-based startup wants to change that by building institutional-grade tokenized
In the Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency market, all eyes are on tomorrow’s FED meeting and the FED chairman’s statements. Accordingly, the Fed will announce its first interest rate decision of 2026 tomorrow, followed by an oral statement from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. While it is widely expected that the Fed will keep interest rates unchanged
The leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC), is struggling to break its downtrend due to factors such as ongoing negative macroeconomic events, ETF outflows, and adverse regulatory news from the US. Bitfinex analysts, evaluating Bitcoin’s current situation, stated that Bitcoin’s attempt at an upward breakout has stalled, noting that the price failed to hold above the $95,000-$98,000
The Stock Market Today has seen a positive uptick with Nasdaq, Dow, and S&P 500 futures climbing as Wall Street gears up for the year’s first major decision by the Federal Reserve. The optimism of the investors is rising, and the key indexes are showing that there is optimism in the market. The pre-market profits
New York-based multi-strategy hedge fund FNY Investment Advisers, LLC, also known as First New York, disclosed holding 160,000 shares of Strive (ASST) in late 2025, marking a new Bitcoin-linked position for the firm. With ASST closing near $0.78 on Monday, First New York’s stake is worth over $125,000, compared with roughly $118,000 spent acquiring the
In a new interview with US media personality Tucker Carlson, gold advocate Peter Schiff renewed his attack on Bitcoin and the broader crypto industry. Speaking on Carlson’s show, he argued that Bitcoin (BTC) is a speculative instrument with “no actual use” and warned that proposals for a US strategic reserve amount to a taxpayer‑funded bailout