The Fed implemented 25 basis point interest rate cuts at its final meetings in 2025. However, while the Fed paused interest rate cuts at its January 2026 meeting, there is no clear view on when rate cuts will resume. While some predictions suggest the Fed might not cut interest rates at all, UBS Global Wealth
The traditional four-year crypto cycle, long-tethered to bitcoin’s BTC$67,938.94 halving events, may be a thing of the past. Han Lin, founder and CEO of Gate and an early advocate of bitcoin, told CoinDesk on Thursday the digital asset market has matured into a global macroeconomic pillar that now moves in lockstep with U.S. equities and
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 1943.37, up 1.3% (+25.4) since 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Seventeen of the 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: HBAR (+6.7%) and XLM (+4.2%). Laggards: UNI (-1.9%) and BCH
E-Estate Group Inc. has announced that it has tokenized more than $100 million worth of premium property assets, marking an early milestone for the digital real estate platform as the broader tokenization market continues to gain momentum. E-Estate’s 2025 annual report puts the platform’s tokenized real estate portfolio value at $104.62 million by year-end, spanning
Hong Kong — Bitcoin layer-2 builders made the case on Thursday that the next phase of crypto’s evolution won’t be about replacing bitcoin as “digital gold,” but making it productive. Speaking at Consensus Hong Kong 2026, leaders from Citrea, Rootstock Labs and investment firm BlockSpaceForce argued that Bitcoin’s scaling layers are less about raw throughput
Bitcoin is hovering above $67,000. At the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading at $67,487, up 0.04% on the day, after dropping as low as $65,702 in the past day. Long-term indicators are signaling a rebound following months of profit-taking that have left Bitcoin about 40% below its October all-time high. According to AliCharts, Bitcoin
Valentine’s Day could deliver more than chocolates for Bitcoin ($BTC) investors, as ChatGPT’s latest $BTC projection is raising the stakes for short-term traders. Specifically, when prompted by Finbold to set an average $BTC price for Valentine’s Day, February 14, OpenAI’s leading machine learning algorithm predicted some scenarios would see ‘digital gold’ trading above $120,000. ChatGPT
The World Uncertainty Index, a GDP-weighted measure constructed from the frequency with which “uncertainty” appears in Economist Intelligence Unit country reports, reached 106,862.2 in the third quarter of 2025 and remained elevated at 94,947.1 in the fourth quarter. The index isn’t a volatility gauge. It’s a text-based barometer of policy, geopolitical, and economic ambiguity that
Bitcoin trades at $67,671.57 as of writing, up 1.27% over the past 24 hours. Despite the daily gain, $BTC remains down 5.36% over the past 7 days while also holding a 26.52% drop over the last 30 days. Price action now centers on key liquidity zones that could determine the next major move. Technical Structure