As the odds for Joe Biden pulling out of the presidential race soared over the past day, the chances of a victory for the now crypto-friendly Donald Trump slumped.

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One expert told CoinDesk the law does not provide for an obligation, but merely an opportunity to sell, while another alleged that “How they handled this sell-off moved the market and is intervention in public markets.”

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for July 18, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

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A stock market correction is the biggest risk for the crypto market, but a renewed downturn would be a buying opportunity, an LMAX Group strategist said.

StarkWare used its new STARK verifier on the Signet network, a testing environment for Bitcoin, in a proof-on-concept project designed to demonstrate what the oldest blockchain might be capable of were the pending "OP_CAT" technical proposal to get ado...

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for July 12, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

There's less than 5,000 bitcoin left in wallets linked to German authorities after Thursday's transfers, down from the 50,000 BTC that was confiscated, blockchain data shows.

A continuing series of record highs for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq over the past weeks has done nothing to prop up sliding crypto prices, but Thursday saw both asset classes tumbling together.

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The bank reduced its year-to-date crypto market net flow estimate to $8 billion due to a decline in bitcoin reserves across exchanges in the past month.

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for July 11, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Increased prospects of Fed rate cuts could bode well for BTC's recovery.