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 2785.62, down 3.5% (-102.48) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday. None of the 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: CRO (-0.8%) and APT (-2.2%). Laggards: ICP (-8.3%) and SOL
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump may choose the next Fed chair next week. He spoke on CNBC, noting months of vetting since September and direct meetings with finalists. The decision follows Trump’s dissatisfaction with the rate policy and comes as Jerome Powell’s term ends May 15.
A new Coinbase Institute report argues that the most important divide in global finance is no longer rich versus poor, but between those who have direct access to capital markets and those who do not, which it describes as the “brokered” versus the “unbrokered.” The report estimates that traditional intermediated rails exclude roughly four billion
The price of Tether’s USDT stablecoin in Venezuelan bolivars has declined approximately 40% on cryptocurrency exchange platforms since January 7. The drop reverses gains seen at the beginning of the year, returning the rate to levels last observed in December 2025. Data from P2PArmy shows the digital currency price on Binance’s peer-to-peer market has fallen
Vanguard Group manages nearly twelve trillion dollars across global investment products. Markets closely track every major portfolio move it makes. This time, attention intensified after Vanguard’s Value Index Fund bought 1.23 million MicroStrategy shares worth $202.5 million. This purchase marks Vanguard’s first direct exposure to MicroStrategy shares. The decision carries significance beyond a routine equity
As Donald Trump begins his second term in January 2026, analysts note how Trump crypto holdings are changing the financial profile of the former real estate mogul and his family. Summary The Trump family’s growing digital asset exposure From real estate empire to digital-era portfolio New businesses: social media, crypto platform and memecoin Strategic implications
By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The market story is clear: Bitcoin BTC$91,106.80 and the other major coins are down alongside Nasdaq 100 futures as President Donald Trump’s tariff threat against the European nations opposing his takeover of Greenland ramps up geopolitical tensions. But, under the hood, there’s another dynamic, and it
The iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (PFF) by BlackRock holds Strategy’s (MSTR), the largest publicly traded company holding bitcoin, Stretch (STRC) as its fourth largest position, with a $210 million allocation, equivalent to a 1.47% weighting as of Jan. 16. PFF provides broad exposure to U.S. preferred stocks, securities that combine bond-like fixed income
A global benchmark for long-term borrowing costs has hit a four-month high, posing a headwind to businesses and financial markets. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, the interest rate the government pays to investors who purchase it’s highly liquid and virtually default-proof bonds, has risen to 4.27%, the highest since Sept. 3, according to data source