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 2130.2, up 0.7% (+14.28) since 4 p.m. ET on Thursday. All 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: APT (+3.5%) and AAVE (+3.2%). Laggards: CRO (+0.0%) and XLM (+0.2%). The
India is turning to welfare payments to drive adoption of its central bank digital currency as it prepares to put the CBDC in the spotlight at a summit of BRICS nations later this year. The Reserve Bank of India is running about 10 pilot programs routing portions of the country’s roughly $80 billion welfare system
The U.S. government is holding an unrealized gain of roughly $26.5 billion on its Intel (INTC) stake after the chipmaker’s shares jumped more than 22% in pre-mrket trading on Friday, following a stronger-than-expected first-quarter earnings report. The position stems from an August deal in which the Trump administration converted $8.9 billion in CHIPS Act grants
Morgan Stanley’s investment management arm has launched “Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio,” an offering that allows stablecoin issuers to park the reserves backing their stablecoins in one of the bank’s money market funds while earning interest. The offering is part of the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds trust (MSNXX), which aims to preserve capital, provide daily liquidity
Iran has made a noteworthy statement regarding transit fees through the Strait of Hormuz. The country’s central bank announced that the initial transit fee collected from ships passing through the strait is paid in “cash foreign currency.” The Iranian Central Bank stated that the payment was deposited directly into bank accounts in foreign currency. This
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) sharply criticized the Trump family’s reported profiteering from cryptocurrency and other deals on Thursday. Sanders Spotlights Old Report On Trump Family’s Deals Sanders denounced these deals as “unprecedented kleptocracy.” The White House didn’t immediately return Benzinga’s request for comment. The Crypto Effect? The January article reported that the Trumps’ cryptocurrency gains
In brief Anthropic’s shares are trading at $1 trillion on secondary platforms like Forge Global, overtaking OpenAI which sits at $880 billion on the same venue. The company’s annualized revenue soared from $9 billion in late 2025 to $30 billion by March 2026—a 233% jump in a single quarter, driven primarily by Claude Code adoption.
Hong Kong is embedding digital assets deeper into mainstream finance, with tokenization and stablecoins gaining stronger regulatory backing as market infrastructure. The push signals a broader effort to expand regulated blockchain use cases and attract global firms to the city. Key Takeaways: Hong Kong positioned digital assets as part of its core infrastructure, signaling strong
Tokenization is here to dominate. Over the past three years, the tokenized market cap of real-world assets (RWAs) increased by 20x. Similarly, the tokenized RWA market cap grew to a new high of about $29 billion represented a 238% gain in a year. RWA market cap peaks after 238% surge The total RWA active market
Investor interest in Michael Saylor-led Strategy’s STRC stock is on the rise. Saturn, a company that offers yield tied to STRC, announced a new multimillion-dollar investment in its income-oriented security. The recent disclosure comes despite the growing criticism from Bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff.