Oil prices saw a massive quarterly surge, and the top two US oil giants somehow managed to make less money. Exxon Mobil and Chevron both reported first-quarter earnings today that fell sharply compared to a year ago. Exxon’s net income dropped 45% to $4.2 billion from $7.7 billion a year earlier. Chevron’s slid 36% to
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2090.4, up 1.3% (+26.17) since 4 p.m. ET on Thursday. Sixteen of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: TAO (+5.5%) and BTC (+1.9%). Laggards: ICP (-0.7%) and DOT (-0.4%).
Bitcoin ($BTC) had a positive performance in April, closing the month with a positive return of 11.8%. While expectations for May remain positive, analysts at the analytics firm CryptoQuant have warned of a possible correction in Bitcoin. According to CryptoQuant, the recent rise in Bitcoin was driven by increased demand for futures contracts. This futures-led
US financial giant Morgan Stanley has made noteworthy assessments regarding the future of crypto assets. Amy Oldenburg, the company’s Head of Digital Asset Strategy, detailed the firm’s crypto approach and 2026 vision in an interview. It was first stated that tokenization is not the ultimate goal, but rather the foundation of larger financial structures. According
Bitcoin rose more than 1.2% during the European morning to reach just shy of $77,500 for a lift of about 1.7% in the last 24 hours. The broader digital asset market, as measured by the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20), also ticked higher, up around 0.95%. Bitcoin’s gains came on above-average volume, with 24-hour activity running
A wallet address linked to the publicly traded Bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms (RIOT) has moved a substantial amount of Bitcoin to a crypto services firm. On-chain data from Lookonchain reveals that this address deposited 500 $BTC, valued at approximately $38.24 million, to NYDIG just five hours ago. Market analysts often interpret such large deposits
Bitcoin’s position relative to Alphabet Inc. is drawing renewed attention as the second quarter approaches its close, with market data showing a wide valuation gap despite concurrent gains in both assets. According to the latest data, Bitcoin has a total market capitalization of approximately $1.54 trillion, while Alphabet has reached about $4.62 trillion after a
xStocks has launched over 50 tokenized U.S. equities on $BNB Chain, giving users access to assets like Apple, Tesla, NVIDIA, and the S&P 500 directly from a crypto wallet. Trading is live now on PancakeSwap and CowSwap, with 1inch integration coming soon. Users can start with as little as $10, and markets are accessible 24
Tokenized gold trading volume reached $90.7 billion in the first quarter of 2026. This figure already exceeds the entire annual volume of $84.6 billion recorded in 2025. The data comes from a recent report by CoinGecko, highlighting a dramatic shift in investor behavior. Tokenized Gold Trading Volume Explodes in Q1 2026 Centralized exchanges (CEXs) processed
Digital asset company Bakkt completed its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure firm Distributed Technologies Research (DTR) through an equity-based transaction as part of its bid to create a digital settlement layer. Bakkt CEO Akshay Naheta said on Thursday that the deal aims to combine Bakkt’s institutional infrastructure with DTR’s native artificial intelligence payments engine and stablecoin